Chapter 40
Dad spoke softer than usual. “Let’s go to the garage for a little session. No need for the uniforms tonight. I understand you both are hesitant to use kicks and punches, so tonight we’ll go over easier things to use with less chance of injury to others, but you can cause short-term pain to be able to escape.”
He showed them pressure points to elbows, shoulders, under the jaw, and how to stiffen a finger and curl it in at the top of the breastbone at the base of the throat. They practiced and Brian and Jim loved it, making a person cough and retreat in great discomfort. They also practiced stomping on feet and buckling a knee from behind or in front, off-balancing an attacker.
The Jujitsu lesson lasted only an hour, but Brian thought it the best class ever.