Eye gouge
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The eyes are vulnerable to attack and never get any tougher no matter how much he works out to strengthen his body.
A simple poke with your fingers can work well. I recommend spreading your fingers slightly and striking with all four. This way you have a greater chance of hitting the eye with one of your fingers should you miss slightly.
This works great in conjunction with a palm strike since your fingers will be near his eyes for that anyway.
A good eye gouge can cause permanent injury or blindness to the eye, but in most instances it will only temporarily blind or stun him, which is really all we need.
Even if you don't connect, the body's reflexes will often cause your attacker to flinch or blink anyway, which can leave him wide open for another move (the eyes and groin are too far apart to defend them both at the same time)
This move can be done over your shoulder if your attacker is behind you. Also besides a straight poke, you can use a clawing motion and drag your fingernails across his eyes, or grab his head in both hands and drive your thumbs in his eyes.
It is important to not be squeemish about how gross this can be. You need to commit to the move.
Because you don't need to put a lot of force behind this move to be effective, it can be done very quickly to catch him off guard!
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