Adam has got an apple

Before attending the self defense course, I and all my friends considered men to be better fitted for physical confrontation than women. Linda completely changed this false thinking by teaching us that an average man body as such might be stronger, bigger and with more muscle mass but still has several weak and sensitive parts distributed in different places. She promoted a key principle in which women should take full advantage of these male Achille’s heels when defending themselves. She used to relate various striking targets on male body to fruits; eyes to cherry tomatoes or grapes, testicles to plums, kiwis or peaches, penis to a banana, a cucumber, or a carrot. Not only as metaphorical references but sometimes also as real analogues to demonstrate that these objects can be easily squashed, pierced, pinched off, compressed, or broken by even the weakest female hands.

Interestingly, one of the man-specific body parts already has a fruit name for it—the Adam’s apple. It is a protrusion on the thyroidal cartilage which appears as a noticeable bump on the neck during puberty in young men but is almost absent in women. The real biological purpose is not that clear but for sure it makes the male voice more deep sounding. It is also not clear why it is specifically called like this, it might be a bad translation from ancient languages or it is based on a legend about a piece of the forbidden fruit, stuck in the throat of Adam after taking it from Eva and eating it. Nevertheless, together with testicles it is just another awkward part of male anatomy which makes men more vulnerable during a fight. However, I must admit I find a nicely visible, but not overly big Adam’s apple highly attractive on a man. The funny bobbing movement it makes when a man speaks, or eats is so strangely satisfying. I often passionately kiss and suck my boyfriend’s Adam’s apple during a foreplay and I gave him already a few hickeys on this place 😊. A gentle kiss in that place also helped Bob to brush off the pain and mild suffocation after an accidentally strong hit with my fist during one of the classes. 

However, when defending from a real attacker you must put your female kindness aside, no punches should be pulled. Linda show us some brutal strikes we can use to destroy this organ. The best one is a hard jab with a V-shaped hand used together with an element of surprise. The pain and shock from shortness of breath ‘prepares’ the attacker for following incapacitating strike(s) especially those targeting testicles. Linda taught us a highly effective 3-step technique sequence a woman should use for elimination of a face-to-face standing opponent. This can be done in a fast succession: (1) make him blind using an eye gouge, (2) make him to choke using a jab to his exposed Adam’s apple, and finally (2) ‘desex’ him with a powerful and precise knee strike(s). His high balls, low balls and the apple will take a big toll and you are free.

Here the girl used a surprise attack with a jab to the assailant's Adam's apple
followed by a fast and resolute knee strike to his testicles as a final incapacitating move.