Never leave a job unfinished 🏁(part 1)

As I mentioned, using Bob and Peter as our ‘darling attackers’ gave us a valuable opportunity to evaluate acquired skills and observe how the male body naturally responds to various self-defense moves. This experience not only boosted our confidence but also offered insights into how to swiftly adapt to and control the situation amid strikes, which are often delivered in rapid, hard-to-counter sequences.

It was funny to see how anxious those two young men were about their susceptible source of masculinity, flinching at the slightest threat. Most revealing was that, even after a mild contact on their wrinkly little bag of pain, they always reacted quite tellingly: freezing briefly, crying out loudly, that it hurt terribly, or singing at a high pitch while frantically hopping around, as if trying to shake off the pain.  These scenes were already quite amusing, but when our hits landed with good precision and enough power, their reaction became even more dramatic: dropping to the floor like a sack of potatoes, then instantly writhing like a worm just pulled from the ground with very intense vocal expressiveness.  We obviously felt sympathy for them, but even though it might sound cruel, their testicular discomfort served an important purpose. Linda directed us to observe closely and take notes because it was an essential part of our training.

Common pose of a man after a successful testicle strike  

It wasn't difficult to notice that they frequently adopted a peculiar position—on all four, hunched over with knees on the ground, legs slightly apart, and hands covering the crotch, to guard or perhaps to check if their precious jewels between the legs were still there. Linda explained to us that the double-up effect is a natural reflex caused by sudden, strong stimulation of the vagus nerve. The referred abdominal pain and nausea make it impossible to stand upright, prompting them to adopt a more comfortable position to ease the initial shock and radiating pain. She even had a fitting term for it: ‘playing a startled bullfrog.' It indeed resembles a famous yoga pose, but something else is important. Usually, knocking a guy to the ground after a successful testicle shot means a decisive victory, allowing the victim to just fix her hair, walk away, and call for help (or an ambulance for him); however, Linda emphasized that it is always better to finish the job. Even if the attacker is in severe pain and temporarily incapacitated, the threat might still remain, as the attacker could recover and go after you due to anger and pumped-up adrenaline. Additionally, the primary goal is not only to ensure your safe escape but also to effectively stop the rapist from continuing his sex crime career. That's why one of Linda's mottos was exactly the title of this post: ‘Never leave a job unfinished’. She demonstrated a variety of finishing techniques applicable to different positions and situations. I have already mentioned the power of stomping or ‘mashing the potatoes’ of a lying attacker. So, what should be done about the guy in the mentioned bullfrog pose?

Kick won't transform a bullfrog into a prince.

During one class, Laura's perfect knee strike turned Bob into a little blond Frog Prince, giving Linda a chance to demonstrate one of her most lethal finishing moves in real. “Come closer and take a look...” she called out as she squatted beside him, leaning over and pressing her left hand against his back to keep him steady. With her other hand, she gently moved around his buttocks and between his thighs to pinpoint the area. “As you can see, Bob’s partly defensive position also unintentionally exposes part of the back of his scrotum. The most sensitive spot is actually quite exposed, almost inviting exploitation.” She pulled the fabric of his shorts, revealing that the bulge consisted of two orbs peeking out just below his bubble butt, completely unprotected. She gently tapped the bulge to demonstrate how sensitive the soft tissue is. Bob sighed quietly, not from pain but rather from surprise.

Linda stood up to continue her demonstration. “One of the deadliest approaches here is the free kick, like in football. He is down, you are already standing, and want to flee, but you should still bid farewell to his testicles. With the kick, visualize sending one of his balls all across the room. The striking point is the toe box of your shoe or the tips of your toes. Get quickly into the right distance, not too close, not too far, something like this… Position your leg between his legs, step back, arch your dominant leg for maximum momentum, then kick with full power, pointing the striking area forward. In this case, don't go up but go through instead, visualizing the target much further ahead.” She mimicked the full kick to show the mechanism, but luckily for Bob, at the end, she rapidly decelerated her foot and made only slight contact with the bulge with the tip of her sneaker. It was as if she probed the fragile tissue to test its liveliness. And based on Bob's reaction, clearly it was! “And now you want to kiss the prince again…” She repeated the whole sequence, from arching the leg to close contact. Bob had a poor view of what was happening and knew that if she had not stopped the foot at the right time before impact, his manhood and future reproduction would be over, forever. Linda explained further explained unapologetically, “One resolute kick is normally enough. When possible, it's best to do it as many times as possible, with the intention of completely disabling what's inside the bag. Even if he futilely tries to cover it with his hands or close his thighs, it is of no avail, as the tip of your shoe has very strong penetrating power and is pointy enough to reach the target.”

Cute white sneakers can be a formidable weapon 

“OK, let's have a little practice. Warning! Be super careful, you stop for just a little poke at the end, you don’t want to hurt Bob, don’t you?” Linda looked down with a smile at the little handsome poor Prince Frog, whose angry yet surrendering face looked back at her. She then turned to Peter, who was standing to the side and, until now, had been a lucky observer. Just Linda's commanding look was enough; no words were needed. He knew he couldn't escape being part of our training, so without protest, he joined Bob and got on all fours to serve as a second darling attacker and a test bullfrog specimen…