Barehanded self-defense is a brutal affair.

It is also a necessary skill to possess in a survival situation and it is a good slate of skills to master even if a survival scenario never arises.

The following list reveals methods, and techniques that could kill an attacker with your bare hands. You may not have a weapon with you when attacked, so you have to use your hands, and feet.

Both can be fatal to an attacker when used the right way. The techniques you are about to learn should ONLY be used if you feel your life, or family members life is in jeopardy.

Like anything they need to be practiced so they become part of your muscle memory and can be used automatically when under stress. Be sure to catch the video on the last page of this post.

TEMPLE – A very susceptible vital spot. If struck with sufficient force, may cause unconsciousness or death.

HOOK TO JAW – A powerful hook punch to the front side of jaw may snap an enemy’s neck. Fatal.

ADAM’S APPLE – A sharp blow here may cause enemy to asphyxiate.

TESTICLES – The strong, focused pain of a vicious low blow may cause shock, resulting in death.

HEART PUNCH – A strongman’s attack, it is simply a powerful blow to the heart. (Many years ago, the wrestler Ox killed an opposing wrestler with this attack.)

It is important to note that physical altercations should always be a last resort; in a survival situation, however, they might be your only way to sty alive or to protect your loved ones and yourself.

You should also remember that even in most survival settings, civil law still applies and that pertains to justified uses of self-defense.

To learn more about barehanded self-defense, check out The Good Survivalist.