For instance, when an opponent is hit in the groin, his head will fly forward in response to the pain causing him to bend or double over. This is an involuntary movement and if you were to strike simultaneously to the place you know he'll be, for example a forward strike with either hand, his movement could cause you to shatter his throat as well. It's very logical how the body reacts. These reactions get learned not only by the mind, but through training they get ingrained in your cellular memory as well: which is much more efficient.

In other words, these movements and attack sequences become second nature. The SAN SOO fighter has been trained so that the mind/body knows the targets before they appear bypassing the rational mind. Every move is maximally destructive because it capitalizes on the opponent's involuntary reaction to the pain of the preceding move (i.e. stretching the ribcage for easier breakage or sending a face flying into a waiting palm or foot.) That move then sets up the next tissue-shattering step in the whole sequence of destruction with the end result being the opponent lying in a broken heap at your feet. An advanced practitioner is able to make these things happen all at the same time!

You can see why it just isn't practical to spar with SAN SOO because you would quickly run out of training partners! This is also why SAN SOO isn't about strength or athletics. Rather, it is about physics, momentum, economy, and destruction. Specifically, it is about street fighting, imobilizing -- in a grave and permanent way -- someone who wants to do you bodily harm! It is probably one of the most brutal systems of hand-to-hand killing ever devised by man.

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