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The Ultimate Body Language Book

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A challenge to fight – the chin pops out tempting our opponent.<br />

Boxers learn early on to tuck their chins down to protect it, as it is the easiest way to produce a knock<br />

out, opposite to the military man. <strong>The</strong> chin blow is so devastating in combat because when the jaw is<br />

hit hard enough with the right technique, it slams directly into the temporal mandibular nerve<br />

producing shock. Not to mention the fact that hard punches sloshes the brain violently around inside<br />

the skull cavity which can lead to internal bleeding and swelling. <strong>The</strong> wiring-our nervous system, is<br />

very complicated and also interconnected so a blow to one nerve can send shockwaves throughout the

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