musing on the geezer bench

Idly amusing myself the other day while sitting in Heritage Square in downtown Flagstaff where all us geezers and geeks hang out while others are imprisoned in their work cubicles, I counted eleven major strikes with the hand:

1. heel of hand (upward strike to nose or jaw)
2. first two knuckles of fist (traditional Isshinryu punch)
3. all four knuckles of first joints of fingers (good for loosening another's teeth)
4. index finger supported between thumb & other 3 fingers folded in (good for eyes)
5. thumb knuckle atop fist (side swing into temple or around back into kidney)
6. bottom of fist (downward strike to mid-sagittal suture atop head)
7. chop (excellent for collarbones)
8. back of fist (good nose breaker)
9. thumb tip and finger tips joined for a "peck" strike
10. claps on ears (possible ear drum rupture)
11. spear hand (drive into solar plexus & other assorted areas)

No doubt I am forgetting some. But I had a good time trying them out while sitting on my geezer bench, deep into my guise as a little old white-haired guy sitting in the sun.