[WARNING: This list contains graphic descriptions of techniques for killing.] Sometimes when you are threatened with physical violence, a weapon to defend yourself with is not always available. Your hands, however, are always with you, and can be as lethal as any weapon. Below are a list of attacks that will almost certainly result in death. Remember, these techniques should never be used except in a life or death situation for self-defense.
Techniques 1 – 5
1. TEMPLE – A very susceptibile vital spot. If struck with sufficient force, may cause unconsciousness or death.
2. NASION – This is the summit of the nose. If struck with sufficient force may cause death.
3. PHILTRUM – This is the area between the upper lip and the bottom of the nose. Attack to this area may also cause unconsciousness or death.
4. HOOK TO JAW – A powerful hook punch to the front side of jaw may snap an enemy’s neck. Fatal.
5. ADAM’S APPLE – A sharp blow here may cause enemy to asphyxiate.
Techniques 6 – 10
6. SMALL OF BACK – A very strong blow to the small of the back can cause the backbone to break.
7. TESTICLES – The strong, focused pain of a vicious low blow may cause shock, resulting in death.
8. BASE OF CEREBELLUM – A powerful blow to the nape of the neck, causing mortal damage.
9. COCCYX – A powerful blow to the tail bone. Fatal.
10. FULL NELSON – Stand behind the enemy, put your arms under his, and lock your hands behind his head. Bending the neck forward may either break neck, asphyxiate enemy, or cut of supply of spinal fluid to brain, causing brain damage or death.
Techniques 11 – 15
11. HALF NELSON – Again, standing behind enemy, but one arm is used to pin one of enemy’s arms.
12. BRAIN BUSTER – Bend enemy over towards you, placing him in a headlock. Grab the back of his belt, and haul him into the air, vertical, upside-down. Allow yourself to fall backward, landing on your enemy’s head, which will absorb your combined weight. Most effective on concrete or gravel.
13. RUSSIAN OMELET – Cross enemy’s legs. Fold enemy by pinning his shoulders to ground upside-down and placing his legs above him. Sit on his legs, folding the bass of the spine. Fatal.
14. 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.)
15. UPPERCUT – An upward strike to the bottom of the jaw with the heel of the hand, causing the enemy’s head to snap backward. May shatter vertabrae. Fatal.
Techniques 16 – 20
16. ABDOMEN – A substantial blow to this area may rupture a vital organ, causing death.
17. RIB CAGE – A vicious shattering of the rib cage may cause grave internal bleeding.
18. HEAD-TO-WALL PUNCH – A swift, hard, cold-cock punch to an enemy’s face while he is standing near a wall may drive his head into it, causing the back of the skull to shatter fatally.
19. PINNED DROP KICK – Standing behind enemy, holding his arms straight back. A drop kick to the back without releasing arms may severe spine, causing death.
20. HEAD WRENCH – Grabbing an enemy’s head by the mouth and the back of the skull, then twisting with a sudden, violent jerk to rend vertabrae, may easily cause death.
Techniques 21 – 25
21. CHOKE HOLD – Once a favorite of law enforcement officials, has often proved deadly. The right arm goes over the enemy’s right shoulder, and grips the back of the head. The left arm comes over his left shoulder, reaches across neck, and grabs own right forearm. With enough pressure applied, causes brain damage or death.
22. HEAD YANK – Bend enemy forward, grab head, and pull back with convincing force. May seperate delicate vertebrae, causing death.
23. EARS – Coming up from behind an enemy and cupping the hands in a clapping motion over the victims ears can kill him immediately. The vibrations caused from the clapping motion will burst his eardrums, and cause internal bleeding in the brain.
24. KIDNEYS – A large nerve that branches off to the spinal cord comes very close to the skin at the kidneys. A direct blow with the knife edge of your hand can cause death.
25. EYES – Use your fingers in a V-shape and attack in gouging motion.
Final Note
Attacking is a primary factor. A fight was never won by defensive action. Attack with all of your strength. At any point or any situation, some vulnerable point on your enemies body will be open for attack. Do this while screaming as screaming has two purposes:
1. To frighten and confuse your enemy, and
2. To allow you to take a deep breath which, in turn, will put more oxygen in your blood stream. Your balance and balance of your enemy are two important factors; since, if you succeed in making your enemy lose his balance, the chances are nine to one that you can kill him in your next move. The best over-all stance is where your feet are spread about shoulders width apart, with your right foot about a foot ahead of the left. Both arms should be bent at the elbows parallel to each other. Stand on the balls of your feet and bend your waist slightly. Similar to a boxer’s crouch. Employing a sudden movement or a scream or yell can throw your enemy off-balance.
There are many more ways to kill and injure an enemy, but these should work best for the average person. This is meant only as information and I would not recommend that you use this for a simple High School Brawl. Use these methods only, in your opinion, if your life is in danger. Any one of these methods could very easily kill or cause permanent damage to someone.
If you are forced to use these techniques, you may also find these two lists helpful:
Top 10 Tips To Commit The Perfect Crime, and
Top 10 Prison Survival Tips
Source: The Anarchist’s Cookbook


















what an enjoyable Sunday read. LOL
*makes notes for future reference*
What about the Five Pointed death thingie from Kill Bill! That mess was classic! Especially when Beatrix did it to Bill at the… oops, better stop in case people haven't seen it.
the five point palm exploding heart technique- classic
jamie i have to wonder about you sometimes, with these lists
juggz: hey – I am just helping the community
StewWriter: a great trick – but I wonder how many of us could master that in a rush – it is a bit more complex than a chop to the jugular
Cyn: you never know when you may need it
What about mindlessly swinging your fists?
I have another one. The enemy is leaning forward and you have him in a headlock, and one of his shoulders is probably touching your abdomen. Then just keep gripping with a lot of force, and then quickly jerk up while grabbing his head in a swift motion. His neck will crack and die a quick and painless death. Hold him like a DDT ( for all you people who watch pro wrestling.) Thanks for reading.
Yay, now I know how to kill people!
"There are many more ways to kill and injure an enemy, but these should work best for the average person"
Thats good to know.
just out of curiosity, why is a blow to the coccyx fatal?
the correct way to describe that move would have been a knee from behind, into the coccyx, it rams the spine upwards, and the spine either fractures, or does great damage to the brain
Yeah, I doubt most of these would work for someone like me who has zero upper body strength. Oh well.
Where's the Quart of Blood technique?
I was wondering about the coccyx also. My sister broke her tailbone and it is kinda just floating there. Yeah just imagine that phone call… "Hello sis, you would never guess what I did…..no I broke my tailbone….no really it is broken and can't be fixed….no really I broke it…" That was an interesting one indeed.
The ear one is kinda weird…wouldnt you go deaf? Not die?
So if these moves are for self-defence purposes only, why would we aim to kill?
because a lot of times we get too caught up in the fight especially when there r more than 5 targets that we just go bezzerk
Wow the human body is very fragile.
I'm surprised that not more people are killed in bar brawls or during riots.
These methods are all really fun to do. if you havent anything to keep yourself busy in your spare time and live in an overpopulated- congested city on this planet, then this list can be a great vacation. as you can see above, our feeble bodies are filled with death points- like holes in swiss cheese. so the proper way of excelling in tacticcs that will give you the one over, is to select wisely. Never use your bare hands gratuitously. The bull's eye is zen. Always keep in mind, that punching somebody's " Adam's apple", is equal to God's plan. And an easy "head to wall punch" is always a good way of showing off in a bar fight. The ladies love this sort of thing.
Diogenenes- The ladies love this sort of thing.
…We do?
jenenen- yah!?! wha? you've never been turned on by seeing a guy bang another guy's head against a wall,, and then pick up a pool stick and crack it over his spleen or ipod and kick his teeth in and pee on the remains for good measure? pulp soft-backs and the likes of the previous list on reading body language was the "in" thing. Where does violence/power fit in for you? If you couldnt tell, I'm flirting.
wink wink, smile.
This is why I own a gun, I don't have to get that close to my opponent.
What if I'm in a fight with someone who has read this list and we both use these options, and we kill eachother? I don't have anywhere to got with that…
In that case, use a close combat weapon, such as a knife, hammer, axe, chainsaw(not recommended).
Eehhhhh. This list totally made me squirm. I'm *such* a girl…
lol, and also…
26. 5 Point Exploding Heart Technique: Watch Kill Bill, Volume II. Study ending carefully.
I learned a few tricks in the Army…self defense type stuff, not necessarily meant to kill but very possible.
1) A good solid whack to the base of the breastbone is almost always fatal. It can of course shatter the rib cage, or temporarily paralyze due to the bundle of nerves located in the area. At the very least, even a weak blow will knock the wind out of the target.
2) The human jaw is a very delicate thing, and it's full of pain sensitive nerves. A finger poked underneath the jaw, close to the ears, is as good as a vulcan death grip for stopping an attacker. Again, you don't even have to be very strong to pull it off.
Some of these are questionable:
The Nasion:
The nose is almost all cartilage with no major nerves or arteries. Im having difficulty seeing how a hard hit here can reslut in anything worse than a severely broke nose
that a severely broken nose, will send the shock further, into the brain
You have to drive t he cartilidge into thebrain in an upward strike
Maree: I believe the impact, if severe enough, should send fragments of cartilage in to the brain.
Mr. Mojo: They are interesting additions – thanks! On your point number 2, you can also quite easily take a person to the ground with one finger pressed down and behind the top of the rib cage – we learnt that in Ninjutsu and it is very effective!
As for the Coccyx: I think the point of that one is causing disruption to the spinal cord – though it would have to be one hell of a blow – I slipped on my backside recently when I was roller skating and it hurt a lot but stayed intact.
Je (#14) – These tips are for a "they die or you die" scenario.
Maree, I was taught as a kid that a punch to the nose was a good way to escape a potential kidnapper. I'm not sure how easy it is to kill someone with it, but even a relatively soft blow to the nose will cause a person's eyes to water and close – temporarily blinding them. We were taught to use the palm of our hand and thrust upward. It seems to me that even if it didn't shatter the bones in the face, it would at least shear the cartilage and cause sever pain…probably enough to allow an escape.
ahahaha, ah once again jfrater, first how to commit the perfect crime, then to beat a lie detector, and now how to kill someone with your bare hands..you are really like the crazy cool uncle i never had.
"TESTICLES – The strong, focused pain of a vicious low blow may cause shock, resulting in death."
If this were true 3 year-olds would be the deadliest creatures on the planet.
your comment just made my life! as the mother of a 4 year old boy, I can tell you your statement is very true… I can't even count how many times I had to toss the ice pack at my son's father after he hit him in the sac!!
joe: so true, or big dogs that like the occasional sniff.
our bodies didn't do us a whole lot of favors with our "protective encasing" for the grapes. our brains got a boney skull but our jewels get a skin bag?
Uh…yeah, half of these are pro-wrestling moves. About 90% of these wouldn't be practical in real-world situations. Many of the things listed could THEORETICALLY cause death, but must be delivered with sufficient force, meaning that most of these techniques would only work for Superman, Bigfoot, and juiced-up bodybuilders. The human neck is extremely hard to break, and usually can't be done with the bare hands. Otherwise, how would chriopractors be in business? A shot to the pills is not fatal unless the kick is hard enough to rupture the internal membrane encasing the vital organs, and then death would be slow by bleeding and infection. I would like to see your sources on this list. Did this list happen to be made by a ninja, professional assassin, or military special-ops guy? Otherwise, I'm not buying it.
a good blow to the testicles really does work… take it from someone who knows (evil smile) ive tried it during high school on some jerk who was bothering me. i didnt even kick that hard and the guy fell down, perspired a lot and was later on taking deep breaths as though his life depended on it.
now i have to test the effectivity of the other 24 methods… lol
I accidentally kicked a guy friend in the balls while playing soccer in 8th grade, and he fell to the ground, then got up a couple mins later and his nose started bleeding!! I was shocked!
Anne: Yeah…never good to kick a man in the junk unless your life is actually in danger, and even then it might just ***** him off and make him more likely to hurt you. That aside, you didn't kill him and thus a blow to the testicles really DOESN'T work, not in the sense that this list is talking about.
Is it true that in a street fight you can kill someone with a shooting star press?
This list is the biggest peice of bull***** I've ever seen, you cannot kill people in one blow or very easily at all, nor would killing someone be your goal in a self defense situation. Also how are you going to be able to have the mental dextarity to aim for specific parts of the body, while throwing the hardest strike you can (untrained) to a very specific part of the body. In a self defense situation your not trying to kill, maim, or Ko your enemy. Your objective is to GET OUT OF THAT SITUATION. I'll be sending a better list to Jfratr very soon, this type of misinformation gives people false confidence, and could get them hurt if they try to use this crap in a self defense situation.
very very super answer,you are right 10000%.yes stay away of these tactics.enjoy life.don,t hurt any one and any innocent.love every one please,because this is the world.
I am too weak to do anything like that though ;_;
I'd be running and throwing stuff at them.
Although it'd be hard to get out of manslaughter unless you could prove that killing them was reasonable force in self defence….
I think I'll stick with metal bars in the mean time though…
don,t do this.avoid fighting with any one.stay away from these criminals.and go home earliest time.now you know what i mean.
youd think just plain-0 choking would be on here
This is word for word from some other source. I may have read it in the Anarchist's Cookbook or one of the Poor Man's James Bond manuals about 10 years ago or so.
BrotherMan: Portions of it are from the Anarchist's cookbook – so you are correct
I am considering a list of bomb making tips from there as well.
Oh – and thanks for pointing that out – I forgot to list it at the bottom.
Use the following responses as appropriate:
1) Wrestling is fake.
2) The move is too hard to do unless the other guy is defenseless.
3) Wrong.
4) Yes, but for different reasons than stated.
Attempt any of these in a real fight and you will either lose badly or go to jail.
Not necessarily for the jail part, not for just a fight but in self defense, especially if fearing for ones life and throw in a bit of disparity of force, you wont serve any time
evan, my point was that most of these moves require a lot of cooperation on the part of the other guy. In a self-defense situation, these won't help you.
Favorite one has to be the head wrench! Second place would be the suplex which can immediately shatter his spine on the ground!
Hey Paul.
Oh my goodness, those were so gruesome I couldn't even read the whole list. It makes me sick. lol
You're omitting the infamous 5-point exploding heart technique.
Diogenes, i loved your first comment. made me laugh.
This list make me happy, and feeling like i needa go out and start some *****. But– i realized afterwards that a lot of these things I learned taking two different classes of different types of karate, and honestly they never really helped me. Thats ok I'll just keep telling myself i kick ass…
Whatever happened to get the hell out of there when your life is in danger? Why stay and try to kill somebody? In my self-defense class, we were taught to cause temporary pain and run like hell. Unless you're Van Helsing, Buffy, or Spider-Man and the guy you're fighting is evil, a monster, or both, you don't stick around and pray that your blow to the coccyx or testicles is fatal. And as others have said, most of these are questionable. The human body is fragile, but not so fragile that gouging out someone's eyes or punishing them in a gut has more than a very slight chance of killing them. I realize this list is meant to be funny, but I find it in bad taste and overall less interesting than many of the lists on this site. And as Thaifighter said (great name!): "this type of misinformation gives people false confidence, and could get them hurt if they try to use this crap in a self defense situation."
i agree with Thaifighter and Elle Rayne..i actually did this crap to some guys that where gonna TRY to beat me up but i just kicked 2 of there ass's and with out well you know killin them … im all wtf wut a lie
This Website should be reported.
How to kill sum1 with barehands? Are fukin serious?
and the world wonders why the fuk there is soo much crime.
Yea only in america.
sara: Yes, only in America does someone have the right to educate themselves on whatever subject they wish.
Ahh, but ignorence is bliss, isn't it?
BTW we are allowed to say "*****", it is one those things people are allowed to do.
sara: who do you report it to? It is not illegal. I am sure if you lobby hard enough you can get some politicians to try to take away my freedom of speech though. Good luck on that.
Oh – and "only in America" – I am not American and I don't live in North America.
The chances for you actually killing a person with most of these are 1 in a billion
I did this to a guy in high school(i was misguided back then) I hit him in the jaw and when his mouth fell open, i grabbed him by the lower jaw and jerked that puppy out of socket. It didn't kill him…..but he was beggin for death.
ps- boys and girls, fighting is not cool!!!
that's hot…. just sayin'. I like a man who can defend himself….
you missed off the good old elbow spike aswell smash someone with that in either the front of the nose or the temple or the gap just below the solarplexus and they wont get up again
Possibly one of the weirdest listverse lists ever…
You missed a very common one taught to almost all military personnel. If your enemy is on the ground, jumping up, bending your knees at the apex, and then making your body rigid while landing anywhere on their body will win you the fight 99.9% of the time, either from instant death (head or torso) or irreversibly crippling them (legs, arms).
holy shart. some kids at my school have done the ear clapping thing to me. if i knew that could kill me i would have punched him in the face.
Thankyou for this great list sensei. As a martial artist it gets frustrating hearing some people carry on about the best martial arts moves but this list demonstrates that most of the time it's about simple, accurate attacks to sensitive parts of the body.
There is one though that was surprisingly left out…A simple knife hand strike to the jugular. The great thing about that one is that you can vary the strength of the strike so that you may choose just to easily knock someone out rather than cause death. A good application is when you're in a close situation like a clinch or standing grapple you can simply drop the weight of your forearm into the angle between the trapezius muscle and the neck, this one would even be legal in a muay thai match.
Another one you missed is the jump spinning upside down triple helicopter kick. Just kidding.
Truthfully I think this is a load of bull***** and none of these but the neck chops should be attempted in a real world situation.
The chops should not be aimed at the back of the neck as this would make your hand hurt like a mother*****er and would likely not do anything to them.
The former police neck head lock works well if they are recovering from a blow and you just do that, make them choke, run away. No need to do it to the piont of death….
I remember reading some of those 'most vulnerable body parts' in the anarchist's cookbook. or something like that. don't really remember, my memory's bad. nice list, by the way.:)