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A peroneal strike is a temporarily disabling
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to the common fibular (peroneal) nerve of the leg, just above the
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. The attacker aims roughly a
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span above the exterior side of the knee, towards the back of the leg. This causes a temporary loss of
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of the leg, accompanied by numbness and a painful tingling sensation from the point of impact all the way down the leg, usually lasting anywhere from 30 seconds to 5 hours in duration. The strike is commonly made with the knee, a
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, or
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, but can be done by anything forcefully impacting the nerve. The technique is a part of the
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control tactics used in
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s and by law enforcement agents. The peroneal strike was used against
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s during the 2002
Bagram torture and prisoner abuse In 2005, ''The New York Times'' obtained a 2,000-page United States Army investigatory report concerning the homicides of two unarmed civilian Afghans, Afghan prisoners by Military of the United States, U.S. military personnel in December 2002 at ...
scandal.Rashid, Ahmed. ''Descent into Chaos: The U.S. and the Disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia''. 2008. New York: Viking Penguin, 2009


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Charley horse A charley horse is an American term for a very painful involuntary cramp, most commonly occurring in the legs (usually located in the calf muscle) and/or foot, lasting anywhere from a few seconds to a couple of days. The phrase formerly referred ...
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Pain compliance Pain compliance is the use of painful stimulus to control or direct a person. The purpose of pain compliance is to direct the actions of the subject, and to this end, the pain is lessened or removed when compliance is achieved. This provides incen ...
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Kubotan A Kubotan is a self-defense keychain weapon developed by Sōke Takayuki Kubota in the late 1960s. It is typically no more than long and about in diameter, slightly thicker or the same size as a marker pen. The material is usually a hard high- ...


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