Originally posted by pinkus-pils
Just have to say that a knee to the groin just isn't nice...poor guy he didn't deserve it. Couldn't Lady Europa just thrust a knife into his belly...that would have been nicer. 
Actually, it's a low-percentage move, one women place far too much confidence in because they don't (can't) know the mechanics. As a male groin owner yourself, you know as well as I do that a shot there has to hit just exactly right to incapacitate. Worse yet, a man tends to react with visceral fury to any failed kick in that region, becoming twice as dangerous. I'm not sure which woman it was who taught her daughter, "Never kick a man in the balls unless you plan to kill him next," but she was wise.
When women ask me about self-defense, being no expert but having some modest understanding and a rather cold streak, I generally recommend that they avoid the groin until they have the guy defenseless and are simply punishing him further for his misbehaviour, as they should always do without pity if assaulted. In such cases, the heel (or widest part of the shoe) was the preference of KGB interrogators, so I encourage that; if he's not ralphing, you did it wrong and should try again. (It's easier for them to lift a leg and step than to pick up and drop a big rock.) I assume that whatever the KGB did, it did because it hurt the worst.
I can see why the Leftenant used the groin move, though, because she had backup close at hand with the advantage of surprise and disorientation, and could hardly miss, thus improving her odds dramatically. The nose bones up into the braincase would have been a higher-percentage shot, I reckon, but what's done is done.
This is a good time for me to ask: what in the world does 'pinkus-pils' mean? It sounds like a tranquilizer, or some psychedelic form of Czech beer.
jkk
