Eye-gouging
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Eye-gouging is the act of pressing or tearing the eye using the fingers or instruments. Eye-gouging involves a very high risk of eye injury, such as eye loss or blindness.
Eye-gouging as a fighting style was once a popular form of sport fighting in the back-country United States, primarily in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Eye-gouging is prohibited in modern sports. It is a serious offence in rugby football codes where it occurs rarely. It is prohibited in combat sports, but some self-defense systems teach it.[1] Training in eye-gouging can involve extensive grappling training to establish control, the eye-gouging itself being practiced with the opponent wearing eye protection such as swimming goggles.[2] Yuki Nakai went on to win a bout in the Vale Tudo Japan 1995 tournament after his opponent performed an illegal gouge that blinded him in his right eye.[3]
See also
- Enucleation of the eye
- Eye for an eye
- Eye poke
- List of rugby union players banned for eye gouging
- Gouging (fighting style)
- Phantom eye syndrome
References
Further reading
- United States Marine Corps (1999). USMC MCRP 3-02B Close Combat. Department of the Navy. ISBN 1-58160-073-9.
- Zorbas, Vagelis. Kino Mutai: The Art of Biting and Eye Gouging. www.fullcombat.com. URL last accessed January 7, 2006.
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