Hand to hand

[NinjaNick25]

Personaly I can take people down without falling down because I wrestle (and not that fake WWE crap) but what can you guys do against a one on one zombie with no wepons?

[alptraum]

Rip one of its decaying limbs off and then comically beat it with it. That seems to be the obvious answer.

[NinjaNick25]

LOL

[yossarian]

I'd start by doing that trick where you wrap your fingers around your thumb and then bend your other thumb so it looks like you're pulling the end of your finger off. Then he'll try do it and end up pulling all of his fingers off for real. Then when he bends down to pick up his fingers (which will be really hard to do since he doesn't have any fingers) I'll kick him in the face.

[Finch]

I'll gouge their eyes out like a navy seal

[dogbane]

Outrun it.

[Oneswunk]

Tickle it.

[Finch]

Thow poo at it

[Oneswunk]

Trip finch .

[Finch]

Trip finch .

It should not be hard to run faster then my fat ass

[Spartan299]

Damn, beat me to that question.

[Mr. E. Monkey]

I'd start by doing that trick where you wrap your fingers around your thumb and then bend your other thumb so it looks like you're pulling the end of your finger off. Then he'll try do it and end up pulling all of his fingers off for real. Then when he bends down to pick up his fingers (which will be really hard to do since he doesn't have any fingers) I'll kick him in the face.

[Dawgboy]

[Rev]

Try making it's head explode with my mind. Should that fail, I'll run like a little bitch.

[Brandt]

All of these answers are funny but I think I'll give a go at a real answer.

I take Krav Maga which is a mixture of many different martial arts including BJJ and Judo. These martial arts are all about joint locks and throws using simple physics. Those type of moves seem very beneficial to me if a zombie got in my personal space and was trying to eat my face off.

My go to move is a technique similar to the Reap from MCMAP (Marine Corps Martial Arts Program). The way the move works is by pushing above and sweeping below a person's center of gravity (their stomech) at the same time. To do this, you place your hands on their chest while putting your right leg behind their right leg. You then push down on their chest while you sweep your leg back causing their leg to go forward and out from under them. These combined movements will put them on their back very quickly and very hard, giving you precious seconds to run away or get out your gun to put a bullet in the zombie's head. This move is really easy and very fast. It allows you to keep your attacker at arms length away and put them on their back using little of your energy.

The other move I use is an Achilles Heel sweep. Basically, you give them a quick shove in the chest to off balance them and then kick the back of their heels like you were punting a football. The push on their chest sends them backwards while the sweep to the back of their leg changes the momentum fowards causing their center to get all out of whack and doing the exact thing as the Reap. This is also a very simple and quick move. In a human target, this will cause a lot of pain because the Achiles Tendon in the heel is one of the weakest and most sensitive spot on the body. That, on top of falling directly on to your back can stun them. I've ended a fight using this move when a guy at a party got up in my face and shoved me. I pushed him back, punted his Achilles tendon, and the fight was over. He got up and limped away in pain and fighting to breath.

One of the many reasons I love Krav; it gives you a lot of simple and effcient options for the same scenarios so you can decide which one you are comfy with.

[Aikibiker]

With a single Zombie if I did not have a weapon in my hand (but one close by or on my person) and I cannot run away I would try to gain control of the bottom of the upper arm that is closest to me and push it up and toward the face of the Zombie taking it off balance and keeping it from grabbing me while I draw a weapon to finish it off.

If I have no weapon period and I cannot run away I would do the same as before but try to add a foot sweep at the appropriate moment or if close to a wall try and pin the zombie face first into the wall so it cannot bite me while I attempt to break it's ankles and knees with kicks. Once the Zombie is on th eground I am going to look for something heavy to crush it's skull since I don't think putting a rear naked choke is going to do me a damn bit of good.

Against multiple zombies without a weapon in my hand, but one on my body or close by and I cannot run away I would try and use throwing techniques to use one zombie to knock down others to give me time to acquire a weapon.

Against multiple zombies and I have no weapon period and cannot run away, probably die.

[bonanacrom]

Taking some(one-thing ) down means grabbing it, no thanks. I'm more of a basher. There's always something close enough to hand to make bashing an option, my preference is always my tactical four-slice toaster.

[Power Fail]

Taking some(one-thing ) down means grabbing it, no thanks. I'm more of a basher. There's always something close enough to hand to make bashing an option, my preference is always my tactical four-slice toaster.

Thank you for mentioning a toaster as a weapon, so I could post one fantastic movie clip.

[Reynard]

So we're to assume that this combat is taking place in a totally sterile environment? Because if we're talking zombies, there is no way I would get close enough to touch one bare handed unless I had absolutely no other options. Most rooms have lamps, table legs, glasses, etc., that would all be better options (my opinion here) than going hand to hand. Especially untrained (as many of us are). In fact, I would put that theory forward in any hand to hand situation. As I am untrained, I would go with improvised melee weapons first.

Now if there truly is nothing on hand? Then I agree with a couple of the previous posts, that suggested center mass blows to unbalance. Those seem the simplest for an amateur to pull off and get away.

[Finch]

So we're to assume that this combat is taking place in a totally sterile environment? Because if we're talking zombies, there is no way I would get close enough to touch one bare handed unless I had absolutely no other options. Most rooms have lamps, table legs, glasses, etc., that would all be better options (my opinion here) than going hand to hand. Especially untrained (as many of us are). In fact, I would put that theory forward in any hand to hand situation. As I am untrained, I would go with improvised melee weapons first.

Now if there truly is nothing on hand? Then I agree with a couple of the previous posts, that suggested center mass blows to unbalance. Those seem the simplest for an amateur to pull off and get away.

how dare you bring logic here

[lonewolf15002000]

Personally I can take people down without falling down

I can do that too. Only problem with dealing with Zombies is they bite so no touchy.

The other move I use is an Achilles Heel sweep. Basically, you give them a quick shove in the chest to off balance them and then kick the back of their heels like you were punting a football.

Man you have some talent if you can stand in front of a Zombie and kick the Achilles like you were punting a foot ball. Last time I checked the Achilles was in the back of the leg so you would have to bring your leg backwards into the Achilles rather than forward in a punting motion. But I understood what you were trying to get at just had to rip on you a little.

[KBoosh]

I'd start by doing that trick where you wrap your fingers around your thumb and then bend your other thumb so it looks like you're pulling the end of your finger off. Then he'll try do it and end up pulling all of his fingers off for real. Then when he bends down to pick up his fingers (which will be really hard to do since he doesn't have any fingers) I'll kick him in the face.

This. this is the _only_ way to kill a zombie from now on.

[Reynard]

So we're to assume that this combat is taking place in a totally sterile environment? Because if we're talking zombies, there is no way I would get close enough to touch one bare handed unless I had absolutely no other options. Most rooms have lamps, table legs, glasses, etc., that would all be better options (my opinion here) than going hand to hand. Especially untrained (as many of us are). In fact, I would put that theory forward in any hand to hand situation. As I am untrained, I would go with improvised melee weapons first.

Now if there truly is nothing on hand? Then I agree with a couple of the previous posts, that suggested center mass blows to unbalance. Those seem the simplest for an amateur to pull off and get away.

how dare you bring logic here

Yeah, my bad. This isn't the first time I've been accused of bringing logic in where its not wanted.

[Gigas]

I do interpretive dance to confuse it then scorpion kick its face.