Which description matches the Back Elbow technique?

Which description matches the Back Elbow technique?

• A. Candidate looks behind to see target, spins and steps toward target with one foot planted, and throws a horizontal elbow.
• B. Elbow travels downward from above.
• C. Elbow is a knee strike.
• D. Elbow is used as a feint.

Answer: (C)

Back Elbow is a close-range elbow strike delivered with the back of the elbow, aimed backward at an attacker behind you. The power comes from rotating the hips and shoulders and snapping the elbow, not from a knee motion. Saying the elbow is a knee strike doesn’t fit the movement or the anatomy of this technique—the back elbow uses the elbow joint, not the knee. The other descriptions depict different elbow actions (a spinning, forward angle; a downward high-to-low strike; or a feint), which aren’t how the back elbow is executed.

Back Elbow is a close-range elbow strike delivered with the back of the elbow, aimed backward at an attacker behind you. The power comes from rotating the hips and shoulders and snapping the elbow, not from a knee motion. Saying the elbow is a knee strike doesn’t fit the movement or the anatomy of this technique—the back elbow uses the elbow joint, not the knee. The other descriptions depict different elbow actions (a spinning, forward angle; a downward high-to-low strike; or a feint), which aren’t how the back elbow is executed.