"Punch in the neck"

[Joel S. Berson]

An influence from karate and other martial "arts", perhaps as
popularly seen executed by Jackie Chan, Jet Li, et al.?

Joel

At 5/25/2014 04:10 PM, Jim Parish wrote:
>In my youth, the favored expression of (mock-)serious violence involved
>a threat to punch someone in the *nose*. Lately, though, it seems as
>though the *neck* is now the favorite target. Does anyone know anything
>about this change - when, where, why? It seems very recent to me, but of
>course the Illusion of Recency needs to be guarded against. (Why the
>*neck*? Surely the nose is a much more reachable and - when struck -
>satisfying target?)
>
>Jim Parish
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