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apart from being a bad meal (cough chinese food cough), what can we do if, say, awoken by one or two shambling cadavers? no shotgun, no chainsaw and no cricket bat... and being unable to tear heads off with bare hands is quite the problem  so how do you fight something that is, although powerful, hopefully slow, downright stupid and prone to biting? i can contribute the following:
the kickflip:
as a zombie (of general size, lets assume there is no "nemesis" around, or your only defense is prayer) approaches you, usually with both hands extended and with an uncanny desire to grasp your shoulders and reel you in for a bite through the old jugular, grab its forearms. do not let it grasp or scratch you, or you will soon end up on the receiving end of a shotgun. position yourself so there is at least 2.5 meters of room behind you, 2 will do barely, and a large window behind you is jsut beyond awesome  :D:D next extend one foot and place it on the zombie's chest, then fall back, pullingthe zombie to fall on top of you; as you fall, bend your legs like youre sitting down, so the zombie and roll over, pushing the zombie with your feet as hard as you possibly can. in other words, pull it on top of oyu and do a backwards sommersault (sp) you should attain great power when kicking the zombie and force it to fly into anything you planned behind you, be it a radiator, a wall or hopefully a window. or even if it simply hits the floor, movies show that a shock of a throw will give you some time (safe to say 10 seconds) to get to your trusty aluminum bat or something more deadly. more over, the zombie should hit the floor headfirst, so there is a fair chance of a severed neck
sorry if i sound kiddish, if the instructions suck, ill try to draw it and scan it...
well, feel free to contribute...
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While I appreciate the zombiefu-ness of it all, I have to say: RUN!!! Your technique is good to consider for humans, but I think with zombies the solution is going to be to get away, get away, get away, dear lord, GET AWAY!!!
All that needs to be said is this: FIRE = BAD
Sometimes running is not an option.
If you do find yourself unarmed and under attack, with nowhere to run, you should probably concentrate on temporarily disabling the zombies so you can get away. Remember, their balance is not so good, and they aren't fast. Knocking one down might give you enough time to get past.
The mule kick is a possibility. Turn back to zombie (yes, scary, so do it fast) place hands on floor. Pull both feet up in the air, putting your weight on your hands. Quickly kick outwards with both feet, aiming for the torso. Try to regain your footing afterwards.
This should produce enough force to knock down a zombie, and maybe drive it back a few feet.
Kicks in general are your best bet, because it keeps you as far away as possible while directing as much force as possible at the zombie. Also, try to kick them backwards, rather than smashing their knee and having them fall forwards on you.
One thing you should absolutely never do is the judo throw. It just puts you too close to the teeth.
Aiming for the knees if you need to put him down but don't NEED to kill him and if you need to, give his head a good solid kick with a large boot.
When in doubt, get a chainsaw.
I just woke up, you say? Just one word: blankets.
Roll out of the other side of the bed, pull up the sheets and blankets, hold them away from your body, and charge! Using the blanket as a kind of shield, you should be able to knock 'em over and get 'em tangled up, long as there's only 1 or 2...then run like hell.
f'fin brilliant. i thought blankies only worked on the easter bunny, tooth fairy and angry daddy's hoes
my idea was busting knees, but slightly differently.
-grab hands as a zombie lunges at you.
-twist them to the side
-raise your inside leg (the one between your ouside leg and the zombie, you are roughly side by side)
brign it down with every ounce of your strength into the knee, at an angle. you whould hear a crack *this works in ordinary fights too if someone is too stupid to stand still that long*
with its knee tendons ruined, the zombie will lose balance as soon as you step away (hint hint next step), giving you a chance to get away
war's my game
destruction by no other name
Zs are slow to react. (Do try and remember that most people won't be fully awake when attacked like this)
I recommend hitting the floor in a fast croaching position, positioning your best leg on the opposite side of you, so that its right next to the leg of the Z. Sweep it across as hard and fast as possible. This should knock it down. Then get to its head and apply a firm grip, then twist as hard as possible.
If the brain controls it all, then severing the spinal cord should theoretically work. Otherwise, sweep and run
Bury deep, pile on the stones
Yet I will, dig up the bones
I'm just going to go with simplicity in this situation. Either the blanket bullrush or just a simple kick to the knee and run. Why bother grappling them back when you can just knock them down with a low swing kick? I say keep as far away as possible at all times. Range allows you to use your intelligence more as opposed to the more spinal and knee-jerk reactions involved with wrestling. Plus, as we went over in the other forum, they are most likely going to be at least as strong as you, if not more so...and just as determined. That is not the type of creature I want to wrestle with.
Max "Alright, we're just about set...half an hour to go and we'll b-JESUS CHRIST WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!"
Mitchell "WAGALGALGALGLALGA"
Max "AAAAAAAAAAAH"
Physically speaking, most quarterbacks will have troubles when grappling a zombie. Therefore, grappling them is not recommended unless you happen to be Arnold Schwarzenegger, so I'd say sleeping with a weapon close at hand is recommended, possibly a staff since they allow you to keep them at range.
No weapon close at hand, kick them in the shins and run. As I say, grappling isn't recommended, hence my previous suggestion of knocking them down and then snapping the spinal cord, which theoretically should kill them almost as easily as living people
Bury deep, pile on the stones
Yet I will, dig up the bones
If you're up, and one is shambling toward you with arms reaching out, and teeth gleaming in the light just do a classic ninjitsu grapple which doesn't involve testing the strength of a zombie. Grab one arm, and twist it towards the zombie's back. Duck under the zombie's arm as you do this. Tug arm.
Zombie=Uncoordinated, Sharp jerk= off balance.
As the zombie leans or, if you're really lucky, stumbles, Kick it in the back of the leg right where the knee would be at the front, in a downwards angle. If the leg bends to catch your foot then you did it right, and I advise running, but if you really want to from there you can grasp the sides of the head, push yourself upwards, kick real hard in the back of the head, and hope it's dead. From there I STRONGLY suggest running, especially if there is another one somewhere near you.
P.S. guys, I'm back.
Some people wrestle with their personal demons.
I stabbed mine in the back of the head.
...He was a bleeder.
Very coordinated. Interesting. I have a few modifications as to how I would deal with that:
Zombie is approaching...
Run.
I like my way better.
All that needs to be said is this: FIRE = BAD