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Knife hand thrust!
Be sure the tail is lying flat on the cutting board and cut through it, pushing on the back of the knife with your free hand as well as pressing down with the knife hand.
I caught myself on my counter, but I'm certain that if I hadn't been standing in that perfect spot, I would have tried to brace myself with my knife hand, and accidentally sunk nine inches of Williams Sonoma steel deep into my own ribcage.
A palm-down knife hand works very well for this.
The next easiest break after the downward palm strike is probably the side knife hand.
This stance works well with Shuto (Knife Hand), and most other blocks.
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