"We deal with explosions and violence primarily, and that's all been pulled way back," said Mr. Ferrara, a stuntman with a side-of-beef torso and hands as thick as telephone books.
Over a mail shirt he wore a set of iron discs known as the "four mirrors," protecting the front, back and sides of his torso.
The case led the city to spend $12 million on new bullet-resistant vests that would provide more coverage of the neck and the sides of the torso.
He starts swinging his katana at me, hitting me on the sides of my torso and legs.
Accompanying initial responses – botlhoko, botlhoko!, whole-body pain gestures included some variation of folding the arms across the chest, placing the hands on opposite shoulders, and rubbing the hands down the arms, then spreading their hands to the ipsilateral sides of their torso and continuing to rub down both sides of the pelvis and lower extremities.
For the arms, draw two rectangles on both sides of the torso.
Hold your glove in front of your chest, with your elbows resting on both sides of your torso.
The triangle pose will strengthen your back and legs and stretch the sides of your torso and hip muscles.
Remember to squeeze as you do this: squeeze your inner thighs against the sides of your torso, squeeze your shins into your upper arms and suck your abdominal muscles inwards.
The electricity gripped his body, coursing through his head and the left side of his torso.
Position your hands on either side of your torso flat on the mat, keeping them close to your body.
