The knee to the belly is one of the most frequent “soften-up” moves used in a standing position in women’s wrestling. It is meant to take some fight out of the victim by softening her up. As many female wrestlers have soft bellies, a blow to the bread basket is meant to exploit this weakness.

Both the victim and the attacker are in a standing position. The attacker proceeds to restrain the victim somehow (by having her teammate hook her arms, by backing her up into the corner or by tying her arms up in the ropes) after which she lifts one of her legs up kneeing the victim in the stomach.

Possible escape: don’t let yourself be tied up. The knee is quite impossible to land if the would be victim is freely moving about.

Efficiency: a knee to the belly is always quite a blow, even to a wrestlerette with well developed abdominals. Due to the sensitive nature of the targeted area, the knee to the belly is extremely efficient at wearing an opponent down, so yes: at what it’s supposed to achieve, it is indeed quite excellent.

Courtesy of sleeperkidsworld.com