If youre wearing a belt and have the opportunity to take it off you can wrap it around your hand and swing or punch the buckle into your attackers face.

Can you break your hand punching someone in the face. Your arm can have a lot of momentum and internal tension due to internal forces that makes you punch hard but the actual force is defined on the interaction with another object in this case. You can get really complicated about this but if were really keeping in the spirit of the question youre asking the answer is that you cant punch someone hard enough to put a hole in them Not unless the Puncher and the Punchee are made out of Different Stuff. Thusly follow the following steps to follow up on your desire to land a punch.

In fact further attempts by the attacker to punch you will most likely cause serious injury to his fists as he would hit them against the sharp points of your elbows. As the head is basically the hardest part of the human body a connecting blow actually means you stand a better chance of breaking a hand yours than breaking a face your opponents. Proclaim loudly in a fit of anger I am going to punch you in the face you bastard This step isnt mandatory you dont have to.

If you punch someone in the jaw or skull ie bone on bone you will risk breaking your hand and specifically the end part so-called metaphyseal area of your metacarpal bones the bones in the palm itself. You can rabbit punch them knife hand them strike them with the webbing in between your thumb and index finger just remember not to do it the hardest you can or youre going to have bigger problems than the slight ego damage from the combatants offensive and relentless opinions about your luck with. The nose is an excellent spot to hit someone if you dont necessarily want to knock them out.

Other causes can be from trying to break a fall with your hand having your hand crushed in an accident violent twisting of the hand or finger or from contact during sports. But in real life hauling off and clocking someone is not only a great way to break your hand but in the majority of cases illegal. You wanna connect with the 2 huge lead knuckles when you land any type of punch or at least all at once you absolutely dont want your last 2 small knuckles connecting on their own thats how breaks happen.

Probably 99 of cases where people break their hands from punching street training or comp doesnt matter is because of really bad technique. Face-punching in movies and TV shows is as clichéd as the angry police chief and the one-handed cliff grab. If you land a punch on their forehead your more likely to break their hand.

If you dont have those youll have to hire someone else to do the punching. Use an improvised weapon to defend yourself. I think part of the reason is the shortened reach of palm strikes.