When using an impact weapon, what is the primary focus of your strikes?

The primary focus of strikes when using an impact weapon is to effectively neutralize a threat while maintaining control of the situation. This involves sweeping the zone, which means targeting areas that allow for maximum impact on the threat, ensuring that you can still maintain awareness of your surroundings. Sweeping the zone helps in addressing multiple potential threats and ensures a broader area of control, which is especially vital in dynamic situations where attackers may be moving or there are multiple individuals involved.

While delivering precise blows can be important, especially in one-on-one encounters, the tactical approach often prioritizes broader coverage and the ability to defend oneself from multiple angles. Targeting specific individuals might be a part of a tactical consideration, but it lacks the proactive, encompassing strategy that sweeping the zone provides. Avoiding harm to bystanders is crucial, yet the focus during an engagement is primarily on effectively managing the immediate threat, as long as measures are taken to minimize risk to innocent individuals.