How does head butting someone in the head with your own head ever work

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I see this shit in movies all the time and it always just looks insane to me. Even just basic physics should mean that the equal and opposite reaction of one skull banging into the other would knock each person out equally. How does this ever work? The character always walks away like some badass as if they wouldn’t have some major concussion and are invincible. The only use of this I ever appreciated was the parody in an Adam Sandler movie where the guy did it and did actually pass out from it.

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Like with any other kind of strike, you’re hoping you hitting them causes them more damage than it does to you so you aim for a soft spot on them with a hard spot of yourself

Have you ever actually punched someone in the face full force? That shit hurts your hand if you don’t train, and even then UFC fighters regularly break their hands in fights while punching and keep fighting so it likely still hurts to people who train they can just tolerate it better

Head butts aren’t any different, forehead > nose

It’ll hurt, but it won’t break your head, it should break their nose

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