This will be part of an ongoing series....
It will address areas that a commonly wrong or misrepresented in combat scenes, on stage or in film.
Too often people just drop dead, when hot by a "fatal" blow.
The only thing that will instantly stop life and body function is the so called "sniper shot" which severs the brain stem.
Otherwise the damage caused, while it may be fatal, will technically mean that the the person can still continue to function for a certain amount of time, from seconds to minutes or even hours.
The expression mentioned above, the dead man's 10, is reportedly from western gun fighters, basically it means that even after receiving a fatal shot, for example a bullet through the heart, I will still be able to function for at least 10 seconds.
However this doesn't mean that people don't drop down when hit. But when they do it is because of their reaction to being hit. Most of the time people give mentally before their body gives up.
So next time you see our read a fight where someone conveniently drops when hit, ask yourself, do you believe that is what the character would actually do?
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