Groin attacks and what you can do to protect yourself from it

In the martial arts there is a saying, which goes “上顾头,下顾档” and which means as much as: “in fighting protect yourself above for strikes against your head, and below for strikes against your groin”. An attack to the male groin is effective because nature has hardwired the male body so as to make it clear that it is absolutely necessary the man learns to be careful with his genitals.