Carl raised his eyebrows as a Slytherin answered that there were thirty-two pressure points in the body. That was a lot! It made him feel ashamed that all he got to mention was the side of the head. He continued to make notes as other students spoke. It was great that they were discussing non-magic ways, because if he was in the Muggle World for the summer and was attacked, he could hit these pressure points instead of using spells (that he was not so good at).

After jotting down the list from the board, Carl considered his options. The dummy in front of him looked absolutely harmless and he felt wrong to even think of attacking one. But it was supposedly animated and that was scary. He chose the eyes and torso because they were probably the easily reachable points for him. With that decision in mind, he put his wand in his bag and faced the closest dummy, which was advancing at him slowly.

Right, the eyes first. It would be better to impair the dummy's vision before causing any real injury. However, Carl met a challenge almost as soon as this thought crossed his mind. His opponent was taller than him, so reaching for the eyes would be difficult. Difficult ... but not impossible. He first dodged as a pair of long arms was stretched out to him, then turned around. The dummy also turned, its reflexes quicker than what he would have preferred. He once saw in a film how professionals jumped around lightly in order to get a better aim at their opponents. Clenching his jaw in determination, he jumped up - and gouged at the dummy's eyes with his fingers.

The dummy paused and shuffled around for a moment. Was that a success? The Hufflepuff hoped so, because he was not doing that again.