I suspect you're full of shit, but I always did wonder why more people don't get their eyes poked out. In terms of effectiveness, it's 1000x more effective than a solid boot to the testicles.
Nope. I was taking martial arts and defensive fighting classes for years back then. It was my senior year of high school and it was a freshman football player for the school. I've also been in more fights than I can remember growing up. Mostly because I was living in foreign countries or Hawaii with the reverse racism there. Once past middle school I never lost any more fights. Even in middle school I only lost one.
No way I can do now what I did back then though. Too old, too slow, and too many injuries since then. But at 17, lean, strong, working out 6+ hours a day and with a background to fighting I was not someone you fucked with. It's also very easy to poke someone's eyes out or pop their eardrums. Either one will drop someone to the ground and end any fight with them right then and there. So why is it so hard to believe I did that?