I think this may have been discussed in the past, but thought I'd start a new thread, to allow our new members as well as our long time members, to give their feedback on the best defense against this type of attack.
I thought that we could look at defenses against the front, side and rear bearhugs, both arms free and pinned.
There are a number of possibilities, but I'll start the ball rolling with a few.
Front, arms free: I think that its important to keep the opponents hips away from you. This will make it harder for him to lift and throw. Possible targets are the face, back of neck, side of ribs (lat area), groin.
Front, pinned: knee to groin, rib area, headbutt.
Rear, free: headbutt, stomp to instep, the shins, groin, top of hands, fingers.
Rear pinned: same as free, minus the top of hands.
Again, these are just a few suggestions to get the ball rolling here. In all cases, I feel that gaining a solid base first is important. If you don't have a solid base, executing any sort of defense is going to be difficult.
So...lets here from everyone else! :ultracool
Mike
I thought that we could look at defenses against the front, side and rear bearhugs, both arms free and pinned.
There are a number of possibilities, but I'll start the ball rolling with a few.
Front, arms free: I think that its important to keep the opponents hips away from you. This will make it harder for him to lift and throw. Possible targets are the face, back of neck, side of ribs (lat area), groin.
Front, pinned: knee to groin, rib area, headbutt.
Rear, free: headbutt, stomp to instep, the shins, groin, top of hands, fingers.
Rear pinned: same as free, minus the top of hands.
Again, these are just a few suggestions to get the ball rolling here. In all cases, I feel that gaining a solid base first is important. If you don't have a solid base, executing any sort of defense is going to be difficult.
So...lets here from everyone else! :ultracool
Mike