Favorite Self Defense Technique
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Oni_Kadaki
Green Belt
Rear naked choke, because in the one real fight I've been in, it allowed me to restrain my attacker without any significant injury to either of us.
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Mazouni
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dvcochran
Grandmaster
Avoiding the conflict.
Headhunter
Senior Master
Anyone that saves my butt
Runs With Fire
Black Belt
A large knock on the head, preferably with the heavy end of a large shillelagh; by far my favorite hand weapon.
oftheherd1
Senior Master
Sorry, I don't have a favorite. In the Hapkido I studied, defense is type of attack specific.
Awareness. Being aware of the people around you, the environment, the situation... The more aware you are, the easier it is to avoid the situation or if thats not possible, the more aware you are gives you the most options.
The best self defense advice I can give... pull your head out of your cell phone.
The best self defense advice I can give... pull your head out of your cell phone.
Danny T
Senior Master
Can't say I have a favorite but for being aware of the every changing situations and just not being there.
But are several movements I tend to use often. Here is a piece from a old vhs video I made a long time ago.
Was unable to post it directly so here is a link to it on FB. I apologize for it being grainy.
But are several movements I tend to use often. Here is a piece from a old vhs video I made a long time ago.
Was unable to post it directly so here is a link to it on FB. I apologize for it being grainy.
Simple strategy - if your opponent has no leg on the ground, he will fall. You can then take off.
- Hook your opponent's leading leg into your arm.
- Hook his back leg off the ground.
- Hook your opponent's leading leg into your arm.
- Hook his back leg off the ground.
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CB Jones
Senior Master
I like the way you think
CB Jones
Senior Master
I was given this advice once by an old black belt.
1st thing you do in a fight is headbutt the other guy right in the bridge of the nose. 95% of people will lose the will to fight when you do that.
The other 5%.....well you better pack a lunch because it’s gonna get ugly.
1st thing you do in a fight is headbutt the other guy right in the bridge of the nose. 95% of people will lose the will to fight when you do that.
The other 5%.....well you better pack a lunch because it’s gonna get ugly.
I love them, but I find them extremely limited in their scope. Mostly only good as the opening salvo, and even there they are limited by height of the opponent.
Once the fight is on, you're not often in the right position. And fights don't last too long.
But like the three bears porridge, if things are just right....oooh.
I have favorite techniques, but I don't have a favorite self-defense technique - that's just too variable for me to even consider. My favorite technique over the last decade is probably Peel-off (in more recognizable terms to most folks, the entry is similar to some versions of shiho nage, and the finish is close to a variant of kote gaeshi). It has a nice flow, and looks complicated, though it's pretty simple in action. It covers some important principles of control, and is pretty dramatic-looking in practice (in application, it'd look less interesting - it turns into a destruction instead of a throw).
Headhunter
Senior Master
Now that is truly a Jack reacher philosophy lol
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Mazouni
Yellow Belt
I always thought yubi dori was a very effective technique.
