bearhug-it can be arm pinned or not, any ideas are welcome.
like someone got you on knees and hes just griping you on your shoulder and you're trying to get out of that position but hes just pushing you down on your knees because hes right behind you. keep in mind that person is tall and bigger.
BTW, are you a Hapkido student? You should be asking your instructor who can show you techniques he knows, or modify a technique he knows. He can also demonstrate what I say below.
Bear hug, arms not pinned: Rake back his middle finger of the top hand to raise it backwards (with your opposite hand), grab his middle finger and pull it back forcefully. Even if he is trying to pull you over, he may collapse under you, or allow you to catch yourself. That works for a Full Nelson also BTW, and can be turned into a pull to the ground and kick with your knee to your opponent's head.
Bear hug arms pinned: If you see him encircling you, drop suddenly and raise your arms (this requires a lot of practice and strength training), move your arms around under and back over and pin his arms at the wrists with your cupped hands, straightening his arms over your shoulders, step forward and throw him over your shoulder.
Bear hug arms pinned suddenly and opponent starts falling back to put you on the ground suddenly: Try to do a good break fall, preferably on your opponent's stomach or head. Try to catch his groin/symphysis pubis with one heel as you go up/over. When you know which way he is rolling you, if he does, try to do a good break fall.
Gripping your shoulder and putting you on your knees, standing against you or nearly so: Pin his hand to your shoulder with your opposite hand as you hit his wrist/forearm from behind with the same hand as the shoulder he is gripping, to break/sprain his wrist. Continue to pin his hand and push on his arm, moving your hand up to about the elbow for more leverage, changing the push on his arm to the inside of the way you are facing, twist your body some to the opposite side of the shoulder being gripped, throwing your opponent over your shoulder.
If he is away from you, duck your head, twist to the direction of the pinned shoulder, under his arm, stay on knees, place hand opposite pinned shoulder behind opponent's heel to pin his foot, place other hand, closed with index finger open and firmly against other inside ankle of opponent, twist base of index finger into pressure point above opponent's ankle.
The above may not make sense to you if you can't see the techniques performed. Sorry.
