Clinch in hand-to-hand combat and self-defense In hand-to-hand combat clinches happen. If you don’t know what to do in a clinch you may end up like the casualties in the video below. Your browser does not support JavaScript! JavaScript is needed to display this video player! For useful lessons from this fight see Self-Defense Tip […]
Self-Defense Tip 118 Clinch Read More »
Here is a video one of my friends, Karim, posted on his Facebook page with his comment: K1 Greatest Knockouts Karim’s comment: This video shows just how powerful K1 truly is. The best fighting on the planet has been squeezed into this clip. Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You can lock and grapple as long as you like but
Self-Defense Tip 57 Knockouts and Other Fight Enders Read More »
Armlocks, armbars and wristlocks: some only for movies, some good enough for fighting A picture is worth a thousand words . . . So, instead of writing a lot, I invite you to view video clips of armlocks, armbars, and wristlocks. The first clip shows a wide variety of locks, some shown with tactical set-up,
Self-Defense Tip 39 Sample Videos of Armlocks and Wristlocks Read More »
Large inner reap (o-uchi-gari) — a grappling technique useful for boxers and street-fighters This self-defense tip continues the subject of grappling drills that transfer well to many fighting techniques of various combat sports, for example, to boxing. In this tip I describe technique and drills for o-uchi-gari (large inner reap). Practice of o-uchi-gari develops awareness
Self-Defense Tip 33 Stand-Up Grappling Drills for Striking Skills — Large Inner Reap Read More »
Forward foot sweep (de-ashi-barai) — a grappling technique useful for boxers, mma fighters, and street-fighters If done right drills for grappling skills can improve your striking skills, whether for boxing, or mixed martial arts (mma), or street-fighting. There are moments during one’s steps when one is unable to attack or even to defend effectively. These
Self-Defense Tip 32 Stand-Up Grappling Drills for Striking Skills — Forward Foot Sweep Read More »
If in your practice grappling attacks are done wrong, your defenses against them will be useless in real fights Being proficient with the method of an attack is necessary for realistic practice, and thus for acquiring effective self-defense skills. People who do not know what makes attacks work can be persuaded to practice useless “defenses”
Self-Defense Tip 24 Realistic Defenses vs. Phony Defenses: Grappling Attacks Read More »
What if an attacker succeeds with a front under-the-arms bear hug? This issue’s tip deals with an attack that can end up the same as the over-the-arms bear hug described in the self-defense tip no. 10. An attacker who grabs you in a front under-the-arms bear hug can bend you backward and push you down,
Self-Defense Tip 12 Front Under-the-Arms Bear Hug Read More »
How badly a front over-the-arms bear hug can hurt you? An attacker who grabs you in a front over-the-arms bear hug can either bend you backward and throw you down or lift you up and throw you down by sweeping your legs aside with his foot or by throwing you back overhead (judo uranage, wrestling
Self-Defense Tip 10 Front Over-the-Arms Bear Hug Read More »
The attacker grabs your clothes or your hair from behind and pulls you back and down into his or her strike or knee kick. What should your first reaction be when you feel a grab from behind? Why squat down when grabbed from behind? No matter if you are grabbed by the hair or by
Self-Defense Tip 8 Hair Grab or Clothes Grab from Behind Read More »
What should your first reaction be when someone grabs you by the sleeve? Should you first attempt to shake off the grip or to twist the attacker’s arm? Or perhaps you should first protect yourself from the attacker’s free hand? The best first reaction to a grab by the sleeve Let’s say that the attacker
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