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- From: tac@cs.brown.edu (Ted A. Camus)
- Subject: Re: bear hug variation
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.163947.23771@cs.brown.edu>
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- Organization: Brown University Department of Computer Science
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 16:39:47 GMT
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- jchristian@desire.wright.edu writes:
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- >Bear hug from behind, trapping arms by the sides. Attacker has lifted you
- >into the air; arms are trapped just below elbow level and you cannot use
- >the ground [. . .]
- >(3) You have about three seconds (a generous estimate)
-
- Very !! You should blend with the attack immediately. We'll assume
- you have been yanked up in the air, are currently horizontal, and are
- about to blend with the earth (not in a new-age fashion either).
- It is unlikely you can fight this motion at this point. Instead,
- scissor your legs and bend & twist your body so that you can land
- with one foot on the ground. So say that the attacker wants to throw
- you to his/her right. Left leg shoots forward, right leg back, body
- twists right and bends, and hopefully your left leg hits the ground
- instead of your head.
-
-
- >We've found that the best time to deal with the attack is the moment you feel
- >it happening. This is obvious, but the complications have already begun
-
- Fred Lovret Sensei (from memory) :
- "Most schools teach you how to get out of a bad situation. This is
- entirely wrong. Instead, they should be teaching you how not to get
- in a bad situation in the first place."
-
- I.e., as you've noted, instead of training to escape from a hold,
- it is better to train to instinctively be able to deal with an attack
- the instant it begins to manifest itself --
-
- -- Ted --
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