home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!nigel.msen.com!hela.iti.org!cs.widener.edu!dsinc!ub!csn!news.uwyo.edu!rtravsky
- From: rtravsky@news.uwyo.edu (Rich Travsky)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: bear hug variation
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.155743.371@news.uwyo.edu>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 22:57:42 GMT
- References: <1992Dec19.175511.6289@desire.wright.edu> <MARY.92Dec22095925@martinique.Cayman.COM>
- Organization: Banzai Institute
- Lines: 43
-
- In article <MARY.92Dec22095925@martinique.Cayman.COM>,
- mary@Cayman.COM (Mary Malmros) writes:
- > In article <1992Dec19.175511.6289@desire.wright.edu>
- jchristian@desire.wright.edu writes:
- >
- > [bear hug stuff deleted]
- >
- > Bear hug from behind, trapping arms by the sides. Attacker has lifted you
- into
- > the air;
- >
- > [snip]
- >
- > (1) Dropping your weight, slamming their face with the back of your head,
- and
- > reaching their hands with yours are all nullified (you're in the air, their
- > head is protected, and your arms are trapped just below the elbow).
- >
- > But how do you drop your weight? This is the thing that made me say, "Oooh,
- > scary" when I read your description in the first place...because my favorite
- > escapes all depend on dropping my weight. And I can't see how to drop my
- > weight, if I'm not partially supporting it to begin with.
- ^^^^^^^^^^
- >
- > Good question, but no answers here, sorry.
-
- Key word here that helps me is "supporting". There _is_ a way, sorta,
- to support your weight (if we stretch the definition a tad).
-
- As your opponent lifts you off the ground, place your legs on the outside
- of theirs and GRIP. Like a straddle - your right leg on the outside of right
- leg, similarly for the left leg (hope this is clear, I'm not knowledgeable
- about that Lambada Dance Notation stuff :). By gripping, you do
- have a base of sorts from which to perform whatever actions you feel you
- _can_ perform (such as a head butt). You may also be able to grab their
- pants with your hands for added stability and adhesion. This also prevents
- them from just dumping you on your butt on the ground. When they do let
- go of you, scraping their shins and/or stomping an instep are options.
-
- Richard Travsky
- Division of Information Technology RTRAVSKY @ CORRAL.UWYO.EDU
- University of Wyoming (307) 766 - 3663 / 3668
- No animals were harmed in the posting of this followup.
-