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- From: wrat@unisql.UUCP (wharfie)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: bear hug variation
- Message-ID: <4435@unisql.UUCP>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 23:06:12 GMT
- References: <1992Dec22.170520.16152@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
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- In article <1992Dec22.170520.16152@cbfsb.cb.att.com> osan@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (Mr. X) writes:
- >> If you relax as totally as you suggest, wouldn't the guy just
- >>switch to a chicken wing (a wrestling move like a hammerlock but with
- > Hopefully, this is exactly what he'll do. Once he releases you,
-
- You don't release the guy. If he relaxes so that his wieght is
- too far underside to easily lift him you simply follow him down to the ground
- using his body as a point of support. You _also_ relax and sort of smother
- him. If his arms are movable you simply slide your arm under his, between
- his body and his arm, and nestle his arm in the crook of your elbow. You
- sort of snake it around from the front without ever breaking contact. Now
- reach up and place your hand on his shoulder and you've got the hold.
-
- In general a good wrestler won't ever release a hold once he's
- got one. He just moves to a different hold.
-
- I _do_ agree that moving to the ground is a good way to deal
- with this attack, provided that there are no third or fourth parties
-