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Hand twist grip - Te maki gaeshi

basic defense posture while choking: Chin to chest / Pull up shoulders / Tense neck muscles

  • Initial situation
    • Headlock grip from the front;
      So the aggressor is located in front of the defender and is facing him

  • Loosen grip
    • Tense neck, chin on the chest, lift shoulders
    • pull at the strangling arm with a grip of the fingers from the bottom to the wrist, with the aggressor distal hand, doing this ...
    • ... the fingers press hardly on the inner wrist

  • Defense technique
    Hand twist grip, Te maki gaeshi
    • Body rotation towards the aggressor and ...
    • ... "dive" under the loosed strangling arm
    • Execution hand twist grip; Te maki gaeshi, here ...
    • ... the free hand supports the twisting
      The technique is of limited use as transport technique!

  • Completion
    • go on distance or ...
    • ... bring to the ground and fix

Strangle attacks pose a threat to life, they are consistent, timely and hard to fend off!