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Military/Scenario:
Attacker attempts to disram the Officer from a front position gun grab.
Breakdown:
Holster side hip turns away from the Attacker at the same time that you drop your weight (level change)
as this initially protects the holster. I am not showing this in the video but you should strike the
Attackers forearm (Radial) with as much force as possible to loosen the grip on your holster. Picture 2,
shows my L forearm on the base of my opponents skull which is used as a strike and to direct his head
into my R arm for a cross-face and neck-crank position (picture 3). If you examine the picture above,
(marked “Close Up”) you will see that from the cross-face the R hand slips below the chin and across the
front of the throat with the thumb up (90 deg).By using your L hand to secure the blade edge of your R
hand and rolling both hands outward, the hips can assist in locking the throat and blocking the airway.
This is not a blood-choke but an air-choke as it restricts breathing instead of the blood flow through the
carotid or jugular pathways. Injury is dictated by the duration of time in which the choke is applied. The
choke is controlled by the hips (core) and not the arms or hands.
Details:
The transitions between pictures 2 & 3, are the key to the success of the tactic as you must become fluid
at using your support hand (or vice versa) to pass the head of your Attacker into your dominant arm. This
is not complicated and is the basis for different forms of “clinch” work in wrestling. Grabbing the
Attacker’s head using the SAME side arm is slow and opens you to counters.
Safety:
Chokes of any kind are dangerous…so use common sense and CONTROL when practicing. There should
be no reason that a training partner gets hurt while playing the role of the bad-guy unless through
carelessness and excessive force. Train slowly and carefully.

UZIEL Fighting Systems 2014