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Step 1
Step back with one foot and shift your weight forward, pushing into your attacker, if your feet are on the ground and your arms are pinned by your sides. Depending upon the height of your attacker, by pressing into him and downwards, you can create a slight space between both of you.
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Step 2
Wiggle your hands around to his hipbones and dig your thumbs into the soft area of his abdomen, just inside each pelvic bone. Grab the hipbones and dig in very hard; this is a sensitive location.
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Step 3
Raise one knee as high as you can and rake downwards on his kneecap. You have very little room to move so lift your knee on the outside of his leg and scrape with the inside arch of your foot against his kneecap. If his knees are bent, you're out of luck but if he is standing with locked knees, you can tear the ligaments that hold the kneecap in place.
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Step 4
Head-butt if your feet are off the ground. When you are hanging in the air and your arms are pinned, there is very little you can do. Try butting your head into his nose. Butt hard, being careful not to hit his mouth. His teeth will cut your head.
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Step 5
Kick to the groin, shin or knee area and get away. The main thing is to create an instant in which you can run to safety. Front bear hugs are difficult to escape from if you're much smaller and weaker than your assailant is.
