Defending a Hook Attack: Lock & Kick

Video Transcript

"Another great way to deal with a hooking attack is to simply lock the blade up. You have to have a lot of awareness, you're going to go and then get it. I want to lock this up. I can begin to take his balance now but I'm also going to strike. I want to take my knee, and got it right on the inside of his thigh all at the same time, just like this. Creates a great deal of dysfunction. So as Daniel comes in, he's very aggressive, his energy's coming out, he's leaning on to this leg, a great deal of tension here. A lot of weight there, its about seventy percent of his weight there right now. If I take that support out, he begins to crumble pretty quickly. So I'm blending, only to a greet on, I don't want to blend too much off. I want to lock it, as I lock it, I thrust kick directly into the side of his thigh. That motion is small into the point. Don't get here and then wind up. Simply takes too long and it's absolutely unnecessary. It's this motion right here. That's what makes a technique work. It's a natural motion, just like this. As Daniel would strike, and I come up here, it drive my knee through. As Daniel strikes, knee comes in through. One more time. I lock it, strike it. That's a good combination, a good lock in strike technique for a hook in attack."