How to Defend Using Locks Against a Knife

Video Transcript

"On behalf of Expert Village, I am Master Dave Herbert from the World Martial Arts Center, World Pro Hapkido Federation in New York City. We're going to be demonstrating some advanced Bushido techniques. This is also a major problem because 2 hands are on me. The minute I shift this is in my gut. If I grab this we still go a guy with a knife in my lower abdomen. First, on the exhalation, that's when I'm moving. On the exhalation and also as I exhale I shift and press down on this arm. I have the wrist, but I turn the wrist to lock his elbow. At this point, when I step to lock his elbow I hyperextend snapping this. If he holds on, the tighter he holds the better for me. The tighter my lock becomes and more power is here. I snap and 1, and 2. If I want I come back and bring him down. Now we'll show this in real time. On exhalation. I shift down and snap and disarm, cut and bring him down and lock. "