How to Do a Jujitsu Wristlock at Knifepoint

Video Transcript

"MICHAEL LEWIS: Michael Lewis with Yeshua Ryu Martial Arts on behalf of Expert Village. We are talking today about inboard wrist locks, how to apply them, and how to use them for your self defense. Okay. Now we are going to talk about how to defend yourself using the inboard wrist lock at knife point, specifically from the back. Keep in mind though, when working with knife techniques, it also takes a very specific training to work specifically for knives, but we are going to sort of simplify and run through it very quickly and mainly focusing on the inboard wrist lock. From here, what you are going to do--he has a knife on my back, I can feel it, I know exactly where it is, but he is not actually thrusting in yet. He is trying to hold me up, maybe get my wallet or whatever it may be. What I do first is I take my left leg and I am going to step out of the way, and also push his hand out of the way., so at the same time, as the motion that goes as I am stepping out of the way but also grabbing his hand. Immediately, I will rotate his hand back over, grab the hand, and apply the pressure in. Of course he may be turning his body but still you are getting a good wrist lock. From here, again, you have your variations. You can either go up into a shoulder crank or you can apply pressure and maybe gain a hold of the knife or knock the knife out of his hand. So, one more time, he has a knife in my back. The most important part of this technique is to be able to step out of the way effectively and to also gain control of this hand so that he does not come back across the body and possibly still cut you. But once you gain control over here, you very quickly have to move back into this technique here, which is the inboard wrist lock, again applying pressure. As you have more pressure that you apply, his grip will loosen up so you are able to strip the knife out of his hand, and then you have control of the situation. That is how to defend yourself against knife point from the back using an inboard wrist lock."