How to Escape From a Kung Fu Rear Shirt Grab

Video Transcript

" Hi my name is Dan Schmidt from the Chinese Martial Arts Center and for expertvillage.com. In this clip we are going to be showing you self defense against the rear shirt grab. So in any instance when you are walking or perhaps standing in line somewhere if someone grabs shirt from the rear it is actually very simple just step out in one leg and take a fist, swing the fist straight across. Some target areas would be right at the check bone which is actually paper thin or actually your right to the jugular right here. Just swing hard like that okay if they are still hanging on just wrap the arm around the elbow like this leaning back slightly. See this bend the arm in you could very easily twist and snap the arm. From here just take your opposite hand and step behind with the opposite foot, press against the throat, and lean in, toss them backwards. Now for filming purposes I let go of his arm but, for instance so stick your arm out if we are in a real situation his arm is bent this way. You wouldn't let go as we speak you would just twist back and the arm would snap very easily. So once again he grabs from the rear just take the fist, just turn naturally, strike, wrap the arm around, lean back slightly, step behind, take the hand press, and toss. Okay you want to do this action very fast because if you do it to slow even though I did strike him he could block. Even though he does block that is okay he could block and he could still go around he hits himself. But, let say even if I strike this way and I'm still slow he could come over with the other hand. In that case you have to employ blocking but, if you train enough, so you do it fast, just strike step around and hand here, sweep. That is self defense against the rear shirt grab."