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Summary: Learn How to defend against shotgun hip fire from the back when defending an attack with a rifle or shotgun with your bare hands this free self defense video from our martial arts expert Tess Tew.
Instructor Tres Tew has trained in Yeshua’s Ryu Karate for 5 years and is currently a 1st Degree Dan Black Belt. He currently teaches classes at the Christian Martial Arts center in...read more
"My name is Tres Tew; I am an instructor here at Yeshua' Ryu Martial Arts. On behalf of Expert Village, I'm going to be showing you how to defend yourself with open hands against either rifles or shotguns. This is a technique that your opponent has his gun towards your hip, it's going to be at your lower back. He's holding you at gunpoint right here, instead of holding your hands up here because when I turn I'm not able to make any kind of contact with the shotgun or the rifle. So what I am going to do, this movement right here I am stepping towards him and at the same time shouldering, keeping my arm in and hooking right here towards the shotgun or rifle. I'm striking right here, this is going cause him to let go of that hand and then what I am doing I am pulling right here, kneeing, this is going to cause him to bend over. I've grabbed on to the weapon right here, and I'm going to trap his hand on the weapon and I'm going to push him down and hold him at gunpoint. The reason I'm doing this, is I am going to direct someone else to call the police and hold him until the police arrive. He can hook my legs right here at this point, I'm just going to dig, dig the barrel of my gun keeping my finger off the trigger. Just dig the barrel of my gun into his neck, this will keep him from trying to hook my legs and take me down. That's how you defend yourself against someone who is hip firing towards your back."
eHow Article: Defense For Shotgun From Hip to Your Back