How to Use Hoodie Jacket as Choking Weapon

Video Transcript

"Tres Tew here. I'm an instructor at Yeshua's Ryu Martial Arts and on behalf of Expert Village, I'm going to be showing you how to use your jacket or your hooded sweatshirt in a defense situation. Many flexible weapons (ropes, chains, etc.) can be used as wrapping and choking tools. So if Nick were to come in with a strike, now what I'm doing is I'm catching it and letting it bend in. But at the same time, I'm wrapping and taking the other end of it with my other hand and just grabbing on. I have that grab now. So really, I'm trying to avoid contact with the knife. That's why I'm doing this. He comes again. I catch and I'm wrapping it up. As you can see, I've gone into a wrist lock here and I've also disarmed the knife simply by doing a wrapping technique very circular. Also, it can be used...come in with a thrust. I can just kind of push it down. But, if I'm able to get behind someone, I can use the sleeve right here to choke. All it takes is just a little bit of pressure on the neck. I can even do this one handed and kind of pull him down to the ground. This is also a very good redirecting tool. If he were to come in, I can just kind of push with this section of the blade and redirect his strike. So, that's how to use it in a grappling and just a wrapping up and choking way. Again, you want to use the sleeves for this. It's not as bulky and it's more likely to rope than anything else. If you try to use any other section, it's going to kind of tie up what you are trying to do, more than anything else. "