How to Get Out of a Single Shirt Grab: Women's Self Defense

Video Transcript

"Hi. My name is Chemin Alldredge. I'm a third degree Black Belt and I'm here with Expert Village. Today we are to be going over women's beginning self defense. Alright, our next form of defense will be a single shirt grab. My attacker's going to grab me. I'm going to hold on to the hand, palm heel to the face, peel backwards, and then knee. Alright, as my attacker attacks me onto the shirt, I'm going to hold on to it, distracting him because I'm grabbing onto my attacker. I'm going to palm heel right up into the nose area and to the face. After I do that, I'm going to take my hand and I'm going to take control because this should loosen your opponent's grip. I'm going to take both hands, holding onto the hand. I've got both of my thumbs holding on so that I have a secure grip. What I'm doing is, I'm going to take his wrist and I'm going to just twist it backwards. One more time, going fast: gripping, peeling backwards and kneeing. "