Rear Bear Hug Anti-Kidnapping Defense

Video Transcript

"The technique in this series is going to be a bear hug attack from the rear, with the defender's arms free and available for counterstrikes. So she's going to be striking with elbows, one on each side, finding the, which one works best. Turning, and trying to turn and improve position to do more counterattack techniques until she can get the attacker's grip loosened, and actually get away from the attacker. Alright, now on this, Cass is going to do the same defense, but this time to make it even more effective, I'm going to have her yelling, "stay away", "leave me alone", the whole time she's doing it. This will do two things. Or, three. It will draw attention, it will also, make sure she doesn't hold her breath as she does the defense. Stay away! Don't touch me! Some really important details in this technique are, making sure the hips drop down and back, when the defender starts the initial motion, and that when you do the elbows, it's always, one, then the other. And here's why. If the attacker's head is on this side of the body, and the defender hits it. It will send it to the other side of the body. If the attacker's head is not on this side of the body, then, it's likely to be on the other side. So, we always want to initiate this defense, with one, then a second elbow, and make sure the hips are low and drawn back. So that the attacker makes it harder to pick up. Stay away! Don't touch me!"