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Sneaky and Devastating Self Defense Takedown

The Art of Deception

The key to this self-defense move is having the element of surprise. You obviously can’t just walk up and do this to a guy who is threatening you. You have to deceive or distract him so you can get in close for this devastating takedown. The best distraction in this scenario is to make the attacker think you are being submissive. This is obviously a great tool if you are a woman, but it works well for men too.

The Setup:

  1. Deceive Your Attacker: Taking a submissive body position (a slightly slouched posture, avoiding eye contact, a weak soft voice) will allow you to get into the takedown zone without your attacker knowing what you are up to.
  2. Get In Close: Once you are up close you have the advantage in the situation. Bullies, predators, and attackers are most familiar with fighting in punching range. Successfully deceiving your attacker allows you to move into a position where you are too close for punches to be effective at all.
  3. Strike Their Groin: Once you have closed the gap, strike their groin and throat simultaneously. For the groin strike you need to use an upward-facing open-hand palm. When you strike you need to grab whatever you can. If you can’t grab their groin, grab the inseam of their pants because you need a handle.
  4. Pinch Their Windpipe: As you are striking their groin, grab their throat with a c-hand. If you strike with a closed hand they will move backwards too quickly and you won’t be able to grab hold of their windpipe. Once you strike their throat you need to dig your thumb into the space just behind their windpipe and use the rest of your fingers to tightly grasp the other side of their throat.

Following Up

At this point you have two very effective handles and the attacker isn’t going anywhere without causing himself a LOT of pain, but to make this self-defense technique effective you can’t just hang onto him, you have to put him on the ground.

Luckily for you, having two very effective handles is a good position to be in. However, it prevents you from escaping, and since you aren’t a cop, detaining this guy is not high on your list of things to do.

The goal of any good self-defense technique is to allow you to escape to safety. This requires you to use the handles you have to put him on the ground, giving you a chance to finish the job and escape.

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The Takedown

  1. Sweep Their Legs: To put the attacker on the ground, simply use one of your legs to sweep one of his out from beneath him.
  2. Inflict Maxmium Pain: As you are sweeping their legs out from beneath them, pull up on their groin and push them away from you with the hand you have on their throat.
  3. Release Your Grip: At this point you will need to release your grip on their windpipe. This is especially important while you are practicing. If you don’t release the windpipe this could become a termination move.
  4. Fight or Flight: Once your attacker is on the ground, you must decide to either immediately escape to safety or to follow this self-defense take-down up with some kicks (only if it is necessary for your safety).

DISCLAIMER

Any move where you are grasping the windpipe can be dangerous. As you can see in the video, Kathy completely releases her training partner’s throat as she sweeps his foot to avoid any serious (and potentially fatal) injuries.

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269 thoughts on “Sneaky and Devastating Self Defense Takedown”

  3. I learned the Throat Grab when I was in the Marine Corps from 1968 to 1974. It served me well when my civilian job was that of a Bail Bond Recovery Agent (Bounty Hunter). Good job presenting this technique. When something works…use it.

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  5. These are a sequence if very good moves to put your attacker on the ground. Defence against a attacker using boxing moves to knock you to the ground will be appreciated.

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  6. Kathy Long Is AWSOME!!!!! Damn I wish I was as Talented as she is! I LOVE Fightfast! I have learned SO Very Much from yalls videos! THANK YOU!

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  10. I țhink you are doing a great thing for everyone but especially the women. As a rule knowing what to do is as crucial as doing it quickly. Thats as important as a person a mother of one girl whose a young adult a single mother with one child a girl so I think this of very importanance and very helpful
    Keep up the great contribution. Sincerely Thank you Melanie

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  11. Yesterday I saw a television documentary about a maladjusted teenager who stabbed women for no particular reason. So first you need to be sure he isn’t holding a sneaky and devastating knife. You wouldn’t see it until too late.

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  12. Very nice and effective move!! I’m going to practice it a bit, then teach it to my wife & daughters!!
    Thank you so much for the lessons, this is the best part of my days!

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  15. This looks very effective, I have a sparring partner who’s been in Afghanistan as a soldier. I myself am a 51 year old Marine with a little martial art background. We’ll be studying these techniques along with Krav Maga. I’ll comment on how our sessions go. Thanks again for all the updates.

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  18. Brutal! This move would be effective but
    for the novice, just as anything else….1. Technique 2. Practice, practice,practice! That way it will be second nature to you if needed. Keep it up!

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  20. Looks to me like that should finish his day or several days. She makes it look very easy to do but I know it will take some practice no mater what kind of move it is.

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  22. I can say from the experience of having used this technique that when you move in close to execute this move, nobody EVER sees the lower hand coming in at them. They only see the upper hand and think it is an easy and obvious strike that they can defend against. It is the lower hand that always catches them off guard and will put you in control. Very important that the move is done quickly, in close and without hesitation. Both hands strike at once, done in ONE move, NOT two moves. Accuracy, power and emphasis to be put into the lower hand grab/strike.

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  23. Excellent video clip! You can’t just watch someone else do it and expect to be able to do it when needed!

    As a boy, I used to watch Bruce Lee movies and then go outside and execute his moves!

    Some were successful, some were not.

    The point here is practice is a MUST DO activity!

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  25. I like that alot I need to give this ago and abit happens iv av 2 bigger people in mind,this will come as a total shock to them as they won’t expect this from me at all,if successful I will let you know thanks.

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  26. As always good information that presents options not requiring lots of practice or ability to confront superior strength without being able to use agility or flexibility lost with age.

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  30. I knew of both hand techniques but I never thought about putting them together like that. I would not like to be on the receiving end of this. ?

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  31. Perfect. I am 77 and married to a woman 20 years younger.
    She is a looker and I often have to deal with those who think I’m her father, I use diplomacy but they don’t always listen, I was in special forces so when the tough get going – I respond.

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  34. Great information. I want to teach this to my daughter. I’ll feel better knowing she has this in her arsenal.

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  35. Wow an amazing technique that clearly shows the reason I Luv Fight Fast videos. Thank u can’t get enough. Peace

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  37. i found the video very well done. She was great at showing how to do this type of take down and taking the time to explain in detail exactly how to learn.

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  41. Very good information showed to my wife and she promptly put me on my ass I am not going to show her just let her watch the video next time lol

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  45. kathy Long knows what she’s talking about this is a great technique It it very effectivekeep up the good work .

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