Escaping the Corner

It goes without saying that being cornered is not ideal in a self-defense scenario. Luckily, there are a number of ways to turn the tables on your attacker. In this video lesson, Ray Ellingsen shows you how to escape this deadly scenario using a distraction technique that leads into a brutal takedown.

How To Pick Locks. (Who Needs Keys?)

You may find this shocking, but picking open a standard "tumbler" lock, (like the one on your front door), is pretty damn easy when you know how it's done.

And in a "meltdown" survival situation, (once the smash-n-grab crowd has stolen everything not tied-down), the food and water and secure shelter will all be behind locked doors, (which explains why Special Forces are often trained in lock picking... and why they carry a set of lock pics with them).

It's a lot of fun learning this skill, (it doesn't take long)... and kinda nice to help out that buddy locked out of his house after the wife discovered what really happened on that "no money down" real estate seminar in Vegas.

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Breaking It Down

As Ray explained in the video above, using a joint lock can be a very effective technique in this type of situation. The key to pulling this off is using an effective distraction technique. No attacker is going to just let you put him into a joint lock, so a distraction technique such as the open palm strike is crucial for this technique to work.

Keep in mind that the open palm strike is one of many possible distraction techniques for this kind of situation. You can also use a knee to the groin, a head-butt, or even spit in his face.

In fact, I would probably recommend using something other than the open palm strike simply because it will allow you to trap his hand right as you distract him, lowering the risk that he will release his hand or step back.

Trap Your Attacker

Another thing to keep in mind is that this self-defense technique will only work if your attacker is holding onto you. This is where the trapping technique comes in. Holding his hand against your body is essential if you want this move to work. The best thing to do his distract and trap his hand simultaneously.

After you have applied the joint lock and have taken your attacker to the ground, there are many self-defense techniques you can use to end the fight(such as dropping a knee into his groin), but most importantly you will no longer be cornered and you will have created a clear escape route.

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