{"id":1027,"date":"2012-09-28T06:35:03","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T06:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fightfast.com\/blog\/?p=1027"},"modified":"2020-04-07T16:25:27","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T16:25:27","slug":"turn-a-wrist-grabbing-attacker-into-a-whimpering-idiot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/28\/turn-a-wrist-grabbing-attacker-into-a-whimpering-idiot\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn A Wrist Grabbing Attacker into a Whimpering Idiot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"blog\">\n<h4 id=\"top-header\">Don't Hesitate<\/h4>\nAn arm or wrist grab is an extremely common tactic used by street thugs to intimidate and gain control of their targets. Luckily, knowing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightfast.com\/nbcv\/BFE\/bfe-k.php?utm_campaign=BFE&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_content=DerekWristGrab_9-28-12&amp;utm_term=existing-list\">few tricks<\/a> will allow you to take down even large attackers who attempt to attack or restrain you using this kind of grab. As a side note, an arm or wrist grab (which some people don't perceive as a violent move) is often the first move that is followed up by something more violent. Bottom line, if someone grabs your arm or wrist you <strong>must<\/strong> act.<!--more-->\n\n[dfads params='groups=292&amp;limit=1&amp;orderby=random']\n<div class=\"flex-video\" style=\"float:none!important;margin: 0, 0, 1rem, 0!important\">\n\t<iframe width=\"1365\" height=\"947\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fJ0OWfKNI8U\" style=\"border:0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-10 medium-centered large-8 large-centered columns\">\n\t[dfads params='groups=290&amp;limit=1&amp;orderby=random']<\/div>\n<h4>Breaking It Down<\/h4>\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-6 large-3 columns right align-to-p img\">\n\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/wrist-grab-1.png\" width=\"100%\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem;\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/www.fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/wrist-grab-2.png\" width=\"100%\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem;\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/www.fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/wrist-grab-3.png\" width=\"100%\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem;\"><\/div>\nWe've covered countless reasons why grabbing hold of an intended target is the dumbest thing an attacker can do in other articles and videos, and this move adds one more reason to that list. To top it off, this move is fairly simple, making it easy to commit to muscle memory. This means that you will be able to reflexively use it in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightfast.com\/nbcv\/RWRLD\/ntbt-k.php?utm_campaign=RWRLD&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_content=DerekWristGrab_9-28-12&amp;utm_term=existing-list\">heat of the moment<\/a> without locking up. Here's the breakdown:\n<ol class=\"blog-lists\">\n \t<li>Once an attacker has grabbed you, rotate your arm so that your palm is facing your face. You'll also want to bring your hand upward.<\/li>\n \t<li>Flex your hand toward your body, creating space between your hand and your attacker's hand. This space allows you to grab the meaty part of your attackers palm with your other hand. The important thing here is that you reach under and around the hand that's being held so you grab his hand on the outside.<\/li>\n \t<li>Once you grab his hand with your free hand he won't be able to maintain his grip on your hand. This is when you use your now free hand to grab the other side of his palm.<\/li>\n \t<li>At this point you simply rotate his hand to apply the joint lock. The thing that separates this fight move from other similar moves is the take-down. Don't simply rely on the twisting of the joint lock to force him to the ground. If he's <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightfast.com\/ar\/SM-k.php?utm_campaign=SMALL&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_content=DerekWristGrab_9-28-12&amp;utm_term=existing-list\">bigger and stronger<\/a> he'll likely be able to put up a fight. If, however, you take a step back and rotate your body 180 degrees while twisting his wrist, he'll be taken off balance and his superior mass and strength won't do him much good.<\/li>\n \t<li>Once he's on the ground you should maintain the lock, keeping his arm straight. This is where you have options. A quick forceful rotation of his wrist at this point will usually destroy the joint. You can also maintain control of him with the lock and use whatever other self-defense moves are necessary to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightfast.com\/nbcv\/SAFE\/ntbt-k.php?utm_campaign=SAFE&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_content=DerekWristGrab_9-28-12&amp;utm_term=existing-list\">protect yourself and others around you<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n[dfads params='groups=292&amp;limit=1&amp;orderby=random']\n<h4>About The Instructor<\/h4>\nThe technique in this lesson comes from Dr. V. Growing up on the south side of Chicago, Dr. V had to learn to fight at a young age just to survive. He's also served in three branches of the military and until recently worked for the state department as a special agent providing protective duty for high profile VIPs. Dr. V hasn't just practiced this move in a dojo (although he's put in plenty of hours there too). No, Dr. V has used this exact self-defense technique on multiple occasions to take down attackers foolish enough to get in his way.\n<p id=\"read-more-link\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightfast.com\/ar\/DR-k.php?utm_campaign=DRV&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_content=DerekWristGrab_9-28-12&amp;utm_term=existing-list\">Click here for more training by Dr. V!<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t Hesitate An arm or wrist grab is an extremely common tactic used by street thugs to intimidate and gain control of their targets. Luckily, knowing a few tricks will allow you to take down even large attackers who attempt to attack or restrain you using this kind of grab. As a side note, an<a class=\"button alert expand\" id=\"followUp\" href=\"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/28\/turn-a-wrist-grabbing-attacker-into-a-whimpering-idiot\/\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,10],"tags":[54,96,208,211,227],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1027"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1027"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11748,"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1027\/revisions\/11748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}