{"id":496,"date":"2012-02-09T15:41:43","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T23:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fightfast.com\/blog\/?p=496"},"modified":"2020-02-25T21:54:52","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T21:54:52","slug":"feinting-hook-nasty-self-defense-distraction-technique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/09\/feinting-hook-nasty-self-defense-distraction-technique\/","title":{"rendered":"The Feinting Hook: A Nasty Self-Defense Distraction Technique"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"blog\">\n<h4 id=\"top-header\">Get Your Opponent To<br class=\"show-for-small-only\"> Drop Their Guard<\/h4>\nThis is just another nasty little fighting trick to throw into your arsenal, and you know that if it's coming from Diallo, it is certified street-tested and proven. This guy doesn't mess around. The basic idea behind the feinting hook is to get your attacker to drop his guard so you can move in with brutal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightfast.com\/nbcv\/BFE\/bfe-k.php?utm_campaign=DialloFeintingHook&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_content=0D4E9E9F&amp;utm_term=existing-list\">fight-ending moves<\/a>. A body shot is rarely a fight-ender, but most guys are going to drop their guard to block a body shot, and that is exactly what you want to bait them into doing.<!--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\/FFq3e4qCa8c\" style=\"border:0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-10 medium-centered large-6 large-centered columns\">\n\t[dfads params='groups=290&amp;limit=1&amp;orderby=random']<\/div>\n<h4>Breaking It Down<\/h4>\nAs Diallo said in the video, the goal with the feinted hook is to get your attacker to drop their guard, allowing you to exploit the vulnerability in their defenses by following up with a swift hook to the jaw. When you feint a hook to your opponent's body, their first instinct is to block the blow. Unfortunately for them, this usually means that they will bring their hands down in order to block the body shot, leaving their head wide open. This is why it is <em>critical<\/em> that you really sell the feint.\n\nOnce your attacker has his guard down, it's time to go to work with a nice hook to the jaw. This alone can easily be a fight-ender, but if you aren't lucky enough to knock him out, you will still throw him off his game long enough for you to slip in another shot (maybe something like the <a href=\"https:\/\/fightfast.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/how-to-deliver-a-punishing-horizontal-elbow-strike-for-self-defense\/\">horizontal elbow strike from last week's post<\/a>).\n\nNow, like I said before, you <em>really<\/em> have to sell the fake hook to the gut to get him to drop his guard. If he thinks it's a fake, you're the one who's going to end up regretting it.\n\n[dfads params='groups=292&amp;limit=1&amp;orderby=random']\n<h4>Keep Your Guard Up<\/h4>\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-6 large-4 columns right align-to-p img\">\n\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/feinting-hook.png\" width=\"100%\"><\/div>\nUnfortunately, every time you strike you are losing one of your guard hands, leaving yourself open to attacks. To counter some of this, you always want to keep your other hand up, blocking your neck, chin, and face.\n\nEither way, the side you are striking from will be open for a split second. If you don't make him really believe that you are going in for a body shot he can counter-strike.\n\nThe bottom line is to be intent on landing a solid body shot. If you do, he will instinctively be more interested in protecting his gut than recognizing the opening he just created for you. Once his guard is down you have the opportunity to strike his unprotected jaw and face. As a bonus you get to land a solid body shot, too.\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-10 medium-centered large-6 large-centered columns\">\n\t[dfads params='groups=290&amp;limit=1&amp;orderby=random']<\/div>\n<h4>Distraction Moves<\/h4>\nThis move is a sort of <em>\"active distraction technique\"<\/em>. If you follow this blog or have signed up to get my fight guide, you will now that I talk a lot about distraction moves. Distraction moves are <strong>crucial<\/strong>. They give you such a huge upper hand in a self-defense situation that you really cannot go without them.\n\nIn fact, every single fighter I have ever worked with over the past two decades has used distraction techniques. Why? Because it's how they get the upper hand on larger opponents or cut down other skilled fighters. It's the secret weapon that enables them to <a href=\"https:\/\/fightfast.com\/nbcv\/FIGHT\/ntbt-k.php?utm_campaign=DialloFeintingHook&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_content=0D4E9E9F&amp;utm_term=existing-list\">win fights<\/a>, even against equally well-trained fighters.\n<p id=\"read-more-link\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/fightfast.com\/nbcv\/FT-2\/ntbt-k.php?utm_campaign=DialloFeintingHook&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_content=0D4E9E9F&amp;utm_term=existing-list\">Click here for more training by Diallo Frazier!<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get Your Opponent To Drop Their Guard This is just another nasty little fighting trick to throw into your arsenal, and you know that if it&#8217;s coming from Diallo, it is certified street-tested and proven. This guy doesn&#8217;t mess around. 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