Self defense video: frontal choke

Part of the Video Series Self Defense Techniques

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Watch and learn how to defend yourself against a frontal choke attack.

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Posted by said21 on Tuesday, 29 April, 2008 at 4:26 PM

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your tactic is good

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Self defense video: frontal choke
Choking is very dangerous and very very serious. Cutting off the oxygen and blood flow to the brain only gives you a few moments to react. Bringing the hands in, this natural movement to save myself and pulling down will allow this to go through will give me a few more moments to enact some other movement to get away. Remember you only have a short period of time so use quick motions, big muscles, to help release this. Even if the person is bigger than me and has much longer reach. Of course if I have the same distance I can start hitting him, striking into these areas to help get away. But if I’m laying down or up against the wall, or the situation’s a little bit different, coming in close is the best thing. Someone choking you from behind, coming up it doesn’t matter which way I turn but I want to get those hands off my throat. Also, put myself in a position so that I can do something else and get away.

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