Karate Techniques - How to get out of a bear hug.Use the following karate techniques when:
Your attacker is facing you and grabbing you in a bear hug with your arms pinned.
Step 1: Pull your head back as far as you can
Step 2: Ram the top of your forehead into your attacker’s face
Step 3: As your attacker releases you, bring your knee sharply upward/forward into his groin
How these karate techniques might work in real life
Your name is Katie and you are at a friend’s party. Her name is Linda and she is always a popular hostess for these events because her house is enormous.
There are over 50 people at this particular party and you don’t know very many of them. One young man introduced himself to you earlier as Chad. He has been trying to engage you in small talk all evening but you aren’t really interested. When Linda begins giving a house tour to some of her other guests you excuse yourself to join them. Chad follows you. Before you are aware of what is happening, he has tugged you by the arm into one of the bedrooms off the main hallway. He closes the door and draws you further into the room. “Why don’t we continue our conversation where we won’t be interrupted?” he says. You pull your arm away and try to move past him toward the door, calling out for Linda. He blocks your path and grabs you in a bear hug with your arms pinned tightly to your sides. “Come on, Katie! Don’t be shy.” He leans in toward you for a kiss. Instinctively, you pull your head back out of range. You tuck your chin and jerk your upper body forward - hitting Chad in the face with your forehead. When he lets go of you to grab his face, you bring your knee up into his crotch. You are off balance so it isn’t a hard blow; but it does the trick. Chad is distracted by his bloody lip and aching groin long enough for you to run from the room to find help. Return from karate techniques to the home page |