Krav Maga Weapon Defenses. David Kahn

your elbows as close to your body as possible to best control the weapon and keep it away from you and directed toward the assailant.

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Figures 1.01e–h. The wrist is flexible, but few people are flexible when applying simultaneous inward and side pressure. Think of the cavalier as driving your opponent’s pointer finger toward his sameside shoulder. To apply the torquing pressure, as illustrated, take a one-hundred-eighty-degree rear step with your left leg (tsai-bake). If the opponent continues to present a threat, you may use a heel stomp to his head or body depending on your perception of his continued ability to resist.

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Figures 1.01i–m. Close-up photos depicted of elbow and wrist control positioning. Note: A common mistake when controlling the weapon for the takedown is when the defender brings the edged weapon across his own throat or smashes a blunt weapon into his own head when applying the cavalier and removing the weapon from the assailant’s grip. When you encounter a strong opponent, you may have to continue to “loosen him” up by using a knee strike, shin kick, or other combative, including a vertical uppercut elbow to the back of his clenched fist. These strikes both distract and physically undermine your opponent’s ability to resist.

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Figures 1.01n–q. Your opponent may try to counter the technique by rolling out of the hold using his momentum. Once you have taken your one-hundred-eighty-degree (tsai-bake) rear step to take him off his feet, you can prevent his rolling by torquing his wrist in the opposite direction and pinning it to your thigh. Keep applying upward pressure to keep his right shoulder off the ground. Once you have taken your opponent down, do not let go of the wrist. Again, many offensive combatives can be used at this point, such as a heel stomp to the head, midsection or groin.

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Figures 1.01r–u. For law enforcement and security personnel, once you have taken the opponent down on his back, you may reverse him onto his stomach by yanking up on his arm and stepping one-hundred eighty degrees in the opposite direction while clipping arm just below the elbow with your knee to facilitate his turn. You are in strong position to collapse his straight arm for face down control of the weapon and the application of restraints. Figure 1.01v is a close-up depiction of the defender dropping his knees on the assailant’s back and neck while placing pressure on the wrist to carefully pry the weapon free.

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Figures 1.01v–x. An advanced variation utilizes a jumping scissors kick to the opponent’s groin while applying crushing wrist pressure to the opponent. To execute the kick properly, jump high on the kicking leg while pulling the non-kicking leg high into your chest to elevate the jump. (Both