Featured Technique

Dancer

Dancer is the 9th self defense technique taught in Orange Belt

The weapons you use in Dancer are:  The sword hand strike, and the ridgehand strike.

The Targets attacked in Dancer are: The groin.

The stances used in Kimono Grab are:  The horse stance, and twist stance.

 

Dancer 3.jpg (22155 bytes) Attack: Two hand choke from behind

The opponent grabs you from behind in a two hand choke

Dancer 2.jpg (20789 bytes) With your right foot cross step behind your left foot and in front of the opponent about 18" to 9:00 ... as you prepare to strike opponent with a swordhand strike ... This cross step opens the centerline of the opponent's body exposing his groin.
Dancer 3.jpg (22155 bytes) While in the twist stance facing 12:00, strike straight back to opponents groin with a swordhand strike
Dancer 4.jpg (21249 bytes) Duck your head low in a CW twisting motion and pivot your body CW
Dancer 5.jpg (21203 bytes) Continue the CW pivot ... This will cross the opponents arms putting his left on top of his right and will weaken his grip
Dancer 6.jpg (21824 bytes) As you continue the CW pivot to 180' step toward 7:30 with the left foot
Dancer 7.jpg (24930 bytes) Continue the CW pivot while stepping behind your left foot with your right ending up with the opponent at 1:30 ... you will have your left side forward toward opponent. This stepping motion will put you at a sufficient distant from opponent.
Dancer is one of the simplest and most effective techniques against a two hand choke from behind.  Dancer forms the basis for many of the other self defense techniques against a two hand choke from behind
Teaching Principle: The weakest point of  any grip are the thumbs this combined with the twist of the body that will get you out of the opponent's choke

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