Defense Against Hair Grab and Pull - Does That Really Work?

The attacker can attack you in different ways. If you are trained and know what to do in that situation, you can prevent that from happening and defend yourself. So what do you do if someone grabs your hair, pulls and attacks you?

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Some people might say, I will punch, I will slap him or I will knee him and kick him to the groin?

The question is,
Can you really do that?

A lack of practicality can put you in danger. Whatever you do, that should be based on reality and applicable in real life. Let's watch this video. You will see a real life situation where a girl attacks another girl grabbing and pulling her hair.

You see this is a street fight. She girl tried to fight back when she was being pulled by the hair, but that does not work. Here I will give my opinion.

When someone grabs your hair, she or he can control the head. That means the attacker can control your body movement as well. You think you will punch the attacker or hit him to the groin, but the thing is, the attacker can easily make that useless. He or she can pull you by the hair and move you here and there.

So what are you going to do?

Getting hit like that and crying!

When the attacker grabs your hair, put your hand on your wrist and grab his/her hand. The attack can still try to pull and control you, but it would be difficult to do that. So what happens? You're in control. If you punch you, your other hand is there to defend that.

As soon as you grab the attacker's hand, attack you and get rid of that. When someone attacks you, safety for yourself always comes first. Fist of all, you can control of the situation grabbing the attacker's hand that grabs your hair. Then you can attack him/her in order to defend yourself.

If someone grabs your hoddie, you can apply the same technique. Spend some time practicing this with your training partner. So when someone grabs your hair or hoddie, you can do that automatically without thinking about it.

Thank you so much for reading this and watching the video. If you like martial arts and want to learn more about how you can defend yourself, you can check out some of my recent posts.

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Please feel free to let me know your thoughts in the comment section.
Stay safe. Always be happy!
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