How To Defend Against A Headlock - Self Defense
You know how to punch and kick. But someone comes and grabs your neck so tight that you cannot even move. If someone puts you in a headlock, and you do not know what to do, this is going to be a problem. Let's talk about it.
To grab your neck, someone has to come close to you. If you do not feel comfortable with someone or see a possible threat, don't let him come close to you. Controlling distance is very important. If you know how to control the distance between you and your opponent, it would be difficult for him to do something like that in the first place.
Without realizing what's going on, someone has already grabbed your neck and put a headlock. So now what?
If the attacker grabs your neck, but you do not lose your body balance, you are still in control. However, if you lose your balance, you will find it difficult to make your move to get out of a headlock.
First, make a distance between your legs and stop the hand that grabs and pulls your neck. You can grab his hand, and you will see he cannot do much then. Now you can pull his hand, or you can place one hand to his chin and force it outside and at the same time pull his hand.
You can lock his hand and apply pressure. It would be painful. Now you can do whatever you want. If he means to hurt you, you can attack him and teach him a good lesson. Or, if he grabs your neck but he does not mean to hurt or just check you out, you do not like to hurt him.
So what you are going to do, it depends on the situation. If someone attacks you, it does not mean you have to break his hand and make him go to the hospital for a vacation. You know what I mean, right?
You can spend some time to practice this with your training partner. Learn this movement, so if someone attacks you like this, you can make your move to get out of there.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read this post. If you like martial arts or want to learn more about self defense, you can follow me @RezoanulVibe and check out some of my recent posts.
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