All combat situations usually start standing, but most end up going to the ground. While striking is a highly important skill to know, it is also wise to learn how to defend yourself on the ground as well. One of the most basic jiu jitsu ground techniques is the arm bar from guard. This move has been used in both competition and street confrontations to render the opponent helpless and possibly injured.
This video will show you the jiu jitsu technique to properly execute an arm bar from guard. Enjoy!
Jiu Jitsu specializes in disabling opponents using grappling and submission techniques. Techniques have been developed to nullify strikes and gain the upper hand when an attacker tries to grab hold of you.
This video explains how to escape a rear bear hug. A rear bear hug is when an opponent grabs you with both arms from behind. This attack usually comes without prior knowledge, also known as a ‘sneak attack’. The bear hug is used often in combat, and knowing how to escape this hold will give you a large advantage.
This video provides a great example of how to escape from the back choke hold, also known as a rear naked choke.
As soon as you feel the arm coming around from behind you, it is very important to close your chin. Do not let this hand get around your neck by bypassing the chin.
After your chin is down and neck protected, step to the side and grab their wrist at the same time.
Now you can strike to the groin to distract your opponent and loosen the choke grip. So, step to the side, grabbing the wrist, and hitting to the groin. Now as the opponent leans down, throw a sharp elbow up to the opponents head.
In the second scenario, it explains what to do if someone attempts to lift you off the ground with the back choke.
This makes it difficult to move to the side, so we take an alternative approach. First, as always, close your chin by leaning your head forward and using your chin to protect the neck. Grab your opponents arm with both hands. Now move one leg as if you where stepping, and with this same leg your going to kick to the opponents groin.
And those are two ways to escape from a back choke hold.
