This is the after-action report of the workshop mentioned back in August.
On September 11th, while the parking was problematic, the day itself was fun.
The first technique of the day was: the stop-kick.
The stop-kick is something one might see in films all the time. The knee comes up as close to the chest as possible ("chambers" near the chest), and then kicks out, like a punch. It's the sort of kick used to knock doors open.
However, in the case of protecting someone else, the timing is crucial. If someone is trying to attack a friend you have with you, you have to lunge, off the leg opposite to the protectee, and land in front of the friend you want to protect.
In this case, you have to lunge forward, in front of your protectee, and then kick with the leg you just lunged off of.
And this all assumes that someone is charging straight at your friend.
So, like I said, timing is key.
Believe it or not, this technique also works is someone is wielding a knife. It doesn't really matter how or where they're holding it -- because timing is key for them too.
Besides, getting kicked in the chest, or the stomach, is going to distract people from trying to stab anyone....
This author was kicked in the chest repeatedly, while holding a padded shield. For any adversary not so protected, it will suck to be him.
After that, we covered a closer attack range ... three feet, instead of six. That involved the same kind of lunge, only with the arm up, (elbow locked at a 90-degree angle) and stopping the knife arm with one arm (the point of contact should be wrist-to-wrist) and the other arm should be punching.
However, after both maneuvers, they did the next best thing to defending -- retreating. In this case, it was assumed that the protectee would be frozen with shock. So, one would have to turn to the partner they just "protected", push them with one arm, pull their shoulder with another. The defender would have to grab their partner by the arm, and by the scruff of the neck, and run.
The protected party would not have a choice in the matter.
And that was just the first hour.
Soon to come: defending someone else against a gun threat, saving someone from being strangled, and hostage rescue.
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