by Jucudeno » Sat Dec 13, 2008 1:25 am
I have had a similar experience recently. I got in a skrap with a man who was making threats and gestures, showing the intent. I only jabbed him once, which is perhaps odd to say. I know that I should seek to end violence as quickly as possible in any combat scenario, but I wanted to initiate the fight and allow him to know my intent before we began. A bad tactic, call it misplaced morals. But at any rate, I hadn't rooted myself very much, as I expected the natural response of a man who had just been jabbed in the face would be to swing back. Instead, this man who has some decent muscular build, and is perhaps fifty pounds heavier than me, clenched me with both arms around my body in a bear hug and then threw us both to the ground. He then clenched my head to his chest. There are several things I know that I could have done better, for instance, to have had an active guard, proper distancing, positioning, root, and perhaps to not have gotten into the fight at all. But, assuming that is his tactic, I am curious as to the best way to deflect a man's bear-hug/clench.
Given my previous martial arts experience, I know there are several techniques of qin'na which counter this, but against a stronger and unwilling opponent, what is the best? And should he do it again, headbutting, sinking my weight, what is the best reaction?
Oh, the end of the conflict was me struggling against both his arms with my neck, a hard task, and lifting them with my hands. I know that I could've bit his nipple off, for instance, but that's just nasty, and not very polite. I was in no peril that I could sense, and he didn't hit me on the ground, so obviously it needed no castration or eye gouging, etc. It was a stupid fight, and one that I could've avoided. But I still feel the need to defend myself against this tactic in the future. Anyway, I lifted one of his arms with my hands, and wrenched my neck out, he tried to tackle me, it didn't work, we stopped fighting. No injury on either part, save concrete scrapes. But yes, I would like some advice as to everyone's proposed technical counter to this scenario, if you would be so kind as to oblige.
I thank you for your help.
Amitabha,
-Ben
"Study is to study what cannot be studied. Undertaking means undertaking what cannot be undertaken. Philosophizing is to philosophize about what cannot be philosophized about. Knowing that knowing is unknowable is true perfection." - Chuang Tzu