| Self-defense confrontations involving a gun | | | | hand to grab the barrel. Use both hands to push |
| typically are from either the front or the rear. | | | | the arm up and over the assailants shoulder. With |
| Attacks from the front are oftentimes easier to | | | | enough force the attacker can be driven |
| deal with. The victim can see the weapon, the | | | | backwards to the ground. |
| proximity of the attacker, which hand the gun is | | | | Martial Arts Technique # 2 |
| in and the actions and reactions of the assailant. In | | | | Again the victim should raise their hands slowly. |
| this article we will show two martial arts | | | | When the hands are at the same level as the |
| techniques to defend against an attack with a gun | | | | firearm the victim should move slightly to the |
| from the front. | | | | outside of the gun hand. Grab the assailants hand |
| Martial Arts Technique # 1 | | | | from the outside and at the same time use the |
| If the attacker is within arms reach the victim | | | | opposite hand to drive the knuckles into their |
| should raise their hands slowly. When the hands | | | | wrist. Use both hands to point the gun towards |
| are at approximately the same level as the gun, | | | | the attackers body and wrench it out of their |
| use the hand closest to the weapon to block the | | | | hands. This technique will typically leave them with |
| wrist of the gun hand out of the line of fire. Grab | | | | a broken finger and in immense pain and the |
| the wrist while at the same time use the opposite | | | | defender in possession of the weapon. |