| This article will help you change your response to | | | | hair grab. |
| this very painful street fighting technique. There | | | | Still, people react differently, when you grab their |
| are many possible responses. One martial-arts | | | | hair. Possible reactions include: |
| technique is more efficient than the others.... | | | | * The opponent resists by pulling away from the |
| Street Fighting Problem -- Lack of Predictability | | | | grab direction. Sort of a "yank free" goal. |
| Originally, I wanted to share a tactic with you | | | | * As soon as you grab hair, you feel your hand |
| where you could defend against an attacker using | | | | grabbed. Your opponent tries to lessen the pain |
| a simple hair pull. Simple, direct. Painful, but not | | | | by stopping your pull on the hair. |
| necessarily damaging. | | | | * The opponent goes with the grab. You pull the |
| You can control without really hurting the | | | | hair, and your opponent topples into you, or at |
| aggressor. | | | | least in your direction. |
| What I had in mind was to share a particular | | | | * You grab. Your opponent immediately hits or |
| pull-pull-release response. I was going to use the | | | | kicks. Instant release. |
| street-fighting hair grab as an example. | | | | This last point is what I want you to consider |
| I thought it would be a great tactic to combine | | | | practicing. |
| with hair pulling in a fight. I was wrong. | | | | An Efficient Response to a Painful Technique |
| Why? | | | | Any time someone grabs your hair, respond with |
| There was a problem.... | | | | a kick or a hit ... or both. Immediately. No pause. |
| Different Responses to the Martial-Arts Technique | | | | Don't waste time pulling, grabbing, or even locking. |
| When I grab people's hair, they don't all respond | | | | Don't go with the pull, if you don't have to -- don't |
| the same way. A hair grab is a great control, and | | | | assume that a hair grab has to end in an |
| you can cause a lot of pain in a fight. | | | | on-the-ground tumble. |
| It's perfect as a control, while you continue hitting | | | | Hair grabbed? |
| and kicking. Someone attacks you. Your response | | | | Kick or hit. Simple. Direct. |
| is a stop kick to the shins. This is your move that | | | | Do you crave more efficient martial arts |
| bridges the distance. You move into range for a | | | | techniques? |