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ESCAPING COMMON STREET ATTACKS – The Hair Pull.

 

The Hair Attack is almost entirely restricted to attacks on women and girls, often performed by other women/girls.  Either way, a hair attack is painful, maybe even mortifying.  It is also a tough-escape.  When performed against a girl by another girl it is almost always motivated by anger, jealousy (over a boy, perhaps), even rage.  If you have ever seen this type of attack, you know it can get pretty ugly, fast.

 

When perpetrated against a girl/woman by a male attacker the motivating factor often is a preamble to a sexual assault with a lot of malice thrown in.  The side-goal is to humiliate and dehumanize the woman./girl

 

But motivational factors is not the point here.  Escape is.  The two moves I have in mind will work against either gender, but they are designed primarily against a male attacker. 

 

1. The male attacker expects you to try to desperately pull away.  Thing is, the more you try to distance yourself from the attacker – by pulling away – the more painful the hair pull.  I say, do the opposite of what you naturally feel like doing while also doing the opposite of what the bad guy expects you to do.

 

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   • Move #1 is difficult to describe outside of the classroom setting where you and I could work together.  Clamp both hands hard down on top of the bad guy’s hand to prevent him from twisting your hair harder.  Also, you want to gain control over that hand.  Now, lower your center and turn clockwise until you are at an angle where you are slightly behind him.  By doing so you create a nice little wrist lock.  Painful.  While he is trying to gain control over his hand and prevent you from breaking his wrist, you can attack vulnerable targets.  Try a slanted foot strike down on his knee.  Break it.  Go home and watch 30 Rock.

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   • Move #2.  Quick and devastating.  Clamp down on his hand or hands.  Prevent him from twisting.  Quickly turn your body toward his – not away from his as he expects.  Release one of your hands and drive a fist or palm heel into his groin, hard.  Keep hitting vital targets.  Go home and watch Family Guy.

 

Next Blog.  Another Common Attack.  Another cool escape.

Until then, Stay safe.

Hammer

 

 

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Posted on March 14th, 2009 by Harry A Widger
Filed under: Bullying, College, Date Rape, Fighting, High School, K-6, Parents, People Involved, School Grade Level, School Safety Issues, Students, Violence