Be Well demonstrates self-defense tactics.

Be Well: A Lesson In Self Defense

We continue to focus on self defense and taking a look at the different scenarios that could happen if you ended up in trouble. So here to help us John, I know we were going to talk a little bit about if somebody put you against a wall, obviously against your will and you don't want to be there. You feel like you're trapped? So how do you get out? Right. So you're in a tight situation, someone's pushing you up against the wall and now you're up against the wall, use the wall as your friend and instead it against you, you're gonna push off the wall, use your legs, grab onto the elbows and push back on onto them with the wall, then take a step to the side, turn them into the wall, use your knees and then your elbows and escape. So the important thing is escape. And don't I understand. I'm sorry, I just want to understand how do I use this wall? Yes. So bend in your knees. Ok. I'm almost doing like a wall sit like I'm putting my OK. Exactly. So you're just pushing off the wall with your back and your legs into the opponent, grabbing your elbows. Yeah. Take a big step to the right and just use that wall and slide in towards it and then use your knees and your elbows. Right. OK. Right. So connect him with that wall as you step to the side, pushing off the wall, turning and striking. Ok. And using it as like leverage to maneuver. I get what you mean now. OK. All right. So now for the next scenario, what's gonna happen? So let's say the person grabs onto your throat. So just like we did, the chin should be down, protecting your windpipe, bending your knees, using that wall, opening up your hand and trying to imagine you're hitting that wall. So you're gonna go through the target, push an elbow and then do your striking. Ok. So important from there is bending down, connecting the hand and the neck together, pushing into me and then releasing that the person is going to fall in towards it, strike and escape. I feel as though that's something you should really practice though because when you're in that, you know, horrible moment, I, I would think you need to have some type of an instinct that would kick in to let you know to do that. Right. Right. So just a little bit of practice goes a long way. People take CPR classes to help somebody else. A self defense class helps you just some short tips to know. Yeah. So that you feel what it feels like to go through it because I'm watching you. And I'm like, oh, I can do that. But then being there, even though I know you're not here to hurt me, I did get that feeling of like, oh, gosh, what do I do again? You know, in that, in that moment? Ok. So I wanna take your arm and then move it against the wall. Ok. Here we go. OK. So chin down, down, bend in your knees, push him back. OK? Oh Push against you and oh OK. I get what you mean now. OK? Because I can feel that tension. I release it. You don't expect it. I know it's coming and then I take that moment of, you know, change to use the Yes. OK. And then is one more that we need to get to. Yes. Yes. So let's say up up against the wall. If I'm grabbing onto you with both hands, bend in your knees to have both hands come up. It doesn't matter what hand you grab or what fingers you grab, just grab one of them. So you have a choice out of 10 and then 11 hand grabs other hand, grabs your wrist and you break their finger and then from there you could do your knees, your elbows and just escape from there. I like that because you also feel like you're gonna hurt them and they, they may be hurting you thank you guys so much. I feel like I've learned so much and I feel safer. So hopefully you do as well.