MARTIAL ARTS : JUJITSU 2

Jiujitsu : THE BLOW WITH THE EDGE OF THE HAND

When standing with your right side towards your opponent, strike him with the little finger edge of your right hand on the right side of the neck.

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In practice deliver the blow with full force stopping short three or four inches from your training partner's neck.

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When standing with your left side towards your opponent, strike him with the little finger side of your left hand on the left side of his neck.

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On the preceding pages you have been taught how to defend yourself against an attack on the throat.
If you wish to attack anyone by the throat you will find the blow with the edge of the hand a much more speedy and efficacious method than the attempted choke with the thumbs.
This is always a backhanded blow, and will drop a man like a log.


Jiujitsu : WRIST ESCAPE AND EDGE OF HAND BLOW

Assailant seizes your left elbow with his right hand and your right wrist with his left hand.

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Let him shove you slowly back.
You will find it difficult to free your elbow.
But you will have no difficulty in whipping your right wrist away as already taught doing it with a turn of the body.

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With the same motion that frees your hand carry it to the height of Assailant's shoulder.
Strike a straight chopping blow with the edge of the right hand at Assailant's neck.

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In practice put strength into the blow but stop it a few inches from his neck. With this blow it is an easy matter to knock a man out. Also practice it with Assailant seizing your right elbow and left wrist.

When done with the proper turn of the body, that is, with the strength of the Stahara instead of strength of arm, you will find it an easy matter to slip your wrist out of a much stronger man's grasp.

At first you may be clumsy and in carrying your right hand your right hand up to your left shoulder you may strike it against his right arm.

With a little practice, however, you will execute the trick with neatness and dispatch.
This, and the other wrist tricks, train you to work with neatness and dispatch, and apart from their value as fighting tricks play an important part in educating your body.

These wrist escapes are very hard on the skin so mutually agree to hold one another's wrists lightly until the correct movement of the body is mastered. You can learn quite as effectively if the wrists are held lightly.

Ladies might be advised to wear old gloves to protect their wrists.
Practice until you can escape from a fairly strong grip, without effort, by the weight and swing of the body.

At first direct your attention towards training your own body, disregarding your opponent, in which object your opponent will assist by remaining stationary, and so simplifying your task.
After your body has acquired the correct motion begin to watch Assailant's body, he may then try to prevent your escape.

You can make him relax slightly by taking away his attention, by some remark, or by pretending to kick him, or in a fight by actually kicking, say, his shins, then escape when his grip momentarily weakens.

You now know two simple wrist escapes -- the first wrist escape of this lesson, and the upward (second) wrist escape of Book I. If your Assailant frustrates your attempt to get away with one, you can instantly try the other, and escape.

Even if the effort to escape tears your skin you can still lever your wrists out of a powerful grip, but if you go tearing one another's skin at the start it will interfere with your practice.