Observation
from a Retail Security Guard
It has occurred to me that when we are young we perceive
everything in black and white, everyone is totally bad or totally good. Life is
not like that, it is only with age that we see things as they really are; there
is no black or white only shades of grey, no one is totally wrong or totally
right. It is with this in mind that I agree with the concept of the 'fence,'
having your open hands out in front as a barrier to a potential attacker who by
his actions, violent and threatening, cause you as a security guard 'fear and
alarm." When these conditions occur and you are waiting for assistance from your
fellow employees then you can do a pre-emptive action. People who become violent
have to work themselves up to launching a physical attack on you. They want to
be in your face, nose to nose, usually they puff themselves up to become more
intimidating, like an alley cat sticking up its fur. I have found that this
strategy has allowed me to come out on top a few times, when they are face to
face put your left hand on their right shoulder and your right hand on their
left elbow, then you push with your left hand and pull with your right, this
turns them. You should now encircle their neck with your left forearm jab into
their left kidney with a loosely formed fist or push on their coccyx, the base
of their spine, with your right palm heel. This action breaks their balance and
if you put your hips against theirs, you can drag/walk them out of your
premises, providing you clasp your hands together and have them off balance you
should not have much difficulty as long as they are moving. If they continue to
struggle squeeze their neck using your left biceps muscle and the left inner
forearm like a nut cracker, this turns your hold into a sleeper hold, temporary
cutting the blood supply to the brain causing a knock out (Warning if pressure
is continued after they pass out then death or brain damage can occur, also if
they are middle aged or born suffering from high or low blood pressure this may
cause a brain haemorrhage, a stroke) so be careful when applying this hold, no
more than six to ten seconds.
When a person is lost their higher functioning brain shuts down
and their primitive reptilian brain takes over, it is because of this that
people will want to bit in a grappling situation, an example is Mike Tyson
biting part of Evander Hollyfield's ear off in the heavyweight boxing
championship fight. As someone who was bitten by an H.I.V. positive drug addict,
it is not much fun waiting for the results of your blood test, to the relief of
being given the all clear from doctors some months later. Please make sure your
Hepatitis B and tetanus inoculations are up to date. If someone bites you don't
do the natural reaction, to pull away, that is how your skin gets punctured,
push in instead. If your forearm is being bit put your other arm behind their
neck at the base of their skull, grab your other arm at the elbow and the arm
that is being bit grabs your own arm at the elbow, if you push in with the arm
that is being bit and pull towards you with your free arm you will be able to
dislocate their jaw. If your chest is being bit put your fist, thumb side
against their occipital bone, the bony prominence at the base of their skull,
grab your own fist and pull towards your body, they will be unable to bite you,
further pressure will dislocate their jaw.
Yours in budo.
Ian "Lurch" Durie.