Bear hug from behind

Demonstrator: Sarah
Class: General
Level: Intermediate

Strategy:
When someone stronger than yourself has hold of you, you need to weaken them by striking vulnerable target areas.

Here you see a couple of easy strikes to use when you are grabbed from behind and you cannot use your arms.

Stamping down hard with the heel to the instep of an opponent's foot is very effective; especially when you are wearing hard heeled shoes.

Head butting is another extremely effective technique, because it not only produces pain, but it also stuns your opponent.

Don't under estimate the power of your hard head whacking the opponent on their soft nose.

Once you have injured and stunned your opponent then you reach down and grab their leg with both arms and pull up to break their balance backwards.

You can also sit on the knee and apply a leg lock.
 
Photos:
 1. Bear hug type grab from behind.
 2. Stamp with heel to foot instep.
 3. Hard head butt strike to soft nose.
 4. Grab attacker's leg & pull up to break balance.