for anyone who does an external or hard martial art?

Question

i have seen many fights in my schol latley and there first instinctive move is to grab you by the shoulder and start punching you
would you kick them or try and do a lock or a throw

i am not confident in my grapplaing yet (aikido) eg someone grabs you by the shoulder or trys to take you hand ect
do you have to do the technique straight away when a peson grabs you, how fast do you think you will have to react

thank u

Answer 1

Personally I love when people try to grab for me... that puts them in my comfort zone lol. From there you can lock them up, or use their grab as a hold for another move you want to do. If they start swinging it only makes it worse for them because now they are giving you BOTH of their arms.... You dont have to be confident in grapple techs to grab back! get in close and negate his punches as best you can, then decide from there.

Answer 2

When a person grabs you and wants to fight you you usually see it coming, they are like right in front of and your back wouldn't be turned because no would attack you out of nowhere. All you do is a kick to the stomach or the chest REALLY hard and they can't breath and they will let go. You should do Tae Kwon Do and learn kicking form there because it can be really effective and I am not scared to use it. I have done it for alomst 9 years and have a 3 degree black beltgoing on 4 soon.

Answer 3

First, don't fight unless there's no other choice. Put pride aside.

Second, break the grab and keep distance.

Third, if the attack continues, use the grab as a weapon. The idiot stuck it out there. He also leaves his wrist, elbow, fingers and should free and open. Use a counter grab and lock the joint.

Fourth, the groin. In a street fight, always go for the groin.

Nonetheless, remember these fight addages:

1. If a fighter cannot see, he cannot fight. - Go for the eyes.
2. If a fighter cannot breathe, he cannot fight. - Go for the ribs, nose, throat.
3. If a fighter cannot stand, he cannot fight. - Groin, knees, thighs

Don't fight....but always defend yourself.

Answer 4

well you could always perry the block . most probably I would get them in to a lock if i had to. I mean un karate they tech you not to use it for bad reasons but for self-defense. But that would be sorta hard so I would go for the kick. but usually u should first use words then if that doesn't help you can try to break free and run. If u don't want a bruise then you have to have preety fast reflexes.

Answer 5

1) Use what you are comfortable doing. Punch or kick. If he has a hand on your shoulder, that side is open to a kick.
2) You don't have time to thing. it has to be a conditioned response.

Answer 6

Anytime someone grabs you, you must have lightning quick reactions or you will loose. It is simply stupid when someone grabs a limb of yours with one hand and hits with the other. Someone that did that to me, I grabbed their wrist that was grabbing me with my opposing hand, in other words my right hand was grabbing his right wrist, I used my left forearm to get his hand free of my shoulder and bent him over using my forearm as leverage.

Once he was bent over I put my left hand on his elbow and with a quick motion I pressed down on his elbow and pulled up on his wrist. He could no longer move that arm while still hanging on to his wrist I reversed my hands on his wrist very quickly, then commensed to kneeing him in the face. He fell to his knees quickly and while still hanging onto his wrist I stepped back and kicked him in the face.

I used my hands to control him, and used my other limbs to hurt him. Also the fact that I never let go made him constantly panic and he eventually started crying out of fear. Now you dont have to go to these extremes, the best thing you can do is use your elbow and hit him in the face until he lets go of your shoulder, then throw your punches. Odds are he wont want to continue if you deliver one good elbow shot.

Answer 7

it is great when someone tries and lock up on you because there is so many things you can do to counter effect this situation, such as : Here is a list of all the grappling, jiu-jitsu, MMA and NHB techniques currently on the site:

Chris Brennan's Ten Finger Guillotine

* The 'Ten Finger' guillotine is the Loch Ness monster of grappling: find out how to apply it properly from three different positions

The Rear Naked Choke is arguably the most important choke in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, but it can be difficult to finish when your opponent is resisting:

* How to Finish the Rear Naked Choke against resistance (video)

Assorted clips from the Dynamic Half Guard DVD (video)

* Leg position partner drill
* Finishing the backclimb from half guard
* Finishing the Kimura from the half guard


Eduardo de Lima and Matt Kirtley demonstrate some unusual, but effective, jiu-jitsu techniques

* A confusion of crucifixes
* Rolling crucifix
* Cattle catch neck crank
* Step-by-step reverse omoplata
* Side ride arm trapping details
* Standing guard pass to reverse omoplata
* Double underhook guard pass to reverse omoplata
* Quicky under pass to reverse omoplata
* Comedy reverse omoplata from rear mount

Denis Kang shares 3 guard passes that work in the wild world of mixed martial arts (from the Passing the MMA Guard Article)

* Arm behind back pass
* Leg swing guard pass
* Knee slide guard pass

Marc Laimon takes you through some of the techniques used in his match with Ryron Gracie

* Armdrag to high double leg
* Counter to ankle lock
* Sliding knee guard pass

Marcio Feitosa demonstrates 4 submissions to counter the half guard:

* Brabo gi choke
* Brabo no-gi choke
* Americana vs half guard
* Kimura vs half guard

Andreh Anderson and Perry Hauck show some of their favorite Brazilian Jiu-jitsu sequences

* Advanced Choke from Mount
* Knee Grip Sweep from Guard
* Armbar to Reverse Roll Sweep
* Sneaky Lapel Choke from Guard
* Half Guard Sweep when Crossfaced
* Kimura/Bicep Lock from Guard
* Getting to Mount from North-South
* Single Leg Sweep
* Advanced Guard Pass
* Margaria Guard Pass
* Ninja Gi Choke
* Shaolin Gi Choke
* Half guard sweep series
* Wallid Ismael butterfly guard pass

Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro shows some of the techniques that have made him famous

* Jump to Butterfly Guard
* Jump to Half Guard with Sweep
* Guard Pass to Rear Mount
* Rear Mount to Armbar

Information about the X guard position and some variations

* The 'X Guard'

The 'basic' butterfly guard sweep is anything but basic

* Two powerful variations of the butterfly guard sweep

How grappling complements striking and striking complements grappling (from the MMA Formula article)

* Baiting shoot takedown vs. punching
* Sprawl and knees vs. shoot
* Clinch and inside trip vs. punching
* Leg catch and takedown vs. Thai kick
* Counter to leg catch

Denis Kang shows off his dynamic style (from the Jiu-jitsu Cross Training article)

* Counter to Knee Strikes in the Clinch
* Cartwheel Guard Pass
* Spine Lock Counter to Double Leg Takedown
* Achilles Ankle Lock and Followup

Rubber guard techniques from Eddie 'Twister' Bravo, ADCC 2003 standout!

* The "Meathook"
* The "New School"

From the 'Revolutionary Omo Plata' article

* Omo Plata Technique 1: Triangle choke to OmoPlata
* Omo Plata Technique 2: Omo Plata to wristlock
* Omo Plata Technique 3: Scissor sweep to Omo Plata
* Omo Plata Technique 4: Omoplata to Footlock

From the 'Mastering the Kimura' article

* Kimura 1:from Closed Guard
* Kimura 2:from Mount
* Kimura 3:from North-South Position
* Kimura 4:from Open Guard

From the Marcus Soares Interview

* Half Guard Pass and Cervical Choke
* Reverse Clock Choke
* Reverse Shoulder Lock

And finally:

* Armbarring with one arm
* Three postures to help you escape side mount
* Ankle lock attack, counter, and recounter
* Shootwrestling counter to the armbar
All of these are massive things you can do. Also clinch, and use Muay Thai.

Thanks for your time.