Ron Panunto wrote:johnwang wrote:
Many things can happen here. A "bear hug" and "under hook" can be transferred back and forth. When your opponent applies "bear hug" on you, if you
1. keep your body straight, his left leg can hook your right leg from outside.
2. sink down, he can pull down your shoulder and help you to go down even more.
3. move your hip back, he can turn in with a hip throw.
4. ...
Am I missing something? The person being grabbed has both of his hands free, so why not just snap his neck, or gouge out his eyes, or clap his eardrums?
Hi Ron, Yes, from that position, he is only 1 impulse away from collapsing his opponents spine. If you even lift your arms to try to get to his eyes, it takes too long.
He will launch forward or twist at the same time as he is pulling-in. so unless your a contortionist, I would recommend keeping them from getting that lock right from
the start. Not that it's inescapable, it is. Greco-Roman wresting was part of our training when I did MMA. It's good stuff.