Lesson 35.

WRIST TWIST USED ON MAN WHO SEIZES YOUR COAT

Assailant seizes the right side of your coat with his left hand.

Place your right hand on the top of his left hand, fingers up on his palm, and your thumb on the back of his hand with the correct wrist grip.

Hold his hand firmly against your side. Step back with the right foot so that you pull him off balance and twist his wrist slightly.

By holding his hand firmly against your body you will more easily be able to twist his wrist.

Bring the thumb of your left hand onto the back of his right and your fingers onto his palm.

Twist his wrist slowly into position of Figure 168, keeping him off balance all the time, and make him give the signal of defeat.

Lesson 36.

THE REVERSE WRIST TWIST WHEN THROAT IS SEIZED

The "Reverse Wrist Twist" shown below depends for its success upon the way you twist his wrist by the weight of your body in moving from the position of Figure 170 to that of Figure 171. The same remarks apply when you try it on a man who has seized your hair. See Figure 173.

Assailant seizes you by the throat.

Bring your right hand up beneath his left arm. Place the root of your right thumb on the back of his right hand, and your fingers round the little-finger edge of his hand, grasping the palm.

Hold his hand tightly to your body and step back with your left foot, thus pulling him off balance.

Step back with your right foot, swinging your left shoulder forward, twisting his hand by the weight of your body.

Bring the root of your left thumb onto the back of his right hand and the left fingers onto his palm.

Step back, pulling him off balance.

Press his palm directly towards him, exerting all your pressure on the back of his hand. You can easily disable him by breaking his wrist.

In practice do it slowly and release him the instant he quits.

Lesson 37.

 

REVERSE WRIST TWIST WHEN YOUR HAIR IS SEIZED

Assailant seizes your hair with his right hand.

Place your right hand on the back of his hand with your little fingers encircling the little finger edge to his palm. Do not try to pull his hand off. Press it firmly down onto your head.

Step back with your right foot, bending your head away, forward and to your right. Keep pressing his hand tightly down on your head. Pull him forward off balance until his hand loses its power.

With the root of your right thumb, press the back of his hand towards him. Step farther back, pulling him more off balance. Bring palm of your left hand onto the back of his right, with your fingers around the root of his thumb. This will make him let go.

Press the palm of his hand directly towards him and rise to position of Figure 175.

In making him give the signal of defeat, be careful to do it slowly, otherwise you may injure him.   WRONG METHOD

Carefully study Figure 176, where I have bent forward, instead of swinging to my right.

My Assailant is on balance. His hand is gripping my hair with 100% of its strength and I am unable to pull it off.

If your practice of this trick has not been successful, you will find that you have been omitting to unbalance your Assailant.

Assailant at first should not grip the hair, but simply lay his hand on opponent’s head until the trick is mastered.

By practicing these four Wrist Twist Tricks you will gradually discover how to use your body to offset the strength in the hands of a more powerful man.