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22
11. Two-Handed Wrist Grab
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The two-handed wrist grab is always a dangerous technique to teach little kids, they always seem to hit themselves in the face some how. No matter how many times I show them the proper way to do the technique, someone is going to mash their own nose, or poke themself in the eye. It’s inevitable.
The two-handed wrist grab defense is used when someone grabs your wrist with two hands, you make a fist and with your opposite hand pull the other free. It’s Bully-Basics 101. Kids dig it, adults raise an eyebrow, but the physics of it are legit and once we understand how it works, it only helps us understand the mechanics of other techniques.
I used to have this same issue with kids attempting this technique. Have you tried telling them to keep the elbow of the trapped hand against their body? This seems to help a bit but kids will be kids and still figure out a way to hit themselves in the face and poke their eyes anyway.
I Tell them to keep their arm close to their body, but they think they have to muscle out of it, so their elbow automatically goes up. It’s okay, once they punch themselves in the nose once, they listen.