A fast and aggressive takedown. The victim is knocked out within a second.
Category: Hand to Hand
Anti-stab vest saves UK police officer
A man with two knives attempts to stab a police officer. Due to sheer luck, he did not attempt to stab the officer anywhere except the stab-proof vest he was wearing.
A taser was deployed very little practical effect.
Police restrain mentally ill man, use baton and OC spray without justification
Police in the state of Victoria, Australia use pain compliance to handcuff a mentally ill pensioner.
The police officers used a baton and OC spray to achieve pain compliance as they were unable to handcuff the man by physically controlling him, perhaps due to lack of skill and/or malicious intent. Once he is handcuffed, a garden hose is used to decontaminate the man of OC spray, and this action has been interpreted by the public simply as further means to humiliate the man. An officer pulling out his personal phone to film the event only makes it look worse.
Belligerent man strangled and restrained
A belligerent man is strangled unconscious and restrained after waking up with a foot on the chest.
Sucker punch thrown while literally head-to-head
Another example of two males posturing in an effort to make the other submit. When neither backs down, a sucker punch is thrown from the hip with no warning.
3 vs 1 road rage street fight
3 vs 1, however only two of the multiples participated in the fight.
This video raises two critical issues. First, poor situational awareness. He failed to consider these dangers:
- Multiple opponents
- Hard surface – high risk of severe head injuries
- Nearby traffic
- Unknown skills, level of aggression, weapons etc. of opponents
Taking all this into account, it would have been wise to avoid any kind of fight where possible.
Secondly, grappling skills are ESSENTIAL to avoid being taken to the ground. I’ve heard so many times “I don’t train grappling because I’d never fight on the ground”. You can’t simply decide not to go to the ground, you also need the skills to prevent it. Especially when fighting multiple opponents, they gain the greatest advantage by putting you down. Learn takedown defense, learn how to reverse a bad position on the ground, learn how to get up.
Cop takes knee to groin, knocks out drunk
This knee strike was powerful enough to visibly knock back the cop’s hips. He was still able to retaliate and knock out the drunk. Once again, a groin strike not playing out how most people expect.
Sucker punch fails, aggressor kicked in groin
Man on phone fails to read a high risk of sucker punch or simply is unsure about how to respond to the risk.
The aggressor finally attempts a very poor sucker punch and the other man responds with a kick to the groin followed by punches which knock out the aggressor.
Something to note here is that unlike in the movies, the aggressor did not crumple to the ground once kicked in the groin, in fact he barely flinched at this. Closed fist punches to the head finished the fight which were set up by the groin kick.
Handcuffed man paralyses cop
Handcuffed people are still dangerous.
Hoodie pulled over head to control assailant
A fairly inept man drops his knife and is controlled effectively when this woman pulls his hoodie over his head. This gives her handles to control his posture, obstructs his vision and limits the mobility of his arms at the same time.