Ma’am Cheryl and Master Jonathan go over a few basic defenses again one-handed pushes and two-handed pushes at a recent taekwondo black belt testing. The main concept of defending yourself against a push is deflecting or misdirecting the attacker’s hands.
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Ma’am Cheryl and Master Jonathan cover two self defense concepts you need to know against bear hugs at a recent taekwondo black belt test. The two self defense principles covered in this video are framing and dropping your weight while being attacked.
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Ma’am Cheryl and Mater Jonathan explain this simple One Step Self Defense Drill at a recent Taekwondo Black Belt Testing. The self defense drill goes over some basic defenses against straight punches.
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This video goes over 2 fun beginner sparring drills to improve your counters, though giving you the ability to see punches and kicks coming ahead of time and choosing the right counter strikes based on the targets created on your sparring opponent. These sparring drills can really help you develop good timing and defensive striking skills for self defense as well. As we all know, in order to be really good at defending yourself, sparring training is a key element. Sparring in itself is unpredictable as most self defense situations are. Martial Arts styles such as taekwondo, where you do a lot of sparring, are more practical for self defense because you aren’t just drilling with theory. You actually learn what sparring skills and self defense skills work for you. This is a key point we teach in our self defense for women workshops.
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Learn How To Escape from Wrists being pinned to the ground shows you a basic trap and roll variation to escape a mounted assailant who has pinned your wrists to the ground. Being on the bottom on the ground with your wrist pinned is one of the last places you want to find yourself. Learning and practicing these basic self defense concepts and self defense techniques will help prepare to deal with this situation if it were to ever occur. We teach this self defense move in our self defense for women workshops and seminars because it’s one of the situations most women fear.
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