© 2016 T. Westermann

Kick to the head

  • Initial situation
    • Clinch from the back with free arms

  • Loosen grip
    • grip to the hand lying at the top with the side equal hand
    • Knuckle strike (Kobushi Ate) on the back of the hand lying on the top with the other hand
    • alternative: rubbing the knuckles over the metacarpals

  • Defense technique
    Footpad kick, Mae geri to the head
    • body rotation towards the fixed hand, while ...
    • ... the arm is being stretched
    • from the rotation handball strike (Shotei uchi) and followed by pressure onto the stretched elbow joint with the free hand to ...
    • ... bring the upper body of the aggressor to the front
    • Footpad kick (Mae geri) to the face / head of the aggressor

  • Completion