© 2014 T. Westermann

Shoulder throw

basic defense posture while choking: Chin to chest / Pull up shoulders / Tense neck muscles

  • Initial situation
    • The aggressor is located directly behind the defender
    • Strangulation grip from behind with both hands in the stand

  • Loosen grip
    • Grip with one hand from above and from the outside to the opposite strangling hand ...
    • ... the fingers are pressing onto the inner wrist of the aggressors hand
    • Rotation of the griped arm to the inside and pull of the aggressor to the front, in parallel ...
    • ... reverse Elbow shock (Ushiro hizi uchi) back to the solar plexus or to the breastbone

  • Defensetechnique
    Schulterwurf, Kata seoi
    • Lead the free arm under the blocked and extended arm of the aggressor
    • Approach and hard execution of Kata seoi

  • Completion
    • go on distance or ...
    • ... fix the aggressor in the ground, alternative ...
    • ... a final Atemi technique

Strangle attacks pose a threat to life, they are consistent, timely and hard to fend off!