STARTLED FLINCH/TAKEDOWN VARIATION-1

Author: Odhinn Kohout

A great deal has been written about how the body reacts from both a cognitive and bio-mechanical standpoint when it is attacked.

Our (UZIEL) take on this is based on many years of teaching and researching this complicated issue.

1.       The “reflexive” response is different from a “reactive” response as the later can be changed through high-stress inoculated training into a “conditioned response to stimuli in particular, fear. Some people do not like to use the term “fear” as they are the 1% who doesn’t experience it (sarcasm) but for the rest of use mortals…it is important to understand it and combine its effects into our CQC training to produce a professional program which has predicable results and therefore will work for field applications (combat).

2.       The sympathetic nervous systems function is to elevate the heart rate (among other things) in conjunction with an autonomic response which is bad for the Officer in terms of using complex “moves” which rely on complex or fine motor-skills. This also inhibits vision (tunnel), hearing (exclusion) and reasoning (cognitive function) in its wake.

The first picture shows a sudden attack on the Officer in which he flinches and raises both his arms to protect himself and defend against punches. From the flinch you see how the right ear of the Attacker is secured and brought in tight by pulling in your elbow. At the same time the bicep of the Badguy is being pushed back.

 

This push/pull action is very effective at taking down a violent person. Grabbing the ear and pulling the elbow in actually secures the neck of the Attacker on an angle down towards his left shoulder making it very difficult to counter as he is also dealing with the opposing and opposite vector of force PUSHING him into the rotational direction of the takedown.

 

 

 Many advanced indigenous edged weapon systems and ancient wrestling from the time of the Gladiators figured out the physics of these leverages a long time ago so there is no point in reinventing wheel. It works because it has been used in battle for many thousands of years.

Give a try in your next practice and remember to look after your training partner’s safety.

Be safe gentlemen!