Spin and choke
I have used this technique on a few occasions but only when I sensed the threat was not great or I had the element of surprise on my side. The spin and choke off the fence is a technique I used when I felt that a restraint was viable. Note: I never tried to restrain anyone that was a high risk threat, it would be too dangerous, only use this if the threat is low risk and you feel you can get away with it. The illustrations show the ‘spin an choke’ much better than I can describe it here. Basically when I felt the threat was beyond dissuasion and escape I asked a question to engage the opponent’s brain and sharply pushed his left shoulder with my right hand and pulled his right shoulder with my left hand, spinning him so that his back was to my chest. I then wrapped my right arm around his neck and coupled up with my left to make the choke. From here you have the option, and this will be determined to how he reacts, to talk him down using the choke as leverage to persuade him, or choke him out if he persists in being violent. If you are working insecurity you also have the option of dragging him off the premises using the choke.
If you have one person in the choke/restraint and are approached by another potential attacker, release your left hand from the choke, grip your shirt/top with your right hand to keep the choke ‘on’ and use the left hand as ‘ fence’ to keep the other guy at bay. All the time being very careful not to leave the choke on too heavy or the guy will fall
unconscious.
If the other attacker persists in coming forward re-connect the choke and turn the guy that you are choking towards his friend/accomplice so that he is now ‘fence’ between you and he. If the second attacker still persists and you think that an attack may be imminent (some people get very upset when you touch their mates), you may be forced to place the choke on full and KO the person that you are restraining. When you do so slam him onto his back, unconscious, between you and his friend. His KO’d body will act as fence between you and attacker number two. This will give you ample time to
escape.
Wrestling restraint
This is a little restraint that Awesome Anderson used very often. Grabbing the wrist of the opponent and the elbow and turning him so that he is off centred, as illustrated. I found that this was an able restraint that I could take straight to a choke if the opponent struggled.
Double wrist restraint
This was a useful restraint to use if the opponent had anything in his hand, like a glass or a bottle. Grab both wrists and hold them tightly to his sides. Be very careful though of the threat from head butting.
If you need to attack from here you can head butt the opponent.
… or take him in a wrestler bear hug -literally picking him up and throwing him to the floor or carrying him out.
Unfortunately that is about the extent of my restraining techniques, or at least the ones that I think might have any chance of working. I know millions more that I could show you, but they are ineffective, so I’d rather not bother if you don’t mind. I’m sure that there are people who have found other half desent restraints and if they work that’s great, use them if you think they’ll work for you. Always be wary of them though. The prison service teaches a lot of restraints, but they are all two and three (or more) men restraints that will not work for one on one. What I would also say is, if you are facing more than one man, attempting restraint is suicide. When your hands are tied up trying to restrain one man and his mate/s are kicking your head in. or worse still sticking a knife in you. It is potentially fatal when dealing with more than one opponent anyway, to try and restrain them would be foolhardy.
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