KNIFE, parry -- REAR HADAKE JIMI
Description
This is a fast, effective knife-disarm and submission choke. It begins when uke attacks tori with a straight-up-the-middle knife thrust. Tori's first action is to avoid getting stuck - he parries. This is the simple "barn door" parry, in which the tori rotates his hips just enough to move the body out of line of the knife thrust. At the same time, tor must place his left palm on uke's right elbow to ensure that uke may not correct his aim to the shifted target. Once uke's thrust is complete, or nearly complete, tori applies a simple elbow-break by hitting upward with his own left palm up under uke's elbow, and simultaneously striking downward with tori's right palm just above uke's wrist. This will only work if it is landed while uke's arm is straight or nearly straight, at the end of the thrust. This should disarm uke by jarring the knife out of his hand, or by breaking his elbow.
From here, tori transfers his left hand to uke's right hip and pushes it forward an inward - and at the same time, moves his right hand upward to apply a rear choke to uke. The combination of thrusting uke's hip forward with tori's left hand, and applying the right arm under uke's throat and pulling back on his head should take uke's balance backward. Depending on the strength of uke's thrust, tori may have to step slightly deeper to get into a viable position to do this. Rule of thumb is that you want to be close to uke's hip and shoulder after the initial defense against the knife - this makes it more difficult to be slashed if the knife defense fails, and brings you within range to apply techniques on uke. At the point where tori has uke's balance backward, tori should complete the move by bringing his left hand up to his right and engaging the palm-to-palm grip. The choke is most easily applied by pushing uke's head forward with your shoulder and simultaneously dragging back with your left bicep, and tightening the muscles in your right arm. In addition, the right wrist may be cocked inward to make the space smaller. This move should probably be done with speed in case the initial technique is not effective at disarming uke. If uke retains the knife, you want to make sure you are behind uke with your arm firmly around his neck, with your head to the left rear of his, so that it will be difficult for him to slash anything effectively.
Steps
- Uke attacks with straight knife thrust to the abdomen. Keep the blade up if you want to be realistic.
- Tori parries by slightly pivoting on his left foot and moving his right foot so that the new line his feet make is roughly perpendicular to the old line. This should move tori's body sufficiently out of the way of the knife thrust. The other part of the parry is with the left hand, palm out, preventing the arm from shifting toward tori.
- Tori performs elbow-break disarm by striking up with his left palm at the elbow, and down with his right palm at the wrist. Motion must be fast and "through" to be effective. "Through" means you're striking through the arm, not at it.
- Tori moves into rear hadake jimi by first pushing uke's right hip inward with his left hand to take uke's balance backward, and then securing the first part of the choke by bringing the right arm up to form a 'v' around uke's neck.
- Tori moves left hand up to complete choke handwork by grabbing right hand behind uke's head.
- Tori accomplishes the choke by pulling back on the left hand and pushing forward with the shoulder, moving backward with his feet if necessary to apply more forward pressure on uke's neck.
Variations
If your uke's neck is very large, or your arms very small, this choke may be applied by thrusting your left arm over uke's left shoulder from behind, threading your right hand into the crook of your left elbow, and then clinching the choke by then closing your left arm up and putting your left hand behind uke's head. This gives you extra leverage, as it provides your left elbow as a fulcrum for the choke applied by the right forearm. Also, the left hand may apply pressure to the back of the head, increasing the power of the choke.
See Also
KNIFE AND PISTOL DEFENSES
