The Weekend Martial Artist
About this original series
The Weekend Martial Artist is a weekly podcast about ensuring your safety while maintaining your humanity. We demonstrate simple and effective techniques for dealing with aggressive people. Without ending friendships or serving jail time.
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# Episodes
23 episodes -
Rating
TV-G
Episodes of The Weekend Martial Artist
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Return of the Bear Hug
So we've already covered a bear hug where a person grabs both you and your arms, you can break that by stepping out and down, while moving your arms up. What do you do if you get grabbed around the waist and your arms aren't inside the grab to help you? There is, of course, the old stand by of "flail and scream" but that is not very likely to do you much good. Instead we suggest you watch this episode of the Weekend Martial Artist.
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Release date
Jun 21, 2009
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Runtime
04:35
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Another Front Choke
We've covered chokes before (Five other times to be exact) but this technique is just plain cool.It's got everything: leverage, push pull action, escalating levels of response, and an awesome 80's dance move. Seriously.
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Release date
Jun 15, 2009
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Runtime
03:40
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The Rear Choke
You know the old trope: the intrepid explorer is in the dark and mysterious crypt when out of the shadows behind him lumbers the mummy, hands outstretched reaching for his neck . . . Well the reason a horror movie cliché is a cliché, has a lot to do with the fact that they are scary as hell! One of the worst places a human can find themselves is being choked from behind. You are surprised, disoriented, in danger, and there is not instinctive way to reach your attacker. This week we show you ho...
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Release date
Jun 7, 2009
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Runtime
03:59
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No Haymakers, Please
One of my first instructors asked our clas "What's the best block?" There was much confusion as several contradictory answers were postulated. The instructor, by then chuckling, answered his own question, "The one that works!"The haymaker - basicaly a wild over-muscled hook punch - is a huge inconvenience when aimed at your head. Geting anything else besides your head in the way of that punch is highly recomended. Avoiding the situation altogether is even beter. Live long and prosper!
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Release date
May 31, 2009
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Runtime
03:54
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Neutralizing the Hammer Lock
Remember the Hammer Lock? It's when someone grabs your arm from behind and tries to get you to touch your opposite shoulder by way of your spine. Annoying, irritating, painful - take your pick. It's the hold most bad guys use in movies from the seventies when they want the hero's face to be seen by the camera. The simplest escape variant is slightly counter-intuitive, but it works, and no one gets hurt.
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Release date
May 24, 2009
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Runtime
03:50
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The Bear Hug
Unlike "Goldielocks" we rarely find a bear hug escape that is just right. However we have found 3 techniques to deal with an acquaintance who is being just a little too rough. The first technique is subtle, and better suited to a goof ball friend. The last technique is rough, but a pretty good idea if you are being attacked by a stranger. However if you are being bear hugged by someone you know who just doesn't know their own strength, the middle technique is just right. (and you might be able...
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Release date
May 18, 2009
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Runtime
03:16
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The Side Headlock
In my head, it sounds like Monty Python's "Number 17, The Larch", but regardless, when someone gets you in a side headlock, it's usually followed by several uppercuts to the face, and the resulting search for your teeth on the ground. Here are three ways to avoid dentistry bills and the need for poultices. Neat word, that. . .
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Release date
May 10, 2009
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Runtime
04:05
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Two Handed Front Choke: Snake Style
Last week we saw how a crane would deal with a wrist grab. This week we look to the snake school to help us with a two handed front choke. As always we show three techniques for dealing with the aggressor. One for someone we like, one for someone we know, and one for someone we need to disable.
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Release date
May 3, 2009
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Runtime
03:58
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Mr. Miyagi was right!
There's a reason the crane is one of the five animals of the Shaolin Temple style of Kung Fu. And it's not because it's the only stance Ralph Macchio could learn. The crane is about balance and timing, retreating and then striking. And it's about thousands of kids drawing up on one foot with their arms outstretched in the 1980s. And adding whatever sound effects they thought appropriate at the time. This week's episode enlists the crane to deal with a troublesome person grabbing your arms or w...
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Release date
Apr 25, 2009
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Runtime
04:08
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Get a Grip
Every Once and a while you meet "that-guy." You know the one. The guy who has to run the furtherest, jump the highest, bench press the greatest weight. The true type A alpha personality. and there's nothing wrong with being competitive, with pushing to one's greatest potential. Except every once and a while "those" people have a tendency to do something incredibly annoying to prove their alpha status. There's the "I have more money than you" alpha status comparison. Theres the I've had more si...
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Release date
Apr 19, 2009
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Runtime
03:53
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