weapon disarmament
There are two rules in this type of situation:
1- If you are taking a weapon, ALWAYS PUSH.
2- If it's being taken from you, ALWAYS PULL.
Then there are a few basic principles:
1- The gun is not going to kill you. The person is. This is not
to down play the importance of the gun, but without
the person, the gun is nothing more than a chunk of
steel.
2- Whatever system or technique you use must be able
to work in any situation, and can't rely on strength
or size. Anyone should be able to do it, whether you're
65 and over weight, 25 in great shape, or 5'2" 125 lbs
like my wife.
If, like most of these responses suggest, you focus on the weapon, and try to fight the weapon you will most likely be killed by the person behind the weapon. But, if you focus on the person and take them out, the weapon is a moot point.
If you grab hold of the gun with your hands, as most people suggest, while you are trying to "grip the slide, remove the slide, jam the cylinder, etc." his first instinct will be to pull back. This will bring the weapon to your center line every time. He could shoot you with his eyes closed. This is why, in rule two, you ALWAYS PULL.
Here is an example scenario:
You are standing at the ATM. You feel a gun pressed to your back and hear "Hand it over or you're dead." Your family is in the car to your right, the empty bank building to the left.
While we are going to focus on the attacker and take him out, we still must be aware that the gun could go off. So we must control it's field of fire. In this case it must go left, away from our family.
Let's assume he's right handed. Turn to your right, stepping back with right foot, while bringing right arm up and over his. Trap his wrist under your arm pit. At the same time you're bringing your left arm up and over his right arm, putting your left arm pit where his arm joins his shoulder. All the while always moving back into him. (rule one: ALWAYS PUSH.) You can claw his eyes as your hand goes by. At this point, drop your whole body weight on his shoulder and ride him to the ground, keeping his arm pinned to your chest. When done quickly the arm can be broken while standing. If it is not, once you're on the ground, he will be laying on his face, you will be on your front with his right arm extended under your chest. You can now break it by rotating to your right and lifting up at his wrist. Remove the gun, wreak further havoc, whatever you deem necessary. Throughout the fight the gun will have swung to your left, then come back to about where you were facing to start with, leaving your family out of the line of fire.
You say " what if he has it in his left hand?" So? Do the same thing. Now you can elbow strike him to the throat if you want, as you go over his left arm this time taking him down with your body weight just like before. only this time instead of staying on him all the way to the ground as he is falling, just go down on your right knee, keeping his left wrist pinned under your right arm. Try this very slowly (in practice) as the elbow comes down right across your left leg as he falls on his back. Need I say what happens next? (hint: he drops the gun)
If you are really seriously interested in learning how to defend yourself or your loved ones against anything, I strongly suggest you visit
www.scars.com . SCARS is a fighting system unlike anything you have ever seen before. Used properly, it is 100% undefeatable. It is part of the Navy SEALS BUDS training, and is taught to other elite units and law enforcment. It is not a fake "Navy SEAL system" like Frank Cuchi and the many other frauds out there. I ran into some SEAL snipers a couple years ago and asked them about SCARS, and they said "Yeah, we got that during BUDS".
If you have any questions, feel free to email me at
rmknights@hotmail.com
, Art
