The Secrets of Jujitsu - A Complete Course in Self Defense

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Wheel round quickly facing the way he is going, and continue walking with him. Your left arm merely pulls his elbow inside your right forearm.

Raise your right forearm, bringing him into position of Figure 187.

Exert pressure on the little finger side on the back of his hand, pressing it towards your left and downwards. This will bring him onto his toes, unbalanced, and you can march him where you will. (If necessary, use both hands to twist his left hand until you learn the correct angle, when one hand will be ample.) VERBUM SAP: A WORD TO THE WISE IS SUFFICIENT Practice these tricks all you can. Practice them with as many different people as you can. But do not go around looking for unsuspecting victims to try them out on. There is a time and place for everything. So do not make yourself a nuisance by selfishly doing a "stunt" on a friend at an inopportune time or place. You may hurt his feelings, or through your own inexpertness you may injure him. The better plan would be to interest him in your work and to have a regular practice with him, thereby benefiting him as well as yourself. LESSON 42. THE JAPANESE POLICEMAN’S "COME-ALONG" A trick known in this country by the above name (but not in Japan, where I have never seen it used), is to seize opponent’s left wrist with your left hand. Pass your right arm over his left arm. Bring your forearm under his forearm, and clasp your left wrist with your right hand.

If you are more powerful than opponent, you can cause him considerable pain and force him to come along. But if he is more powerful than you, he will have no difficulty in withdrawing his arm from your hold and in striking you in the face if he so desires. A variation of this trick, wherein you grasp his left palm instead of his left wrist, is a little better. ANOTHER METHOD By passing your forearm behind his elbow with the palm of his hand up, you can break his elbow by jerking his arm down. Unless you go the length of breaking his arm, however, a stronger man can escape from this hold.


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