Response to "Women's Self-Defense Hook Punch"

This video is a response to a short self-defense video regarding how to stop a hook punch. For more commentary, see the blog at http://nhahapkido.blogspot.com/2008/10/some-things-you-see-on-youtube.html

Commentary and video by the Nebraska Hapkido Association.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Nebraska
• Hapkido
• Association
• self
• defense
• hook
• punch

[kingarthur2009]

@vamphunterx

Well to each their own I suppose

[nhahapkido]

@kingarthur2009

Not all self-defense situations can be solved with a firearm. While it is true that for a lethal force-level response, the best tool is a gun---but most SD situations aren't at that level. And in many people's cases, they don't have firearms available to them. So we make do with what we have.

I do note that 20-30 minutes of required self-defense action is---unrealistic. Similarly speaking, shooting someone doesn't take 3 minutes either.

[kingarthur2009]

I gotta agree with kbaptiste except with all the sexist gibberish, the only way to win a fight is to get your opponent on the ground and make sure he or she stays there, hence ladies carry a gun...don't try to be like chuck norris

[nhahapkido]

@kingarthur2009 The problem with your statement is that it assumes 1) that all self-defense situations can be solved with a firearm, 2) that women can't defend themselves without a firearm, and 3) that all women actually have opportunities to carry firearms for self-defense. None of these three things are true.

kbaptiste made a comment about how "pure defence wont do anything against attacker" --- since this video has nothing to do with that topic, I'm not sure what the the point is?

[chikkachinijohannady]

what do you do afterwards?

[Vbudo]

She was still knocked back... you can see it. The line of force is directed perpendicular to space between her feet. To stop the force the defender's feet need to be lined up with the force. Body mechanics.

[vamphunterx]

@kingarthur2009 Not everyone does/can/will carry a firearm. Nothing wrong with learning how to defend yourself with your natural weapons. When it comes down to it, there are the only thing that you know for certain you'll have available if you need to defend yourself.

[vamphunterx]

@hulk90000 Why would a pro boxer be punching a woman? Look, its easy to do the "what about this and what about that", but lets see you block a pro boxers punch.

[nhahapkido]

@PnutButter1986

[sigh] Did anyone actually watch the video, and pay attention to why we did this? And what it was a _response_ to? Or watch any of the followup videos?

Apparently not.

Amazing how much response there has been, most of which completely misinterpreted the reason for the video.

[PnutButter1986]

@kbaptiste28 It's dangerous to teach people inneffective stuff like this, it'll just piss the attacker off. Attack is critical to defense to put the attacker off so you can escape.

[kingarthur2009]

I never said nor applied that a woman couldn't defend herself if she didn't have a fire arm, I'm just pointing out if you did have one you wouldn't have to put up with defending yourself for 20-30 min. To putting your attacker down with one bullet in less than 3 min.