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In case anyone finds themselves trying to wrestle a weapon away from some knuckle dragging leech or other, here are a couple of things that can speed up the process, ensure successful disarmament, and save you from prolonged engagement/unnecessarily spent energy: 1) Grab their thumb(s) and use the knife edge (the pad on the side of below your pinky) of your hand to pull their thumb joint down and towards you while pushing their thumbs back toward them. This works as well, if not even better, with the attacker in a standing position. 2) If, like in this scenario, the attacker is down on his back, especially if their arms are up and they’re trying to pull the object back down toward them, you have multiple options: A) grab the object so that their hand(s) is between yours—by placing your hands on either side of their grip—or whatever you can do to get them gripping closer to the middle of the object, and stomp into the bend of their arm while pulling the object up and to one side (so that you avoid accidentally striking yourself with the disarmed weapon) and twisting your hips and shoulders the same direction…ideally whichever direction will pull their arm away from them and parallel to the ground. B) Basically the same setup as the previous one, but, instead of stepping your foot into the bend of his arm, step one leg through—the leg closest to their arm—so that his extended arm is now near or pressed againt the back of the leg you stepped with, and, bracing it on the ground, use your hips and shoulders to snap or bend the arm as you use your leverage to push the object in front of and away from you as you extend your arms forward and up like Superman when he’s flying. Then, proceed to throw the weapon out of reach and proceed to throw the assailant a proper 🎉BOOT PARTY🎉, or, alternatively, mercilessly beat the invader with their own weapon. Follow me for more street self defense tips.