9.4.0] Section-9 Kaishaku: Counter to a Wrist Grab

[Source:] Isshin-ryu/Jujitsu Black-belt

Part-1 Attacker: Grabs Your Wrist

Part-2 Defender: Snake-hand Escape and Finger-lock then Back-knuckle

• Snake hand escape and trap the attacker’s wrist.
• Grab the ends of the adversary’s fingers and place the aggressor in a finger-lock.
• Pull back into a cat-stance and pull the fingers to your hip. This will break his/her balance forwards and increase pressure on the finger-lock.
• Back-knuckle strike to the bridge of the attacker’s nose.

Part-3 Attacker Grabs the Back-Knuckle Fist

Part-4 Defender: Snap Kick, Wrist Release, Snap Punch

• Pull back with trapped arm. When the attacker pulls back step across into a crane stance.
• Snap kick to the attacker’s groin with the back leg.
• Roll your fist over the attacker’s wrist and snap it downward in what looks like a low block.
• Snap Punch to the attacker’s solar plexus. 

Part-5 Attacker: Traps Wrist after Snap Punch

Part-6 Defender: Escape Attacker’s Grasp, Forearm Strike, and Throw

• Roll the trapped (LH) hand over the attacker’s wrist to break their hold.

Information: This known as a Snake-hand escape. Snake-hand escape attacks the thumb. As the attacker’s grasp is released, re-grab the attacker’s wrist trapping their arm.

• Pivot the rear foot so that you’re in a Seiuchin-dachi or Shiko-dachi stance.
• Pull the (LH) to the hip to break the attacker’s balance.
• Roll the attacker’s arm so the elbow is pointing out.
• Drive your right forearm into the attacker’s triceps muscle just above the elbow-joint in an effort to hyper extend it.                              
• Maintain control of the attacker’s arm.
• Rotate 90˚ into a cat-stance and drive your elbow into the adversary’s solar-plexus.
• Throw the attacker with Ogoshi or Tai-otoshi

Theory: Setting back into a cat-stance normally indicates you’re pulling someone backwards and off balance. The cat-stance is the same posture you see when men play tug-of-war. Your bodyweight is dropped onto the back leg which pulls the adversary forward. Still there are multiple possibilities for the cat-stance besides breaking an attacker’s balance. Do not develop tunnel vision and keep an open mind when delving into the kaishaku surrounding this stance or any technique. The cat-stance could also indicate that you’re dropping your weight onto a joint-lock. Another possibility is that it is a means of delivering a rear elbow.  A cat-stance can also be the entrance to a throw, and thrusting the hips backwards is necessary to break an adversary’s balance. The buttocks can also be utilized as a strike. This creates the separation necessary to prevent a suplex from a rear bear-hug. Separation is the key to prevent being thrown by any traditional Judo or Jujitsu technique. There is only one steadfast rule. It is not a fighting stance because it is not a balanced. To maintain balance, you need two points of reference to the floor or ground. Grasping an adversary by the sleeve gives you another point of reference increasing your balance from two points to three. This frees the lead leg and allows you to front snap kick to an adversary’s trunk. Always examine a technique like a cat-stance in the context of the last few moves or the next few.