Stick Grab Counters

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Stick Grab Counters

Use these stick grab counters to escape when your opponent grabs your stick.

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If your opponent grabs your stick and knows what he is doing he will probably go for a snatch. For most snatches to work, you need to get your opponent’s hand to your stick. When your hand touches your opponent’s stick you can prevent a snatch by creating a small space. Another option is to move your hand to the other side of his stick.

The information in this post is from the book “Vortex Control Self-Defense Bundle” by Sam Fury.

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Stick Grab Counters
Queen Strike

A very important strike in Vortex Control Stick-Fighting is the queen strike. The queen strike is from the abanico movement.

You do abinico by flicking your wrist so your stick follows a fan shape. This movement allows the stick to go around common defenses. It also allows you to strike at unexpected angles.

The queen strike is quicker but yields less power than the king. The big advantage is that it can be used at close range. The king is good when you have space. The queen is effective once your opponent moves in close and/or grabs your stick or wrist while your arm is down.

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When your opponent grabs your stick, slap down on his hand and do the queen strike. The slap will pull your opponent into your strike. It also helps to flick your strike into his face (left picture).

It is also easy to defend a strike from this position. It is the exact same structure as when using the king strike as a defense (right picture).

Although you want all strikes to be fast and well-aimed it is more important with the queen. For example, aim for the eye when executing a head shot. You can practice in the air or at a small target by repeating fast strikes at a single point.

You can make the queen even more devastating by dropping into it (grounding). As you do the queen, sink your weight and move back. This will straighten your opponent’s arm and throw him off balance. I will also give him a “whiplash” effect and nullify his other arm.

Butt Thrust Break-Out

This is a good option for when your stick is more horizontal than vertical. It makes use of butt strikes. But strikes are striking with the bottom of your stick. They are very effective in close combat.

Use your right hand to pull your opponent’s wrist towards you as you thrust the butt of your stick into his torso.

You could also do this without the thrust to the torso.

From this position you can go into a simple arm-break and/or a butt strikes combination.

For the arm-break pull his wrist back toward you with your left hand. At the same time, apply forward pressure on his elbow with your right arm.

For the butt strike combination bring the bottom of your stick over your opponent’s arm. Hit the side of his face with the bottom of your stick as you come through.

Crash your forearm down at the crook of his elbow to jerk him down. Next, come back up into his jaw with the butt of your stick.

Elbow Break-Out One

Use this technique when your stick is more vertical. It is useful for when your opponent has grabbed your stick leaving little or no gap between his and your hands.

Bring the bottom of your stick up and in towards him. Align your forearms so they are touching.

Crash the bottom of your stick/forearm down on his lower arm as you queen strike to his head.

This is one smooth movement. Use a vortex motion towards him with the bottom of your stick.

By using a vortex you move “around” his wrist following the natural movement of his body. There is no need to fight him with force.

Elbow Break-Out Two

You can use a similar movement to Elbow Break-Out One with larger gaps also.

Grab onto either your stick or his wrist and then vortex the bottom of your stick over your opponent’s arm.

Crash down towards him and onto his arm.

From here (amongst many other choices) you can queen strike or do the butt strikes combination.

Returning to Seven

If you are the one in a disadvantageous position and get closed in on, create distance so you can return to seven.

In the following demonstrations, you are the person on the right.

Step back to create space. As you do the step back bring the butt of your stick down. It is your arm that straightens. Do not pull your stick back. You do not want to give up ground.