So, How Do You Avoid Getting Punched?

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When you’ve tried everything you can do to avoid a physical confrontation but punches start raining in on you anyway, there are two good ways to combat them.

The first way is by getting out of the punches range. You might say, duh, no fooling Steve, of course staying out of a punches range is a way of not getting hit! But it’s one of the fundamentals to remember when strategizing against getting punched. Many good fighters know how to back away rapidly, move quickly side to side or pull their heads back just enough to avoid getting popped. If you stay out or at the end of a persons arm range he can’t do much damage to you. It’s a crucial fundamental and so is its direct opposite which I explain below.

The second way to combat getting hit is by getting in close on the puncher. Believe it or not this is an outstanding way to avoid getting hit. Getting in quickly on the puncher negates his ability to hurt you. You get in quickly and then glue your body onto his while holding his upper body very tightly. So close and so tight in fact, that you are just about one with his body. Hold on securely that he can’t shake you off. He’ll try to hit you from that close position but there’s no real power there for him to do much damage. Now that we’re holding on to him, now what?  Well, we can hold on and move wherever he moves to while trying to shake us off, all the while tiring him, or we can do a take-down of some sort. An Osoto Gari sweep is a Japanese Judo move that is basically an outside trip of your opponent. As an example, if you’re holding on tight to the puncher, place your right leg behind his right leg and trip him while pushing your weight toward the side you are tripping. This is a simplified explanation of this great Judo sweep or throw but it’s a pretty simple move. Or you can do a wrestler type take down where we lower our body a bit, lift up, and take him straight back and down to the ground. While doing any of these take-downs it is crucial to be directly on your opponent as he goes down. Your goal is to end up on top of him or at minimum, control him. From there you incorporate ground techniques to stop his actions or disable the attacker. By ground techniques I mean punches, elbows and the like, or if trained, jiu-jitsu manipulations.

Getting in close to an opponent who is throwing punches at you is quite doable. As an example, one way to get in close as he’s punching at you is to lift both of your hands up as if in a praying position and put them in front of your face while blocking punches and burrowing in to make your grab, throw or take-down. You may take a punch or two but if done well, it can be a game changer.

So, to defeat getting your lights punched out you want to try and stay out or get in. There are other ways to stop[punches in a fight but these two basics are a wonderful way to avoid getting pummeled.

I recommend that if you’re considering ways to protect yourself from punches or any types of attacks, find yourself a realistic and competent teacher to help you along the way. The truth is that it’s always a good idea to know how to protect yourself and your loved ones. Stay safe.

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Steve's the bestselling author of 'Protect Your Kids! The Simple Keys to Children's Safety and Survival'. He's written many articles on a wide variety of topics and has three published books. Steve's a three-time survivor of violence in his youth, a former police supervisor and a graduate of The Police Executive Leadership College (PELC) and was also an award winning part-time college Criminal Justice instructor. For several years, Steve did written and radio political and current event commentary and was the former host of the long running 'The Kovacs Perspective' Internet radio and TV talk show. Steve presently owns a small businesses in Ohio--The Mayfield Academy of Self-Defense.

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