Hold Downs in self defense are not necessarily an essential skill for most people, however, they are an important bonus. There's a little more involved, yet still very simple. We teach this element as many people have a specific need to control people without causing serious harm to them.

This would be mostly useful for hazardous occupations where it is necessary to control another person physically. Security personnel, teachers and nurses for example have a difficult task of controlling out-of-control students, patients, or even inmates if they do not possess this skill.

Let's first make it clear that your fiorst option in a Self Defense situation is to avoid getting yourself in a position oif danger in the first place. This is not always possible so your nest option would be to get yourself away from the situation as quickly as possible.

Hold Downs in Self Defense is a very useful skill that demonstrates how applied knowledge and simple skills can be super effective. You should still not be looking to hold down the attacker, this type of technique is more applicable for people who require the skill in their posession.

We teach some core techniques that can be made effective by anyone. These techniques are gateways to endless variations that people can learn when they take the training further.

A knowledge of the other elements of self defense will make this one much easier to grasp.

The knowledge of the response from applying pressure or striking techniques to says to sensitive areas.

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