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fandomhigh2015-01-29 01:49 pm
suitably_heroic) wrote in fandomhigh2015-01-29 01:49 pm
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Self Defense, Thursday, Period One
If Atton was looking distracted today, well, he'd been tracing Visas' journey these past few days and a lot of it wasn't adding up. He was worried, and with his mind off doing that, it was easy for him to slip further back into his old casual whatever-I-don't-care persona.
"Today we're going to be practicing getting out of holds," he said, gesturing at a simulation of two faceless yellow human-shaped people standing side-by-side. "Usually, not actually something you run into a lot during Fandom invasions, but pretty useful in real life."
One of the two faceless people took the other into a headlock.
"That one, for example," he said. "Now, a headlock is gonna seem difficult to get out of, but it's not. First, make sure to turn your head so the other party doesn't get to choke you." Pretty useful, really. "Then, distract him. Stomp on something, I don't know. Finally, you reach up and give him a good shove in the nose."
The figures followed his instructions to the letter; the headlocker stumbled back, leaving the headlockee free to turn around and grab his wrist.
"Then there's the wrist hold. Your first instinct is going to be to pull back, but that just makes your attacker stronger," he said. "Instead, squat down a little and bend your elbow until it's sticking well past the hold. It'll become uncomfortable for your attacker to hold on, and he'll let go."
As the fake people demonstrated.
"Finally," Atton said, gesturing towards the avatars, one of whom was now trying to bear hug the other from behind, arms around their waist. "If someone tries that, and you don't want them to, you're going to want to drop your weight down, then hit him in the head with your elbows. Or stomp down on those feet again, that's always a nice, sensitive target. Worst case scenario, you have to try and break those fingers, but I wouldn't recommend that for today's practice."
He gave a little wave of his hand. "Find a partner, or use one of the avatars," he said. "Go practice."
"Today we're going to be practicing getting out of holds," he said, gesturing at a simulation of two faceless yellow human-shaped people standing side-by-side. "Usually, not actually something you run into a lot during Fandom invasions, but pretty useful in real life."
One of the two faceless people took the other into a headlock.
"That one, for example," he said. "Now, a headlock is gonna seem difficult to get out of, but it's not. First, make sure to turn your head so the other party doesn't get to choke you." Pretty useful, really. "Then, distract him. Stomp on something, I don't know. Finally, you reach up and give him a good shove in the nose."
The figures followed his instructions to the letter; the headlocker stumbled back, leaving the headlockee free to turn around and grab his wrist.
"Then there's the wrist hold. Your first instinct is going to be to pull back, but that just makes your attacker stronger," he said. "Instead, squat down a little and bend your elbow until it's sticking well past the hold. It'll become uncomfortable for your attacker to hold on, and he'll let go."
As the fake people demonstrated.
"Finally," Atton said, gesturing towards the avatars, one of whom was now trying to bear hug the other from behind, arms around their waist. "If someone tries that, and you don't want them to, you're going to want to drop your weight down, then hit him in the head with your elbows. Or stomp down on those feet again, that's always a nice, sensitive target. Worst case scenario, you have to try and break those fingers, but I wouldn't recommend that for today's practice."
He gave a little wave of his hand. "Find a partner, or use one of the avatars," he said. "Go practice."
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Or one of those weird yellow faceless things. Whichever. If people were keeping their pants on, then it didn't matter one way or the other.
[OOC: Working-without-internet caveat today! I won't be able to reply to any pings until I get home this evening.]
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Which was why Atton was telling him to keep his pants on this week.
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She crouched a bit, shifting her weight from foot to foot as she stretched. "I love that he tells us to fight dirty."
[OOC: Sorry sorry sorry! Last night got away from me.]
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