Re: Whats the best martial art or principle for womens defense

Unmissably important Frank Benn piece, edited for concision:
http://stickgrappler.tripod.com/bjj/fbcombo.html


He throws a right cross (or haymaker, whatever): Shuffle in as you bob 45 degrees toward his left shoulder. Once your head crosses the line along which his two feet lie, he can't land the right hand.

Keep good boxing composure throughout this phase - lead shoulder slightly shrugged, chin tucked, hands up, knees bent, look at your opponent through your eyebrows....

While closing the distance, your left hand extends toward his right shoulder to make sure his punch is deflected, then your left hand grabs his neck. Your right hand parries his left hand down and to out. This will open up that arm for what follows, and tie it up against a possible follow-up should he back up, withdraw his right shoulder, and try to throw a hook or push you off.

Then underhook that arm. Reach under the arm and through, place your right palm on the top of his left shoulder, and pull him to you as you wing your elbow upward and outward. When you have your hand on that shoulder and his elbow winged away from his body, you have complete control of that side of him. As a reminder, your head is to the left of his.

(At the same time, remember that you have his neck with your left hand. This will also work if your left hand has wrist control, and overhook, a bicep tie, or elbow tie on his right side.)

Now, you're going to wing your right elbow up and slide your right shoulder in under his left armpit as you lower your level, and step halfway around to his back on that side. You are now standing beside/behind him facing in at his left side, with his left foot between both of your feet. Your hips are lower than his, and your knees are bent.

If you haven't already, then go ahead and grab his right wrist with your left hand. This will prevent him from punching you with that hand if he tries to headlock you.

Reach around his back with your right hand and grab his pants at his waist on his right back side. Grabbing the right hip itself will also suffice.

At this point, your head is pressed against the left side of his chest and the front of his left shoulder. Move your hips further around toward his back. Due to the position you're in, he can't stop you from doing this. Keep your head upright if possible. If he tries to grab you, it will be at your left shoulder, arm, or your neck. No problem. If he gets you in a headlock from here, it is just going to be that much easier to take him down and then control him. Defensively grabbing the head or neck in situations like this is a common mistake that non-grapplers tend to make.

At this point, you are standing to his left back side, your feet are shoulder width apart with his left foot in between your feet. Knees are bent, and your hips are lower than his. Your right shoulder is in under his left armpit, you are holding his right wrist with your left hand, and your body is facing his (i.e. he is in front of you, but you are off to his left side/back).

As a reaction, it is very common for the person to at this point grab your neck in a headlock with his left arm. As stated earlier, he cannot hit you if you are holding his right wrist with your left hand. If he tries to hip throw you, reap, or trip you, he will fail if you keep your hips low, lean your weight somewhat backward, keep a good shoulder-width stance, and keep your right hand's hold on his pants at the waist or on his hip. If he does manage to hip throw or reap you when you have this right hand grip on the pants or hip, he is still going to end up on the bottom as you pull him right over with that grip. This is very easy to do, although it would require that he could throw you in the first place -- highly unlikely.

Now, put the inner arch of your right foot against the back of his right heel. Step your left foot beside and slightly in front of his left foot. Your *** is now hanging over empty space. Sit down and back onto your right buttock and turn onto your right side as you bring him down beside you. Your foot position prevents his right foot from stepping back and preventing the fall. He will fall onto his back and end up facing away from you on the ground. The momentum of the takedown will bring you over on top of him.

Immediately step your left leg over him and place your foot on the ground in front of his upper stomach. Bring your right knee up behind his upper back or neck. You are now in a tripod base, right leg kneeling behind him and left leg posted in front of him. This is a posted mount position.

He still has your head, but this is not a concern. The more he insists on holding on to your head, the less control he has of the situation. Place your hands on the ground -- left hand about a foot to a foot and a half away from the front of his chest, right hand on the ground behind his back. Your arms will function like outriggers to stabilize your position and prevent him from trying to drag you over him by your head and neck as he tries to reverse you and end up in a scarf hold.

Now, you are ready to free your head. Put your right forearm across his neck under his jaw -- specifically, the sharp edge of the ulna (bone of your outer forearm) against his neck. Use your left hand to grab your right wrist as you grind the ulna into his neck. He will let go. If he pulls harder on your neck, he will be increasing the pressure on his own neck. All the while, you are maintaining your tripod base in a posted mount position. Keep grinding until he releases. This is an excruciating position for him, and he will let go of your neck directly.

Once he releases his grip, you have a number of options:

1. Wrap his left arm around his neck, reach around under and behind his neck and grab that wrist, and hold him there as you punch with your left. Even if he raises his right hand to ward it off, it will not help him at all. You will be punching his own hand into his face -- actually easier on your own fist if he does this.

2. Turn him face down to his right and back mount. This is accomplished by pulling the wrapped wrist around his neck with your right grip on it as you push down on that elbow with your left palm. Continue from the back mount with elbows, naked choke, etc.

3. If he turns toward you, pull up on his right elbow and set your left knee down. This prevents him from starting an elbow escape, and secures your position. You are now mounted, and can continue to strike from there, or move to other submissions or positions.

4. Once he has released your neck while you have the posted mount, you can pinch that left arm with your right shoulder shrug, hook the arm at his inner elbow with your inner elbow (grabbing your right lapel with your left hand, or just laying that palm on your right shoulder), push down on his face with your right hand as you step your right leg over in front of his face and go to the cross armlock. The cross armlock itself is not the best hold or position to end a fight, but it can be a very good way of setting up a triangle choke follow-up with him lying on his side (where he can't get up to his knees and just lies there and goes to sleep), scooting the hips to back mount him (especially if he was resistant to the back mount from wrapping the arm), etc.

5. Reach around the back of his neck with your right hand, grab the left collar of his shirt or jacket, and pull it tight around the neck as your left arm goes to a single wing choke position. You can also choke him without the winging left arm by just pulling the collar or lapel. From here, if he turns under you can go to a clock choke and he goes to sleep while face down on all fours.
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