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[Video of this waza fast and slow, from the side, and ideally, overhead]

Defense against a pursuit punch to the abdomen

• Step back into a cat stance, pulling your stomach away from the opponent’s punch as you deflect and trap their hand with a downward X-block.
• Grab the opponent’s wrist and rotate their arm in a large outside to inside circle, placing them in a reverse wristlock.
• Front kick the opponent's solar plexus.
• Grab the back of the opponent’s collar, or hook the side of their head in an irimi hold. Step forward and spin the opponent around, placing them in a hammerlock.
• Knee kick their tailbone.

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