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

Defense against a hard handshake

• Tell the opponent to stop.
  • A hard handshake does not constitute assault, so the use of violence is not authorized.
• If the opponent does not stop once you’ve made it clear that they are hurting you, then they are acting out malice, and the use of violence is authorized.
• Perform one of the following:
  • Drive the second knuckle of your other hand into, or between, the metacarpal bones of the opponent’s hand.
    • When done well, this can be concealed, and others will think you are very glad to see the opponent.
  • Twist inside with a spearhand strike to the opponent’s eyes.
  • Twist inside with a makkikomi-shutō to the opponent’s throat.
  • Front kick the opponent’s groin.
  • Twist inside with a rising ridgehand strike to the opponent’s elbow.
  • Perform a standing arm bar, ideally from the opponent’s side, to make retaliation difficult.

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