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

Defense against a pursuit punch

• 7-3 inside with a cross-body block.
• Reverse punch to the abdomen, as both an atemi and a kuzushi.
• Hook your same-side hand behind the opponent’s head, pulling it into an inside elbow strike.
• Hook your same-side hand behind the opponent’s head and press your same-side shoulder against the opponent’s wrist for an inside arm lever.
• Finish the opponent with a downward elbow strike to the spine.

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