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

Defense against an under-arm bear hug

• Grab the opponent’s hair, and pull their head back.
  • If the opponent is bald, or has a crew-cut, pixie-cut, etc. then push their forehead up.
• Follow-up with one of the following:
  • Break the opponent’s nose with a reverse punch or hammerfist strike.
  • Makkikomi-shutō to their throat, philtrum, or the bridge of their nose.

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