Is a common Nightmare stage: You are alone: walking at home at night, maybe, or wait to meet someone in a bar, and someone approaches you, with damage. They are older than you, and (maybe, probably) you have never been fighting before. What do you do?
It turns out that even experienced quarrels care about being assaulted. Face Marie Chooljian, an experienced Hollywood performer, often wonders how to react, and knows Jujitsu. And kickboxing. And judo. “When I’m away, I think about these things,” he says. “A, for my job, and b, because I want to keep me in security.”
For your last movie, John Wick’s spinoff DancerChooljian had to fight as someone who has been formed to kill since childhood: it was the double acrobatics for Eve (interpreted by Ana de Armas), a murderer who tries to avenge his father’s death. Cue scenes that include shots, melee fights and even a flame battle. The film also required Armas and Chooljian, both about 5’6 “, to walk with John Wick, performed by 6 feet high Keanu Reeves.
Choreography fights between the two proved to be a accumulated version of what someone can do when they meet with someone older or stronger. “What was fun for the movie I thought,” How would you win? “, Says Chooljian.” We wanted to do it as real as possible, because the reality is that if I fight against a giant man, I will not be able to hit him in his face and win. “
But what about the rest of us, people who are not trained in combat? Wired asked Chooljian some tips on what the average person could do to defend himself in a hand-on-hand struggle that they cannot escape.
Drop in the ass (seriously)
It may seem ridiculous but falling right away can throw your attacking out of guard. “If anyone is going to fight you and suddenly you are on the ground,” he says, “will they be like” what shit? “” She recommends a favorite movement of her Jiujitsu formation: she fleet quickly, just at her feet; Paste -your hands behind the ankles, return -you lightly and use both feet to shoot them on the hip bones, hitting them. You can also throw your ankles towards you to turn them; But if you can kick, the possibilities of reducing a lot.
Put -in on top
If you can devastate the assailant of the feet, we hope they have touched their heads down. Use this moment to get on top and then put them at work, beating them with the elbows. (In a fight against someone much older than you, the smaller fists will not be as effective.)
Death by a thousand cuts (or scratched or anything)
Ultimately, you are trying to carry your assailant until you can escape or help, or ideally surrender. Chooljian says you use the tactics you can. Turn them into the eyes, grate them on the face, knee in the groin. “One of my favorites is the fish hook,” he says, demonstrating -pulling the mouth side with my finger. “Anything that can begin to fight them.”
Use your legs
If the ass fall does not get the results you wanted, you have other options. If you drop on a high surface like a table, as Eve does DancerYou can use your advantage and proximity of your attacker. Get them in what the acrobatics world calls “triangle”. You know the movement; You probably have seen it before in movies. To run, raise your hips, wrap a leg on the person’s neck, then wrap the leg around him, closing the knee around the ankle. Then tap — “So his head is between his legs, suffocating -lo,” says Chooljian.
Anything can be a weapon if you hold it well
Throughout any struggle, always look for tools that can help you. The cord of a coil iron? This will do this. A candlestick? Why not? Worked Track. “If I am in a bar and I do not trust in a situation, the first thing I will probably take is a bottle,” says Chooljian.
If the rest fails, go to the groin
It is the only movement that Chooljian says is his choice when he faces larger and stronger types: hit them in females. “It’s cliché, but you know what works.”
