Double Lapel Grip
If you find yourself in a situation where someone has grabbed the
front of your shirt or jacket with both hands, it is important that
you act quickly to disengage them before they can use their present
advantage to really hurt you.
If you swing at the attacker's head they will either release you
to block your attack or it will land there, both desirable outcomes.
A cupped hand to your enemy's ear can be very painful and could
end the confrontation immediately.
If you are still being held, you must break the hold. A good way
to do that is to take your arm opposite the one you struck with
and position it so that your forearm is above the wrist of your
attacker's corresponding arm and below the other. Then, as the step
back with the leg on that same side, hit the hand that you have
worked between your opponent's arms with your other hand hard enough
to pry his hands from you.
Now you are free and have also stepped into an assertive stance,
readying you for any possible further attack. Or you can attack
from this position with a palm-heel strike or a ridge-hand strike,
etc.
Sometimes this attack will lead to the attacker releasing with
one hand and hitting you in the face with the other. It is important
for you to look for this as you are attempting to free yourself
from this hold.
If that happens you will need to switch to the defense against
a single lapel (collar) grab with a punch as demonstrated in Street
Self
Defense 101 Volume I.
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