Bring the thumb of your left hand onto the back of his right and your fingers onto his palm.
Twist his wrist slowly into position of Figure 168, keeping him off balance all the time, and make him give the signal of defeat.
THE REVERSE WRIST TWIST WHEN THROAT IS SEIZED
Assailant seizes you by the throat.
Bring your right hand up beneath his left arm. Place the root of your right thumb on the back of his right hand, and your fingers round the little-finger edge of his hand, grasping the palm.
Hold his hand tightly to your body and step back with your left foot, thus pulling him off balance.
Step back with your right foot, swinging your left shoulder forward, twisting his hand by the weight of your body.
Bring the root of your left thumb onto the back of his right hand and the left fingers onto his palm.
Step back, pulling him off balance.
Press his palm directly towards him, exerting all your pressure on the back of his hand. You can easily disable him by breaking his wrist.
In practice do it slowly and release him the instant he quits.


REVERSE WRIST TWIST WHEN YOUR HAIR IS SEIZED
Assailant seizes your hair with his right hand.
Place your right hand on the back of his hand with your little fingers encircling the little finger edge to his palm. Do not try to pull his hand off. Press it firmly down onto your head.
Step back with your right foot, bending your head away, forward and to your right. Keep pressing his hand tightly down on your head. Pull him forward off balance until his hand loses its power.
With the root of your right thumb, press the back of his hand towards him. Step farther back, pulling him more off balance. Bring palm of your left hand onto the back of his right, with your fingers around the root of his thumb. This will make him let go.
Press the palm of his hand directly towards him and rise to position of Figure 175.
In making him give the signal of defeat, be careful to do it slowly, otherwise you may injure him.


WRONG METHOD
Carefully study Figure 176, where I have bent forward, instead of swinging to my right.
My Assailant is on balance. His hand is gripping my hair with 100% of its strength and I am unable to pull it off.
If your practice of this trick has not been successful, you will find that you have been omitting to unbalance your Assailant.
Assailant at first should not grip the hair, but simply lay his hand on opponent's head until the trick is mastered.


THE HAMMERLOCK STANDING
When a man stands naturally, the backs of his hands are slightly towards the front.
Lay your right palm on the back of his right hand, your thumb round the root of his thumb and your fingers around the little-finger side of his hand. Pass your left hand outside his arm and place it behind and above his elbow.
Pull his elbow outwards, and towards you. Press his hand straight behind him, stepping forward so that your chest comes against his upper arm. Keep his arm in that position by the weight of your body.
Slip your left hand to his wrist and your right hand to his elbow. As you do this, step behind him. Press his elbow in, toward the small of his back. Press his hand directly toward his right shoulder.
Keep your strength and balance in your Stahara. Force him onto his tiptoes and you can march him where you will.
This is a valuable hold for policemen, and I will make a suggestion about their practice. Big strong men are apt to do tricks such as this by sheer strength. If, instead, you will do a certain amount of practice without using your strength, you will become more scientific. You will discover the lines of least resistance. You will find out how to unbalance your man. As a result you will be able to use your strength more effectively.
Tricks like this depend upon the element of surprise for success and cannot be done in a jujitsu match where each opponent is on guard.


TO MARCH A PRISONER WITH ONE HAND
Secure Hammerlock first. Then, slip your left forearm between his right forearm and his back until your elbow is below his right wrist and your hand on his upper arm.
If you let the pressure relax, he may escape, but press his wrist upward with your elbow, keep the full strain on his elbow and shoulder and he cannot escape.
In your preliminary practice, be careful. Rather allow opponent to escape than hurt him.
You can march two men prisoners by this method.
As they bend forward to escape, lower your body with them. Keep the weight of your Stahara on their elbows.
This picture is taken at the moment both men are doing their utmost to escape. It is not strength that prevents them from escaping. It is science.


HOW TO ESCAPE FROM A HAMMERLOCK
If your Assailant omits to maintain fullest pressure, if he fails to keep you "on your toes" - bend forward letting your arm come straight and bringing your left shoulder round towards your right.
You can free your arm and if necessary attack opponent with your left fist.


SWIFT METHOD OF MAKING AN ARREST
A man you wish to take prisoner is walking to meet and pass you unconscious of any danger. (My right hand is held thus for purposes of instruction. In reality you would conceal your intentions.)
As you pass him, place the palm of your right hand on the back of his left, your thumb around the little finger edge of his hand. Your left hand is placed inside and above his elbow.
Wheel round quickly facing the way he is going, and continue walking with him. Your left arm merely pulls his elbow inside your right forearm.
Raise your right forearm, bringing him into position of Figure 187.
Exert pressure on the little finger side on the back of his hand, pressing it towards your left and downwards. This will bring him onto his toes, unbalanced, and you can march him where you will.
(If necessary, use both hands to twist his left hand until you learn the correct angle, when one hand will be ample.)


VERBUM SAP: A WORD TO THE WISE IS SUFFICIENT
Practice these tricks all you can. Practice them with as many different people as you can. But do not go around looking for unsuspecting victims to try them out on.
There is a time and place for everything. So do not make yourself a nuisance by selfishly doing a "stunt" on a friend at an inopportune time or place. You may hurt his feelings, or through your own inexpertness you may injure him.
The better plan would be to interest him in your work and to have a regular practice with him, thereby benefiting him as well as yourself.
Lesson 39. The "Funny-bone Come-along."
Lesson 40. To eject a troublesome visitor.
Lesson 41. Turning the tables on a "Hand-squeezer."
Lesson 42. How to make a man let go.

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Lesson 43. Finger hold and Escape.
Lesson 44. A simple Wrist-break.
Lesson 45. An amusing Neck-hold.

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Make a check mark against each trick each day you practice it.


THE JAPANESE POLICEMAN'S "COME-ALONG"
A trick known in this country by the above name (but not in Japan, where I have never seen it used), is to seize opponent's left wrist with your left hand. Pass your right arm over his left arm. Bring your forearm under his forearm, and clasp your left wrist with your right hand.
If you are more powerful than opponent, you can cause him considerable pain and force him to come along. But if he is more powerful than you, he will have no difficulty in withdrawing his arm from your hold and in striking you in the face if he so desires.
A variation of this trick, wherein you grasp his left palm instead of his left wrist, is a little better.


ANOTHER METHOD
By passing your forearm behind his elbow with the palm of his hand up, you can break his elbow by jerking his arm down. Unless you go the length of breaking his arm, however, a stronger man can escape from this hold.
You cannot control your prisoner in practice, for by the time you begin to cause him pain, you have almost wrenched his elbow ligaments.


THE "FUNNY-BONE COME-ALONG" - AN INSIDE WRINKLE
There is a sensitive spot two inches above the elbow on the inside of the arm. (Press the end of your thumb into your own arm and discover its exact location.) The secret of this trick is to press the sharp edge of your wrist-bone against this spot.
To expose this spot to wrist-bone pressure, his thumb should be uppermost, not his palm.
Hold tightly with your upper arm and press his hand straight down, his little finger being underneath. Force opponent to his toes and lead him around the room.


THE WRONG WAY
This position is wrong. My opponent has been allowed to remain on balance. My position is unstable. The Stahara has no strength.
Compare with Figure 190, where the posture of the body reinforces the arm. Unbalance opponent while taking hold and thus prevent his striking you.


TO EJECT A TROUBLESOME VISITOR
An amusing recipe for ejecting an unwelcome visitor from your home, is to shake hands with him, in an apparently friendly fashion. Then pull his hand toward your right. Step towards him with your left foot. Pass your left arm beneath his right arm until your shoulder is right under his armpit. Then pull his hand forward toward your right.
The pain in his shoulder will bring him to his tiptoes, and will enable you, firmly but gently, to walk him out the front door.
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