He refused to release. You have tried to extricate by fair means, but he is still forcing his attentions on you.
You cannot see his feet so you cannot kick. Remember, if you can’t see the target, don’t strike. If the waist is held exceptionally tight then it is almost impossible to get enough force to strike the groin.
The techniques that are available to you are manyfold, but to show them would only confuse, therefore only a few basic are shown in this book. All you require is the basic rules of self defence:-
1, 2 and 3. Look, Pain and Make Safe.
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FRONT WAIST HOLD - ARMS FREE
RULE 1
Look at head.
RULE 2
Take hold of hair at back of head.
Pull hard- Shout “NO”
Strike nose hard with open palm.
If he has little or no hair.
Pull the ear(s).
Then immediately strike nose with open palm.
RULE 3
Make safe.
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FRONT WAIST HOLD - ARMS FREE
RULE 1
Look to waist, then to face.
RULE 2
Put one hand on small of back, with other, strike open handed on point of nose.
Shout “NO”.
Step to same side as hand on waist, push nose as hard as possible and he will fall over onto his back.
Do not push on the chin. He can easily stop the pressure. The strike makes the head move backwards. Where the head goes, the body will follow.
RULE 3
Make safe.
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FRONT WAIST HOLD - ARMS HELD
RULE 1
Look down at body.
RULE 2
Put palms either side of groin, push hands forward, forcing his bottom back.
If you need to create more room then grab and squeeze the groin to make make him move his hips back.
RULE 3
Make safe.
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If the holding progresses from the unfriendly grope to that of a sexual attack, you may feel that the previous techniques would not give you the assured escape possible.
The following techniques are for the resistance of a determined attack. Having knowledge of these techniques is enough to give great confidence. None of the following can be practiced, even by a martial artist in their ultimate state, only the approach moves.
FRONT HOLD/APPROACH - SERIOUS OR SEXUAL ASSAULT
This defence can be done to an attacker facing yourself or even to an attacker of another person. The result of this defence is dra-matic, the injury that may be caused could have a long lasting effect on the health of the attacker.
FRONT HOLD/APPROACH
Your waist is being exceptionally tight. RULE 1 Look at the head.
RULE 2. Lean backwards from the waist. Extend both arms out, cup hands.
Clap hands over ears with as much force as possible. Shout “NO”
Kick if need be. Even if the ear drums are not burst, the release will be immediate.
RULE 3 .... Make safe.
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GROUND HOLDING/RAPE
Well over 70% of all sexual assaults take place on the ground - The attacker has forced the woman to the floor.
The techniques shown previously in this book should hopefully stop the man getting close enough to wrestle you to the ground.
Defences against floor holding are in themselves complicated, and to put them into practice requires just that, practice. So, if you are interested, then as I said before, think about going to a martial arts club.
However, here is some information that will be of great benefit.
There are only two ways that a man can hold a woman on the floor.
They are:-
1. If the man sits astride the hips.
2. Between the legs, as for rape, using the body to hold the woman’s body down.
You, because of your physical attributes, cannot be as strong as a man, but you are undoubtedly as powerful as him, in fact possibly more powerful. You must first overcome his physical strength, and the way to do it is ……