Simple Secret to Disarming A Club Or Bat


As you can see in the video there is more to stick fighting than meets the eye. Coming against an attacker with a club or bat can be pretty intimidating until you understand the physics behind it.
This is especially true if your attacker doesn’t understand where the power in a club or bat is.
They key to defending yourself against an attacker with a club or bat is getting inside. By inside I mean getting close enough to your attacker that the stick is of little or no value to him.

This all sounds very simple except getting in that close can often be a difficult task. In order to get inside you must understand what targets a bat is most dangerous against.
A bat or club is most dangerous against the bony parts of the body (skull, shoulders, knees, elbows, ribs, shins, tops of the arms, etc).

Unlike defending against a knife, where the inside of the arms is one of the most dangerous places to get cut, you actually want to block a bat or club with the soft tissue on the inside of the arm (if you have to).

The bat will cause much less damage to this part of the body (it will hurt and leave a nasty bruise but it won’t break your arm). One good block and you will be able to close the distance eliminating the danger of the bat without ever disarming it.

Now of course you should avoid taking any shots from a bat or club. If you have to block or take a shot use the soft parts of your arm and make sure you don’t try to block the club or bat at the ‘sweet spot.’ Try to block as close to the handle as possible.

Your other option is to simply redirect a blow and get inside that way. All of these techniques (blocking, redirecting, and disarming) as well as common scenarios for each are explained in detail by Bob Taylor and Randy Warner in Secrets of A Modern Warrior.

As with any self defense situation where an attacker has a weapon your first and best option is to flee. These techniques will radically increase your odds of winning, but there is still a lot of danger and even if you disarm and beat your attacker you will likely have some bruises or cuts.
These techniques are designed for situations where you cannot leave the scene without a fight (if you are trapped, must protect family, friends or bystanders, etc). These are the situations where knowing these secrets can mean the difference between life and death.

If you want to see more of this video check out last week’s post about knife disarming techniques.
If you have seen enough and want to get your own copy of Secrets of A Modern Warrior and learn the best ways to disarm attackers with guns (pistol, shotguns, rifles, and submachine guns) knives, clubs and more simply click on this link.

This is one of my most technically advanced self defense DVDs with more weapon disarming techniques and scenarios than I can list here. This stuff is so exciting you will be showing this stuff to your friends for weeks.

 

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Stick Fighting: Simple Secrets To Disarming A Club Or Bat