Vancouver Institute of Self Defense

SELF DEFENSE FOR THE REST OF US

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KATA

A representative suite of Kata (techniques) demonstrated by VISD Students:

Defense against a strangling effort

Defense against a shirt-grab

Defense against a “pick”

Defense against a hair-grab

Defense against a shoulder-grab

Defense against an arm around your neck from behind

Defense against a wrist-grab

Defense against a bear-hug

Read: Would you bet your life on one of these moves?
S_HillaryKoteGaish-CIMG1017

Hillary here demonstrates Kote-Gaish, a wrist-turnover.  For where this technique evolved from, refer to the Jutte page.

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