Practice this with both feet for the experience it will give you in personal contact.


FOOT PARRY TO KICK
If a man tries to kick you, say with the left foot, one of the quickest ways to counter it is to swing round on the ball of your left foot, raising your right leg, and catching him on the shin bone with the edge of your shoe.
Drive your shoe down on his shin and you will incapacitate him temporarily and thus leave him an easy victim to your next aggressive move.
Practice it without actually kicking, slowly at first. Later work up to speed.


HOW TO RESCUE A FRIEND WHO IS HELD UP
ONE:
Steal up quickly behind the man who is pointing the pistol.
TWO:
Lay your left hand on his upper arm, just behind the elbow, and your right hand on his wrist.
THREE:
Shove his elbow forward and jerk his forearm back, snapping his elbow, and the pistol will fall from his nerveless hand.
Swiftness is essential in knocking his forearm up, otherwise he will fire as you take hold.
The success of this trick depends on proper coordination of your movements, which you will acquire by a little practice.
In practice, do this so slowly that there is no danger of injuring your opponent's elbow. He will stand still and let you experiment, and you must allow him the same privilege.
You can easily twist away while he does it slowly, but if you do so he will never learn the trick.
Done quickly, there is no escape, but you must avoid speed in your first practices.
Experiment very slowly until you find the correct angle at which to push his elbow forward, and pull his wrist back.
After it is mastered, you may try pulling him back to the ground with this hold.
FOR USE AGAINST BURGLARS
The shock of breaking his elbow will be sufficient to knock the fight out of any ordinary burglar, but there are some men who are so determined and vigorous that they would still carry on the fight.
If you stooped down to pick up his pistol, he would kick you in the face, and then he would recover his pistol with his left hand. Therefore you must not merely break his arm, but throw him at the same time.


THE WRONG KIND OF JUJITSU
This is given as an example of the kind of jujitsu not to practice.
Seize his right wrist with your left hand. Place your right hand behind his upper arm, above his elbow. Push with your left and pull with your right and his arm will break.
CRITICISM: This trick is no good because:
First: It is dangerous to practice on another's elbows. It is a "hit or miss" trick. If ever you got it on an armed ruffian you would require to break his arm immediately as you could not hold him and make him quit.
Second: If he bends his elbow before you get hold, you have not enough leverage to break his arm.
Third: It is difficult to catch his wrist without being cut.
If you are ever taught a trick that is open to such criticisms you had better discard it as not of much account.


THE ELBOW BLOW
Assailant aims a blow at your head with a straight swing.
Step in with your right foot, lowering your body and ducking so that the swing passes harmlessly over your head.
At the same time swing your right elbow into position shown in Figure 159.
Swing your elbow in the opposite direction, right into his ribs or midriff.
This is one of the most wicked blows known and will knock him out.
In practice, put all your force into the blow but stop it three or four inches from Assailant's ribs.
Practice ducking, so that when you are in position of Figure 159 your body is erect and balanced. At first you will probably be in too bent a position, in which you cannot move quickly nor strike strongly.
As Assailant knows you are going to duck every time, he will be tempted to strike lower and catch you as you duck. He must not do so however.
The ruffian who makes such a blow would not know you were going to duck, and you would "get him" before he could change his plans.
The straight swing is not the kind of blow a boxer would deliver, but is often used by an uneducated and ignorant Assailant. A man with a club might also attack you by such a swing, and against such an attack, this is the best defense.
Let Assailant aim a blow at your temple with his open hand. It is unnecessary to use a stick in practice.
This exercise will quicken the eye.


THROW YOUR HAT IN HIS EYES
Face to face with an armed man, try to throw your hat in his eyes and spring in before he can see clearly.
If you have not your hat, use anything, your handkerchief, a plate, a bottle or glass.
If a man comes at you with a knife, particularly if he assumes the boxing attitude, the left foot and hand advanced and the knife held in the right hand thrusting upwards, you are up against an ugly customer who knows how to use his knife. If you have a pistol you had better shoot him before he gets near you.
If you have no pistol do not rush him, but make a "strategic retreat," "spar for an opening." If you are in a room, keep the furniture between you, never let him get you in a corner. Use a chair or something and threaten his head with it, and if he gets too near, bring it down on his head.
Try above all things to throw something in his face, water or some stronger beverage. If you are in the open pick up stones, mud, anything, and try to get it in his eyes.
The above instructions will be so simple and obvious to some people that their inclusion here may seem superfluous. All people however are not equally gifted and there are some to whom this advice may be welcome.
Unless you discipline your mind by thinking along these lines in times of safety, the moment of danger may find you unprepared.

The Secrets of Jujitsu, A Complete Course in Self Defense, Book VI

By Captain Allan Corstorphin Smith, U.S.A.
Winner of the Black Belt, Japan, 1916. Instructor of Hand-to-Hand Fighting, THE INFANTRY SCHOOL, Camp Benning, Columbus, Georgia and at United States Training Camps and Cantonments, 1917 and 1918.
In Seven Books.
BOOK SIX
STAHARA PUBLISHING COMPANY
Columbus, Georgia, 1920.
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This electronic version is copyright EJMAS © 2001. All rights reserved.
Contributed by Thomas J. Militello, a 15-year member of Astoria, New York's non-profit Horangi Taekwondo Dojang, which is headed by James Robison.
The class of tricks taught in Book Six is very effective, but do not make the mistake of thinking that all you have to do is merely to go and seize anyone, even the most burly opponent, to reduce him to a quivering heap of helpless humanity.
Tricks like the Wrist Twist are best done after an Assailant has actually got hold of you. See Book Five.
They are not so practicable when an Assailant is apparently going to strike you. The proper defenses for such cases have previously been taught in this course.
The "Reverse Wrist Twist" shown below depends for its success upon the way you twist his wrist by the weight of your body in moving from the position of Figure 170 to that of Figure 171. The same remarks apply when you try it on a man who has seized your hair. See Figure 173.
By practicing these four Wrist Twist Tricks you will gradually discover how to use your body to offset the strength in the hands of a more powerful man.
Lesson 31. Wrist Twist when throat is seized.
Lesson 32. Wrist Twist when coat is seized.
Lesson 33. Reverse Wrist Twist when throat is seized.
Lesson 34. Reverse Wrist Twist when Hair is seized.

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Lesson 35. The Hammerlock.
Lesson 36. The Hammerlock with one hand. On two men.
Lesson 37. Escape from Hammerlock.
Lesson 38. A swift method of making an arrest.

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


WRIST TWIST WHEN THROAT IS SEIZED
Assailant seizes your throat.
Bring your left thumb onto the back of his right hand and your fingers around the root of his thumb. (If Assailant's hand is stronger than yours, you cannot secure the wrist twist by hand strength. You must unbalance Assailant to the point where his hand exerts only 20% of its power. Experiment and study the figures.)
Hold his right hand tightly against your body and step back with your left foot, thus pulling him off balance.
Bring your right thumb onto the back of his hand and your right fingers onto his palm.
Twist his wrist, bringing him into the position of Figure 163.
Keep him off balance all the time you are twisting. Make him give the signal of defeat.
It is easy to force opponent onto his back by the pressure on his wrist. It is unnecessary to trip him. In this position you can easily hold him prisoner as long as you choose.
If the circumstances call for it, you may disable him by breaking his wrist.


WRIST TWIST USED ON MAN WHO SEIZES YOUR COAT
Assailant seizes the right side of your coat with his left hand.
Place your right hand on the top of his left hand, fingers up on his palm, and your thumb on the back of his hand with the correct wrist grip.
Hold his hand firmly against your side. Step back with the right foot so that you pull him off balance and twist his wrist slightly.
By holding his hand firmly against your body you will more easily be able to twist his wrist.
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