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[Video of this waza fast and slow, from the side, and ideally, overhead]

Defense against a one-hand lapel grab

• Slap the opponent with your opposite-side hand, as an atemi.
• Immediately grab the opponent’s hand, and peel it off your lapel, twisting their hand into a reverse wristlock.
• Front kick to the opponent’s solar plexus.
• Grab the back of the opponent’s collar, or hook their head as in an irimi hold. Step in and spin the opponent around, placing them in a hammerlock.
• Knee kick to the tailbone.

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