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

Defense against a pursuit punch to the abdomen

• Step back into a cat stance, pulling your stomach away from the opponent’s punch. Simultaneously, trap their hand with a downward X-block.
• Grab the opponent’s wrist and rotate in in a large outside to inside circle, placing the opponent in a reverse wristlock.
• Front kick to the 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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