I'm a man, when I retired from the Army I grew out my hair. A big guy attacked me in a bar and I took him down and ended in the mount position. He immediately grab me by the hair. I was in shock, I had short hair for 26 years. It took a moment to gather myself. I ended up jamming fingers in his eyes and then ground and pounded him. Needless to say I wish I knew these skills back then. Back to short hair and Gracie Jijitsu.
This information is not only important... Nowadays it is ESSENTIAL. As a Brazilian whose wife had been attacked before, though she used her martial arts knowledge to send that monster to the ER , I have not enough words for thanking you for sharing this !
I'm a woman in Australia (Sydney) I need a women's program like this. It's all for kids and men here. There's no culture established for women's self defence. Especially for survivors of Sexual abuse or PTSD (mastering BJJ Gracie style, would make us feel truly safe? Something that was ripped from us) what you are doing is fantastic.
I know this content is 3 years late, but you should go here to get their women empowered program if you haven’t already: www.gracieuniversity.com/Pages/Public/Subject?enc=kD3xR4%2f5rCQ9eqk%2bx2u4nA%3d%3d
@@franksu3420 It's not acting. They're applying pressure expecting the tap. It's how you train. You want to know what that pain feels like if you're being submitted. If you're doing the submission, you want to know exactly where to hold and how to press so that you can do the technique properly. It's controlled with respect for your partner, but it's real pain. Try it sometime before you start extolling your expertise from behind the keyboard.
@@kma3647 In a fight, I can guarantee you will get hit. If you are not conditioned to getting punched in the face, you will freeze up in a fight. There's a reason why Mike Tyson said everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.
Would like to say that the Gracie family are the most inspiring people! Much love to you all. thank you for what you are doing and how you are doing it. Two years ago I was in a very bad place in my life and with the help of all you guys and the people around me WE have turned everything around... Again thank you
Ah, the power of being underestimated by an attacker! :) Eve & Rener, you are so charismatic and humble, it always a pleasure to see you guys working together. Abraço!
I love that he's a tall muscular guy showing these moves so you can really see how effective it'll be no matter who your attacker is for the most part. I also love that they show how to break your attacker's arm but I worry about what if you break their arm and can't prove that it was in self defense because they weren't able to sexually assault you?
Don't worry about that, as long as you are alive. They will check your history of violence and the attackers, it would be an incredibly dumb judge to think a woman can just approach a man and break his arm just for fun. A lady in Australia was raped and murdered, the guy had over 50 rapes against his name... not sure if they let him out again but there is generally a history....
Trust me, break their fucking arm. Do as much damage as possible. Then go to the police and report everything. As a woman who experienced brutal assault by a rapist, and has had many other female friends assaulted, raped, bashed, attempted murdered and one murdered, I'm telling you, DO AS MUCH DAMAGE AS YOU CAN. MAKE THE ATTACKER NEVER ATTACK AGAIN. Because if they think they can get away with it, they will absolutely try it again with another woman.
He lets her do that. It wouldn't work nearly as well if he resisted. Fighting a guy twice your weight is pretty much hopeless. A small guy can control both of your arms with one of his and get your grip off his body whenever he wants. A large guy can simply stand up with you on top of him and throw you across the room. BJJ is legit, but it doesn't allow you to beat someone way larger.
@@MrCmon113 I mean, idk. I'm sure we've all seen the video of the woman submitting the army dude in fatigues. I think that a well-trained female could defend herself against an untrained male assailant fairly well. But idk. I guess it depends. And you have to keep in mind as far as I can tell, most of these sexual predators are cowards and not trained fighters or something.
Thank you for sharing these techniques with us. I’ve been watching a bunch of these videos and the way you go through all these different scenarios with different ways to defend yourself has been so insightful and helpful. I’ve been assaulted in my life and I never want to have to be victimized again. With your help… I won’t be. Keep up the great work!
Good video ! Not trolling, but I've noticed when women get into fights with each other they often quickly resort to the hair grab and attempt to use it to control their opponent. Often it will end in a stalemate as both combatants have a handful of each other's hair.
This is excellent! I've been watching a lot of self defense videos recently, and this is the first one I've seen that goes through all the things that you would instinctively do whilst trying to defend yourself (which are often detrimental) and shows you exactly why these things don't work, and what you should do, in an easy to understand (and more importantly, follow) way. Thank you so much!
I already watched a few of your video's about self-defence and I just want to say thank you so so much for sharing this ♥️ I'm glad I got to learn all this for whenever I go out or just go somewhere in general. You never know what could happen, and this helps me a lot with keeping my guard up and knowing what to do in uncomfortable/dangerous situations. Thank you, guys!
Disclaimer: I am not practicing any martial art (it has been some time); I am amazed at the science of GJJ. I do not know if any martial art available with such concrete fundamentals. Even though I am a gent, I am learning so much in this post about practical self-defense and wish to send forward this to my wife.
Jiu-jitsu is definitely the truth and it's EXCELLENT for women. It does take a bit to learn and apply it effectively, but since you can safely go full strength during sparring, you really get a good grasp of how it would feel in real life, which only helps as you learn.
this isn't what an actual hair grab assault looks like. if you're not teaching it pressure tested, then teaching it is irresponsible. also in an assault, never intentionally bring them to the ground. it's good to know what to do if they get you there, but never be the one to bring THEM there. and if you're in a public place...SCREAM. do what you can to defend yourself as well, but scream bloody murder and get people's attention and let them know something is horribly wrong.
motherhood agrees with eve. She's so beautiful! Rener, you're a lucky man, in so many ways! I think you actually do know that, which makes me like you even more!
Thank you so much for these tips! Once I had a situation when a man drugged me around by the hair and beaten up, so I ended up cutting it short for years... now learning jiu-jitsu helps me to stop being constantly frightened. And growing hair...
NEVER ALLOW anyone who you don't know to approach you closely enough to be able to grab or physically restrain you!!! You ALWAYS HAVE PERMISSION to injure a stranger if necessary so you can GET AWAY... ESCAPE FROM... LEAVE THE INDIVIDUAL.. THEN go and get to a public, populated place/area & get help!!!
Thank you so much Gracies for making these videos! I am a young woman who trains BJJ (not near an academy with GJJ) and I use these breakdown/self defense videos to supplement my jiu jitsu diet with the self defense aspects! Much respect.
You guys are awesome, a sincere thank you for sharing your knowledge for free, I know this will save women from ever being traumatized by monsters like that.
The bit you missed out when she grabs the arm and the guy's head, is that by controlling the gripping hand and at the same time grabbing behind the guy's head means she now has extra leverage by controlling his neck and therefore increases the opportunity to over balance the attacker. Essentially reversing the control the man had over her when he grabbed her air. Anyway, just a thought/observation.
I was thinking the same thing! There’s no one way to respond in the situation but the ground is my last resort. I would first put him on the ground. His instinct would be to release the hair to break his fall, then he is at your mercy or you get a head start on escape. I had an experience where I had to use my skills and I can tell you he stopped right away once he saw he didn’t have control. Game over and I didn’t even have to hurt him. 💪
I had been assaulted by men many times and I had into mixed martial arts. In real cases, I forgot all those techniques. Moreover when I was shocked and my only thought was survival. I had only wanted to escape and free. Thus it became free-style-whatever. But knowing all of this is not a waste. It can build your confidence and persistence. So I think unless you learn into it until you become an expert and the moves become the second nature of you, it will be relatively same in real case. But I don't want to discourage you. Perhaps it is just me. But keep knowing/learning. You never knew when it will be needed. Even your own family can really hurt you so be prepared anytime
Women being AWARE OF: * Their surroundings. * If a stranger is looking at or watching them, paying too much attention to them. * A stranger following them. * Staying in places that are populated w/other people, where stores, restaurants, businesses are open. * At night, when it's dark out stay in well-lit areas, on streets where you can go into a building, store, restauraunt, supermarket, etc. Where you can ask for or have someone call the Police for you. * You can bring your charged 📱 phone and charger with you. So you will be able to call for and get help. Keep the phone number of a taxi service and have enough money to be taken home.
I was beaten badly when I was 16. I'm 35 now. I was poor and only had the library. It was enough. I taught myself, which I know is frowned upon by all martial arts, self defense. Everything I do I've use in real fights. People tend to pick on me because I'm nice. Just want to throw out here that I actually promote walking and even running, however if I am threatened or I feel my life is in danger I will not hesitate to neutralize that situation. Anyhow, JKD was the most effective or what people call mma. Names really don't matter to me. If it can save my life, I will use, but only if it's not fake in nature. Bjj, boxing, and a lot of drills and traps for jkd, silat hand to knife. These are the most effective. I became confident and I don't have trauma anymore. I did however become puzzled and have been looking for a way to show my niece how to defend herself from a bully because she was a victim of it a year or so ago. I could not for the life of me think of a proper way. This video will definitely show her how. So, thank you guys.
These are so good to know, and for anyone, really. It raises your chances a lot. What raises them even higher is knowing these while having an EDC (everyday carry). For some, that's a stun gun. For others it's a knife and pepper spray. In my humble opinion, the best is a semiauto pistol, pepper spray, and a knife. If someone is threatening your life and is aggressively approaching you, you use that pistol, and you use it with purpose. If someone hit you, kicked you, or is otherwise trying to hurt you from a small distance, whip that pepper spray out and spray them in the face. if you're grapping with someone, use these techniques. If, for some reason, your attacker is extremely skilled at grappling and you cannot utilize these techniques to get them off of you, draw the knife and go for arteries. It'll be a horrible experience, and you're going to get covered in blood, but the alternatives are much worse. Only use deadly force when you fear for your life. Only use deadly force if your life is directly on the line. Never use deadly force when there's only an altercation, or otherwise you are in danger of being hurt or injured but your life is not on the line. It's hard to know, sometimes. The most important thing to do is to not panic. Situational awareness is your best tool for survival. Also, learn grappling like what's in the video. Get good at it.
In a real attack - the moment she hooked her arm round his head my knee would be going straight into his groin. Obvs that isn’t BJJ but in a real self defence I’d have zero hesitation. I’d keep kneeing till he let go. Stamp on his toes. Put my foot down his shin. Whatever it takes to protect myself in a street attack!! Great video though. Thanks. Super useful. I hope this is never needed 💪🏻💪🏻
As a single parent I’ve made sure my daughter and myself r Learning self-defense it does take some time but it’s worth it. Because when she goes to school or anywhere people from grade school middle school high school where ever have no respect and are predatorial and bullies. I want her to use this as defending herself last resort if ever needed. I want her to know and have this in her arsenal same for myself. Growing up my father also wanted me to know how to defend myself so he tried teaching me how to box but my mother was one who sort of frowned upon it I did learn something but not much because of this. Now it’s a different story
I can't wait to see the gracie breakdown of Tcity vs Brandao. Amazing transition into the triangle choke! And Michael McDonald's transition into RNC as well!
I love that you can turn a grab into an opportunity. This channel is helping people to close the distance in hand to hand combat. Even with a weapon you must sometimes close the distance sometimes to survive and only physical fitness and training can solve that problem. A can of mace can also work wonders.
To be honest, I dont think you'd be able to learn these techniques by watching a video; it's more a case of "if you know some jiu jitsu, here's what you could use in your toolbox to deal with this threat."
That was good. but always good to remember to yell! it's always good to model that as part of self defense especially when it's a smaller person being assaulted.
+jcyt0511 Depending on the bears breed, all you have to do is punch it in the nose, pretend to be dead or poke the bears eyes with you're thumbs. However, if it is a mother you are quite dead my friend. I wouldn't want you to blind, or put a mother bear in danger.
+dani freeman even though Alaska has the highest ratio of men to women in the United States, they also have the highest rate of chlamydia as well..so it's definitely slim pickins
At 8:23.. add a knee to the groin to make everything easier. Also she can bite the ear or the side of the neck. The right arm thats behind the attackers head can be used to slam his nose into your shoulder then turn counterclockwise for the takedown into mount position.. (in my style we call it fighting with poison. Subtle or smaller ways to inflict damage which makes the larger more damaging attacks easier to do)
Recently saw a short video on hair pull defense escape. An almost sure to fail version w some.fancy moves that wld never work in a real life attack....not even close....I remembered this gracie video ... as I've trained their style and watched many videos...30 yrs of training mma...GRACIE WINS AGAIN!...ALL. DAY...THE BEST....we r blessed their grandfather brought their style to the USA many yr ago....game changers
Thank you so much for this video, and all the other helpful videos you guys have posted! Being a teen girl OR teen boy is fearful in this sick world, you have pedophiles, and all these other horrible groups of people, it's so important for EVERYBODY girl/boy to know how to defend themselves from these scenarios .
Fantastic information. Every woman should learn this. As this can happen to anyone. It doesn't have to be in the night or some dogy place. I managed to talk my way out of a situation. It was lunch time in a shopping carpark. So if you have the opportunity to learn go and learn.
This is the beauty of having many different styles of Martial Arts. As much as I love BJJ and have been training at it in some form for a couple of decades, when it comes to defending against hair grabs, there are some serious bone breaking shit in Hapkido that seem far more effective than going to the ground. No knock on BJJ as it is still my favorite Martial Arts.
These are fun to practice, but very difficult to do in real life because of complexity. Best to keep strategies really really simple simple. I know it is easy to say, but not easy to do but: at all costs try not to go to the ground. Kick, scratch, bite, scream; whatever it takes, but do your very best to not go to the ground. Of course, if you do end up on the ground, you will need ground strategies, but above all, do not let yourself be taken to the ground.
What a lot of baseless assertions based on zero evidence. "going to the ground" is simply a tactical choice, or in many real life encounters not optional. As Renner pointed out , being taken to a secondary crime scene is statistically (that means real life evidence) one of the most dangerous things that can happen. One of the best tactics to prevent that is to sit to the ground. Of course this should be accompanied by a lot of good training, but even a completely untrained person could lay on their back and kick at the attacker,who is trying to take them somewhere-which is a very sound and proven tactic. This is a very instinctive thing ( we see it even in real life footage such as in the assassination attempt on Imelda Marcos-by a knife wielding attacker). Arm locking someone is not very complex and is a gross motor technquire proven again and again, in MMA matches and real fights- does it take practice? Of course, just like driving a car or shooting a gun, its a real world skill but much simpler than driving a car...something most of us do competently and without much thought.. Unlike the same old hooey about biting, scratching etc...we were all "taught " this hooey in the 70s and 80s...and the rate of sexual assaults skyrocketed. how do you practice 'eye gouging" in any way that actually develops a testable , measurable skill? If it were so "simple" and effective why do we not see it working over and over again in real life video? please show us at least one example (ie evidence) of a woman escaping a sexual assault by biting and scratching? There must be some but the evidence is very scarce which is odd if its so simple and effective. Please have some facts and evidence before spouting unproven hooey.
@@JohnJohnson-pq4qzWhat I'm picking up is keeping & maintaining control of that arm that's grabbing you and staying close to the attacker so their punches won't land as hard & lessens the pain from their hair grip and try to get them on the ground ASAP. Being mounted seems more difficult to get out of though, but if you have more power & freedom with the attacker between your legs (which is where their body will end up when trying to SA you) so if they're between your legs then I'm guessing attempt those moves, but if you can't then use your legs every possible way you can to injure the attacker as long as you keep their grip arm locked and head close to them. I'm tall and have long legs so idk if that's to my advantage or disadvantage. I really don't want to find out, but ya kinda need to so I'd have to take the risk and find a male friend who would be willing to do a real life simulation of an attack and is ok with him hurting me and me hurting him. Lawyers would have to be involved 😂.
@@JohnJohnson-pq4qzBiting and scratching NOW is a good way to to get DNA under your fingernails and hopefully leave marks if you can scratch and bite hard enough to leave a deep physical injury that actually draws blood bc "touch" DNA is better than nothing, but doesn't beat actual blood when testing DNA.
@@SarahRegina29 It might just be a lot easier to go to a BJJ school....lol (make sure you ask them if they teach the self-defense system..if not go else where. Many so called BJJ schools only do sport BJJ these days.)
My husband always told me if I am attacked to use my base pull them in close and take them to the ground this makes so much sense now, thank you for demonstrating ❤ I always knew to squat and take the fight to the ground but now I have more techniques to add. God bless you. I will practice.
In 1989 I was walking to the shop from my sponsors home in Rhiyadh. Daytime. Car suddenly drove near me. Arab man pulled my ponytail while the car was slowing. Had I not been wearing rubber shoes and kept my balance to yank my hair out...I may not be alive today. Pls teach us how to get out of this safely.
I train in Brazilian jujitsu I will be a brown belt soon and my bf has his red bar black belt he's trained for 8 years and we train 5 days a week and he gives me real life experience scenario when training and I've learned alot , I love how after training for a year I've learned so much that no matter what you'd think you won't remember you will.
Just a note. Who said women don't like to fight??? Women don't like to lose a fight. Eve, you and your husband are doing a good job at fighting the good fight.
I hate it when someone says, “See that homeless person over there.” It takes a lot of adversity for the offender to go through to get them to be that way. The offender gets no justice for all of the crap that they went through. The accuser with the wonderful life must be laughing her head off. There have been women who were falsely accused of murder. I am pretty sure about that. I just don’t want to look prejudiced.
Well, since I wear a wig, my potential assailant would get quite a surprise when he ends up only with my hair in his hands! 😂 All kidding aside, I pray to God I never experience this
95% of this wouldn’t work. It’s so sad none of the guys she trains with care enough, to grab her hair seriously, and demonstrate how brutally unrefined these tactics are.
I recognise work ground is necessary to know the basic foundation. 90°/° street's fights end on the ground. I must know this way too just one form ; kicks, take down and ground. From few guys if you can try to not fight on the ground, d'un maybe kicks but run
+Sam Walthers (Cyge) he means as the guy is pulling back the girl's hair, it's better for the girl to use that force and momentum to get on top mount instead
Back in the 80’s when aI was married, my husband and I had some kind of disagreement that had quickly escalated to the point that he grabbed a hand full of my hair on my right side. He then began dragging me from the kitchen through the living room to our bedroom and the closet. The only thoughts I had were ,” Why is he doing this to me?”; “ What’s he going to do next?” , “ How do I get away?”. I remembered that my dad once said that he would not always be there to protect me and to remember that in some situations it’s “ kill or be killed” so I must decide what I was going to do. I had a little bit of training in the martial arts, so, while I was laying on the floor of the closet, he was standing over me and still holding my hair while all of those thoughts were in my mind I suddenly saw an opening for me to free myself from his grip . I was wearing shoes that were made of wood and immediately lifted my left leg towards my chin and thrusted my foot forward to hit him squarely in his crotch and I had meant it to hurt him as he was hurting me. He immediately let me go and got away from me, holding himself .
@@kallepikku4991 Is your comment in response to the main story or anything n response to mine? Even so, either or you are one “ insensitive “ bastard. ✝️
Also standing with hair control, if the arm lock variation fails, close the distance and double under clinch takedown the assailant. Land mounted, may have released the hair control due to the "free fall" feeling, stabilize, strike or move to mounted arm lock.
# 1, 2, 3 & 4th hairstyle to get grabbed/dragged to 2nd location for assault is... in order : 1. Bun (most common) 2. Ponytail (2nd) 3. Longhair (3rd) 4. Super short (4th) (least common, almost NEVER happens to #4) The bun is #1 ~ Easiest to grab and hold on to
As a repeated sexual assault victim, I desire to learn how to self defend myself. However, when I go to dojos to learn, it is retriggering to have a man on top of me or me on top of a man. These classes rarely have women in them. I remember inwas the only female, and they wanted me to learn how to fight a man so it felt like I was being "passed around" with different men on top of me and in my groin. It was extremely triggering. I tried to memorize these techniques on YT, but it is nowhere the same without practice. I would love it if there were more classes available for cheap that only allow females.
Totally understandable. I think the Gracie University Women Empowered courses are mostly women in the class and some women instructors? I really want to take one.
Mrs. Eve and Mr. Gracie, unfortunately in Poland, in Warsaw, and I will not have the opportunity to practice this martial art with anyone, although I like martial arts, I used to train karate, Kung fu and Krav Maga. How can I learn self-defense, Jujitsu or any other martial art, because I can't go to a club because of my problems, and I've already experienced an attempt to beat me up because of yelling (I have Autism Spectrum). How could I learn self-defense to feel safer and be able to defeat my opponent? What advice can you give me to feel safe and not count on the help of others? I ride with a Guardian or not at all
"In self defense, there's no right and wrong." - Rener Gracie *epic quote*
Yaaaaaaaaas
Doesn't matter how strong your bones are if 6 people wanna rape you. Just matters how fast you can run.
@DudeImJasmine Gracie fanboys are the worst lol...
Bro I learned that from Baki, kick to the balls, throat strikes, it’s all fair game
@COMBAT TRAINER you’re doing a very honorable service my friend
"Women should not have to change how they wear their hair because of the crazy people in the world" HELL YES.
Im sure all the crazy people will understand.
mr pookie ah victim blaming
The crazy people will be very accommodating I'm sure
@@sirrivet9557 more like anticipating, similar to "go carry a mace", with how biology works, you def cant slug it out
@@invictus_They-Them_Nazi_Hunter men who cant get women
and the most important thing: NO MERCY WITH OPPONENT !!!
Okay Cobra Kai 🐍
Strike first strike hard
Dont stop when you hear a tap stop when you hear a snap XD
That's true!!! You only show mercy when not beating the crap out of them isn't necessary anymore!
Yes! Make it your goal at the moment to hurt him as much as possible. Otherwise, he'll do that to you.
I'm a man, when I retired from the Army I grew out my hair. A big guy attacked me in a bar and I took him down and ended in the mount position. He immediately grab me by the hair. I was in shock, I had short hair for 26 years. It took a moment to gather myself. I ended up jamming fingers in his eyes and then ground and pounded him. Needless to say I wish I knew these skills back then.
Back to short hair and Gracie Jijitsu.
None of these moves would have helped for that situation.
Elbow crusher would have been your go to in that case.
@MMA TRAINER Damn! That’s crazy.
@COMBAT TRAINER wow.... that's very sad
I never seen men use another man's hair in a fight. You would lose a lot of cool points in America but I guess they would.
Me a 5’2 petite girl hoping I’ll never have to use this with someone twice as big as me
Emily Esparza... So eventually if somebody annoying you Kick him on the balls then....))
Sorry but even a 5’2 boy can take you out because men are physically stronger, if you’re also lifting weight you have a bigger chance of surviving
@MMA TRAINER how do u make bones harder conditioning is one thing but hardening the bone ???
Same here and I'm also 5'2
5’0”, moving to bad neighborhood, needing self defense
Umm - your children are going to be supermodels. And also ninjas. Supermodel ninjas. ✨✨
Love it!
are they a couple?
Supermodels, why?🤔
@@dauser4 they are married
haha, so true, they are very talented and attractive lol
This information is not only important... Nowadays it is ESSENTIAL. As a Brazilian whose wife had been attacked before, though she used her martial arts knowledge to send that monster to the ER , I have not enough words for thanking you for sharing this !
I'm a woman in Australia (Sydney) I need a women's program like this. It's all for kids and men here. There's no culture established for women's self defence. Especially for survivors of Sexual abuse or PTSD (mastering BJJ Gracie style, would make us feel truly safe? Something that was ripped from us) what you are doing is fantastic.
EJ Verrier Please watch this, it’s important:
ruclips.net/video/i54grFI-JhA/видео.html
All the best.
I know this content is 3 years late, but you should go here to get their women empowered program if you haven’t already:
www.gracieuniversity.com/Pages/Public/Subject?enc=kD3xR4%2f5rCQ9eqk%2bx2u4nA%3d%3d
There are a few programs. But I agree there isn't enough for average women in Sydney to go and learn self defense.:(
BJJ is for the two sex in everywhere…
Gracie Jiu Jitsu in Sydney
3/576 Botany Rd. Alexandria Sydney NSW 2015 Australia
There's a women's only self defence class
Yoooo I can tell how effective this is because of how much he has to tap out
This is just acting.real situations are more quite and brutal.
@@franksu3420 It's not acting. They're applying pressure expecting the tap. It's how you train. You want to know what that pain feels like if you're being submitted. If you're doing the submission, you want to know exactly where to hold and how to press so that you can do the technique properly. It's controlled with respect for your partner, but it's real pain. Try it sometime before you start extolling your expertise from behind the keyboard.
Please Take a look of CCTV recording to see real fighting situations.
@@kma3647 In a fight, I can guarantee you will get hit. If you are not conditioned to getting punched in the face, you will freeze up in a fight.
There's a reason why Mike Tyson said everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.
My daughter's 4 years old... I have taught her a little jitsu... however when she's older I want her to be as good as eve
Would like to say that the Gracie family are the most inspiring people! Much love to you all. thank you for what you are doing and how you are doing it. Two years ago I was in a very bad place in my life and with the help of all you guys and the people around me WE have turned everything around... Again thank you
Eve is beautiful, kind, and a warrior. Rener you are the man. 👊
Ah, the power of being underestimated by an attacker! :)
Eve & Rener, you are so charismatic and humble, it always a pleasure to see you guys working together.
Abraço!
I love that he's a tall muscular guy showing these moves so you can really see how effective it'll be no matter who your attacker is for the most part. I also love that they show how to break your attacker's arm but I worry about what if you break their arm and can't prove that it was in self defense because they weren't able to sexually assault you?
Don't worry about that, as long as you are alive. They will check your history of violence and the attackers, it would be an incredibly dumb judge to think a woman can just approach a man and break his arm just for fun. A lady in Australia was raped and murdered, the guy had over 50 rapes against his name... not sure if they let him out again but there is generally a history....
@@cyncin1163 kinda scary if you end up being the first victim
Trust me, break their fucking arm. Do as much damage as possible. Then go to the police and report everything. As a woman who experienced brutal assault by a rapist, and has had many other female friends assaulted, raped, bashed, attempted murdered and one murdered, I'm telling you, DO AS MUCH DAMAGE AS YOU CAN. MAKE THE ATTACKER NEVER ATTACK AGAIN. Because if they think they can get away with it, they will absolutely try it again with another woman.
He lets her do that. It wouldn't work nearly as well if he resisted. Fighting a guy twice your weight is pretty much hopeless.
A small guy can control both of your arms with one of his and get your grip off his body whenever he wants. A large guy can simply stand up with you on top of him and throw you across the room.
BJJ is legit, but it doesn't allow you to beat someone way larger.
@@MrCmon113 I mean, idk. I'm sure we've all seen the video of the woman submitting the army dude in fatigues. I think that a well-trained female could defend herself against an untrained male assailant fairly well. But idk. I guess it depends. And you have to keep in mind as far as I can tell, most of these sexual predators are cowards and not trained fighters or something.
Pulling her hair presents her with “ an incredible gift “ an actual advantage ! As always, well said Rener...
That is real feminism. Self-defense and a glock in the holster.
Somehow I am inclined to agree with you lol.
I sense that ur a fellow Texan? Happy open carry day :-)
oh dude i just realized what you meant woah.
+Luis Garcia Get out of here, you freaking creepy nutjob.
you can't carry in nyc
I'm starting to feel like Ju-jitsu is the Uno Reverse card of self defense.
Thank you for sharing these techniques with us. I’ve been watching a bunch of these videos and the way you go through all these different scenarios with different ways to defend yourself has been so insightful and helpful. I’ve been assaulted in my life and I never want to have to be victimized again. With your help… I won’t be. Keep up the great work!
Good video ! Not trolling, but I've noticed when women get into fights with each other they often quickly resort to the hair grab and attempt to use it to control their opponent. Often it will end in a stalemate as both combatants have a handful of each other's hair.
True
Its the same with ear
If u grab smby hair u have strong grip
If u grab smby ear same thing
Well scratch lol
Hair grab and haymakers usually
How can somebody thumbsdown this awesome video? I just dont get it
Those are the rapists.
well they're probably on some cia registry now lol
Seeing Eve with so much focus while her hair is pulled and fake punches is just amazing! You have a strong focus.
This is so, so needed! Thank you Gracie family!
This is excellent! I've been watching a lot of self defense videos recently, and this is the first one I've seen that goes through all the things that you would instinctively do whilst trying to defend yourself (which are often detrimental) and shows you exactly why these things don't work, and what you should do, in an easy to understand (and more importantly, follow) way. Thank you so much!
I already watched a few of your video's about self-defence and I just want to say thank you so so much for sharing this ♥️ I'm glad I got to learn all this for whenever I go out or just go somewhere in general. You never know what could happen, and this helps me a lot with keeping my guard up and knowing what to do in uncomfortable/dangerous situations. Thank you, guys!
Disclaimer: I am not practicing any martial art (it has been some time); I am amazed at the science of GJJ. I do not know if any martial art available with such concrete fundamentals. Even though I am a gent, I am learning so much in this post about practical self-defense and wish to send forward this to my wife.
Jiu-jitsu is definitely the truth and it's EXCELLENT for women. It does take a bit to learn and apply it effectively, but since you can safely go full strength during sparring, you really get a good grasp of how it would feel in real life, which only helps as you learn.
To boil it down to one principle: "If someone has you by the hair, do not try to get away, it's impossible. Act accordingly."
When they stood up he turned into a GIANT
this isn't what an actual hair grab assault looks like. if you're not teaching it pressure tested, then teaching it is irresponsible. also in an assault, never intentionally bring them to the ground. it's good to know what to do if they get you there, but never be the one to bring THEM there. and if you're in a public place...SCREAM. do what you can to defend yourself as well, but scream bloody murder and get people's attention and let them know something is horribly wrong.
motherhood agrees with eve. She's so beautiful! Rener, you're a lucky man, in so many ways! I think you actually do know that, which makes me like you even more!
Thank you so much for these tips!
Once I had a situation when a man drugged me around by the hair and beaten up, so I ended up cutting it short for years... now learning jiu-jitsu helps me to stop being constantly frightened. And growing hair...
Its NEVER wrong when it somes to survival! Perfect! Thank you
What an amazing couple.
NEVER ALLOW anyone who you don't know to approach you closely enough to be able to grab or physically restrain you!!!
You ALWAYS HAVE PERMISSION to injure a stranger if necessary so you can GET AWAY...
ESCAPE FROM...
LEAVE THE INDIVIDUAL..
THEN go and get to a public, populated place/area & get help!!!
I've luckily never been attacked but just watching this makes me uncomfortable to think anybody would ever have to use it.
Thank you so much Gracies for making these videos! I am a young woman who trains BJJ (not near an academy with GJJ) and I use these breakdown/self defense videos to supplement my jiu jitsu diet with the self defense aspects! Much respect.
My husband wants to enroll me in classes. We love this type of stuff. As a survivor with ptsd, thank you.
You guys are awesome, a sincere thank you for sharing your knowledge for free, I know this will save women from ever being traumatized by monsters like that.
Thank you for bringing awareness to us for so many years. Sincerest Gratitude.
The bit you missed out when she grabs the arm and the guy's head, is that by controlling the gripping hand and at the same time grabbing behind the guy's head means she now has extra leverage by controlling his neck and therefore increases the opportunity to over balance the attacker. Essentially reversing the control the man had over her when he grabbed her air. Anyway, just a thought/observation.
I was thinking the same thing! There’s no one way to respond in the situation but the ground is my last resort. I would first put him on the ground. His instinct would be to release the hair to break his fall, then he is at your mercy or you get a head start on escape. I had an experience where I had to use my skills and I can tell you he stopped right away once he saw he didn’t have control. Game over and I didn’t even have to hurt him. 💪
I had been assaulted by men many times and I had into mixed martial arts. In real cases, I forgot all those techniques. Moreover when I was shocked and my only thought was survival. I had only wanted to escape and free. Thus it became free-style-whatever. But knowing all of this is not a waste. It can build your confidence and persistence. So I think unless you learn into it until you become an expert and the moves become the second nature of you, it will be relatively same in real case. But I don't want to discourage you. Perhaps it is just me. But keep knowing/learning. You never knew when it will be needed. Even your own family can really hurt you so be prepared anytime
you're right. depends on the teacher. you have to get to the point it's paet of you not something you think about. keep training, you can do it
Women being AWARE OF:
* Their surroundings.
* If a stranger is looking at or
watching them, paying too
much attention to them.
* A stranger following them.
* Staying in places that are
populated w/other people,
where stores, restaurants,
businesses are open.
* At night, when it's dark out
stay in well-lit areas, on
streets where you can go
into a building, store,
restauraunt, supermarket,
etc. Where you can ask for
or have someone call the
Police for you.
* You can bring your charged
📱 phone and charger with
you. So you will be able to
call for and get help.
Keep the phone number of a
taxi service and have enough
money to be taken home.
In her spare time this woman goes back in time to hunt down Jack The ripper.
I was beaten badly when I was 16. I'm 35 now. I was poor and only had the library. It was enough. I taught myself, which I know is frowned upon by all martial arts, self defense. Everything I do I've use in real fights. People tend to pick on me because I'm nice. Just want to throw out here that I actually promote walking and even running, however if I am threatened or I feel my life is in danger I will not hesitate to neutralize that situation. Anyhow, JKD was the most effective or what people call mma. Names really don't matter to me. If it can save my life, I will use, but only if it's not fake in nature. Bjj, boxing, and a lot of drills and traps for jkd, silat hand to knife. These are the most effective. I became confident and I don't have trauma anymore. I did however become puzzled and have been looking for a way to show my niece how to defend herself from a bully because she was a victim of it a year or so ago. I could not for the life of me think of a proper way. This video will definitely show her how. So, thank you guys.
It's funny, people have never picked on me, and I'm also nice person. It's funny how that works.
I’m watching this at 4:30am but OMG THIS WAS SO WORTH IT!
These are so good to know, and for anyone, really. It raises your chances a lot. What raises them even higher is knowing these while having an EDC (everyday carry). For some, that's a stun gun. For others it's a knife and pepper spray. In my humble opinion, the best is a semiauto pistol, pepper spray, and a knife. If someone is threatening your life and is aggressively approaching you, you use that pistol, and you use it with purpose. If someone hit you, kicked you, or is otherwise trying to hurt you from a small distance, whip that pepper spray out and spray them in the face. if you're grapping with someone, use these techniques. If, for some reason, your attacker is extremely skilled at grappling and you cannot utilize these techniques to get them off of you, draw the knife and go for arteries. It'll be a horrible experience, and you're going to get covered in blood, but the alternatives are much worse. Only use deadly force when you fear for your life. Only use deadly force if your life is directly on the line. Never use deadly force when there's only an altercation, or otherwise you are in danger of being hurt or injured but your life is not on the line. It's hard to know, sometimes. The most important thing to do is to not panic. Situational awareness is your best tool for survival. Also, learn grappling like what's in the video. Get good at it.
In a real attack - the moment she hooked her arm round his head my knee would be going straight into his groin. Obvs that isn’t BJJ but in a real self defence I’d have zero hesitation. I’d keep kneeing till he let go. Stamp on his toes. Put my foot down his shin. Whatever it takes to protect myself in a street attack!!
Great video though. Thanks. Super useful. I hope this is never needed 💪🏻💪🏻
As a single parent I’ve made sure my daughter and myself r Learning self-defense it does take some time but it’s worth it. Because when she goes to school or anywhere people from grade school middle school high school where ever have no respect and are predatorial and bullies. I want her to use this as defending herself last resort if ever needed. I want her to know and have this in her arsenal same for myself.
Growing up my father also wanted me to know how to defend myself so he tried teaching me how to box but my mother was one who sort of frowned upon it I did learn something but not much because of this.
Now it’s a different story
........ very well presented young man and young lady , you performed real life events ..... thank you very much for this work you do ........
I never considered the power of my legs. Ty.
I can't wait to see the gracie breakdown of Tcity vs Brandao. Amazing transition into the triangle choke! And Michael McDonald's transition into RNC as well!
Great stuff. This is a breath of fresh air compared to all the crappy self defense videos out there that get people injured.This is good stuff :)
Agreed
I love that you can turn a grab into an opportunity. This channel is helping people to close the distance in hand to hand combat. Even with a weapon you must sometimes close the distance sometimes to survive and only physical fitness and training can solve that problem. A can of mace can also work wonders.
Damn, never fight with Eve. I wouldn't want to land in her triangle or get hit by any or those elbows. Great stuff! Power to all women by Jiu Jitsu!!!
The moves need to be slowed down it's all too fast to follow even though helpful and appreciated
To be honest, I dont think you'd be able to learn these techniques by watching a video; it's more a case of "if you know some jiu jitsu, here's what you could use in your toolbox to deal with this threat."
You know, there’s a speed back option on RUclips. I use it when I study high paced moves in UFC or grappling matches.
That was good. but always good to remember to yell! it's always good to model that as part of self defense especially when it's a smaller person being assaulted.
I love this video..thank you guys for everything that you do! Much love from Alaska
I love Alaska, I want to eat salmon and fight bears too :C
+Joao Fernandes me too, Alask is hot.
+jcyt0511 Depending on the bears breed, all you have to do is punch it in the nose, pretend to be dead or poke the bears eyes with you're thumbs. However, if it is a mother you are quite dead my friend. I wouldn't want you to blind, or put a mother bear in danger.
+dani freeman don't threaten me with a good time ;)
+dani freeman even though Alaska has the highest ratio of men to women in the United States, they also have the highest rate of chlamydia as well..so it's definitely slim pickins
This was an excellent breakdown and demonstration of awesome techniques. I love jujitsu! You guys rock!
At 8:23.. add a knee to the groin to make everything easier. Also she can bite the ear or the side of the neck. The right arm thats behind the attackers head can be used to slam his nose into your shoulder then turn counterclockwise for the takedown into mount position.. (in my style we call it fighting with poison. Subtle or smaller ways to inflict damage which makes the larger more damaging attacks easier to do)
Recently saw a short video on hair pull defense escape. An almost sure to fail version w some.fancy moves that wld never work in a real life attack....not even close....I remembered this gracie video
... as I've trained their style and watched many videos...30 yrs of training mma...GRACIE WINS AGAIN!...ALL. DAY...THE BEST....we r blessed their grandfather brought their style to the USA many yr ago....game changers
Thank you so much for this video, and all the other helpful videos you guys have posted! Being a teen girl OR teen boy is fearful in this sick world, you have pedophiles, and all these other horrible groups of people, it's so important for EVERYBODY girl/boy to know how to defend themselves from these scenarios .
asahd Please watch this, it’s important:
ruclips.net/video/i54grFI-JhA/видео.html
All the best.
It's a fact I agree
Super amazing to watch this. Thank you both. Love from Edinburgh, Scotland 💕
Thank you for sharing these videos it’s helping me have confidence 😊
Great Job both!! Thanks for sharing
Fantastic information. Every woman should learn this. As this can happen to anyone. It doesn't have to be in the night or some dogy place. I managed to talk my way out of a situation. It was lunch time in a shopping carpark. So if you have the opportunity to learn go and learn.
Amazing thankyou I hope I can learn and remember these skills :)
Thank you so much. From now on I will fight back & won't run like a coward...😍😍🥰🥰
This is valuable for me...😊😊
Avoid the fight at all costs only fight if necessary
@@arthurmorgan3088 ok I will do so. Thank you 🥰🥰
Being able to run away is the best-case outcome here. And it's quite unrealistic imo.
@@MrCmon113 ok I will mind it. Thanks 😊😊
@@MrCmon113 yeh but if possible its probs your most ideal option
This is the beauty of having many different styles of Martial Arts. As much as I love BJJ and have been training at it in some form for a couple of decades, when it comes to defending against hair grabs, there are some serious bone breaking shit in Hapkido that seem far more effective than going to the ground. No knock on BJJ as it is still my favorite Martial Arts.
Grabbed by the hair is painful!
What if the guy is a lot bigger/heavier and our legs cannot be moved around their bodies that easily???
These are fun to practice, but very difficult to do in real life because of complexity. Best to keep strategies really really simple simple. I know it is easy to say, but not easy to do but: at all costs try not to go to the ground. Kick, scratch, bite, scream; whatever it takes, but do your very best to not go to the ground. Of course, if you do end up on the ground, you will need ground strategies, but above all, do not let yourself be taken to the ground.
What a lot of baseless assertions based on zero evidence. "going to the ground" is simply a tactical choice, or in many real life encounters not optional. As Renner pointed out , being taken to a secondary crime scene is statistically (that means real life evidence) one of the most dangerous things that can happen. One of the best tactics to prevent that is to sit to the ground. Of course this should be accompanied by a lot of good training, but even a completely untrained person could lay on their back and kick at the attacker,who is trying to take them somewhere-which is a very sound and proven tactic. This is a very instinctive thing ( we see it even in real life footage such as in the assassination attempt on Imelda Marcos-by a knife wielding attacker). Arm locking someone is not very complex and is a gross motor technquire proven again and again, in MMA matches and real fights- does it take practice? Of course, just like driving a car or shooting a gun, its a real world skill but much simpler than driving a car...something most of us do competently and without much thought.. Unlike the same old hooey about biting, scratching etc...we were all "taught " this hooey in the 70s and 80s...and the rate of sexual assaults skyrocketed. how do you practice 'eye gouging" in any way that actually develops a testable , measurable skill? If it were so "simple" and effective why do we not see it working over and over again in real life video? please show us at least one example (ie evidence) of a woman escaping a sexual assault by biting and scratching? There must be some but the evidence is very scarce which is odd if its so simple and effective. Please have some facts and evidence before spouting unproven hooey.
@@JohnJohnson-pq4qzWhat I'm picking up is keeping & maintaining control of that arm that's grabbing you and staying close to the attacker so their punches won't land as hard & lessens the pain from their hair grip and try to get them on the ground ASAP. Being mounted seems more difficult to get out of though, but if you have more power & freedom with the attacker between your legs (which is where their body will end up when trying to SA you) so if they're between your legs then I'm guessing attempt those moves, but if you can't then use your legs every possible way you can to injure the attacker as long as you keep their grip arm locked and head close to them. I'm tall and have long legs so idk if that's to my advantage or disadvantage. I really don't want to find out, but ya kinda need to so I'd have to take the risk and find a male friend who would be willing to do a real life simulation of an attack and is ok with him hurting me and me hurting him. Lawyers would have to be involved 😂.
@@JohnJohnson-pq4qzBiting and scratching NOW is a good way to to get DNA under your fingernails and hopefully leave marks if you can scratch and bite hard enough to leave a deep physical injury that actually draws blood bc "touch" DNA is better than nothing, but doesn't beat actual blood when testing DNA.
@@SarahRegina29 It might just be a lot easier to go to a BJJ school....lol (make sure you ask them if they teach the self-defense system..if not go else where. Many so called BJJ schools only do sport BJJ these days.)
My husband always told me if I am attacked to use my base pull them in close and take them to the ground this makes so much sense now, thank you for demonstrating ❤ I always knew to squat and take the fight to the ground but now I have more techniques to add. God bless you. I will practice.
In 1989 I was walking to the shop from my sponsors home in Rhiyadh. Daytime. Car suddenly drove near me. Arab man pulled my ponytail while the car was slowing. Had I not been wearing rubber shoes and kept my balance to yank my hair out...I may not be alive today. Pls teach us how to get out of this safely.
I train in Brazilian jujitsu I will be a brown belt soon and my bf has his red bar black belt he's trained for 8 years and we train 5 days a week and he gives me real life experience scenario when training and I've learned alot , I love how after training for a year I've learned so much that no matter what you'd think you won't remember you will.
Just a note. Who said women don't like to fight??? Women don't like to lose a fight. Eve, you and your husband are doing a good job at fighting the good fight.
Thank you! You both are amazing!
I hate it when someone says, “See that homeless person over there.” It takes a lot of adversity for the offender to go through to get them to be that way. The offender gets no justice for all of the crap that they went through. The accuser with the wonderful life must be laughing her head off. There have been women who were falsely accused of murder. I am pretty sure about that. I just don’t want to look prejudiced.
Well, since I wear a wig, my potential assailant would get quite a surprise when he ends up only with my hair in his hands! 😂 All kidding aside, I pray to God I never experience this
95% of this wouldn’t work. It’s so sad none of the guys she trains with care enough, to grab her hair seriously, and demonstrate how brutally unrefined these tactics are.
You don't need tor hurt someone to train with them.
Please define ‘hurt’. Some people might include grabbing and pulling someone’s hair as something that ‘hurts’.
I recognise work ground is necessary to know the basic foundation. 90°/° street's fights end on the ground.
I must know this way too just one form ; kicks, take down and ground.
From few guys if you can try to not fight on the ground, d'un maybe kicks but run
Wow..you two are so smart. Thank you!!
this will save millions of lives
*7:40** In real life it would be easier to go for a trip, using his momentum.*
+Keyboard Warrior I agree
I'm still a white belt can you elaborate a little?
+Sam Walthers (Cyge) he means as the guy is pulling back the girl's hair, it's better for the girl to use that force and momentum to get on top mount instead
+shorfan oh I get the concept I was hoping for more breakdown of ur idea. Sounded solid. Though I'm more bald than Rener
+Keyboard Warrior you are well named sir
Back in the 80’s when aI was married, my husband and I had some kind of disagreement that had quickly escalated to the point that he grabbed a hand full of my hair on my right side. He then began dragging me from the kitchen through the living room to our bedroom and the closet. The only thoughts I had were ,” Why is he doing this to me?”; “ What’s he going to do next?” , “ How do I get away?”. I remembered that my dad once said that he would not always be there to protect me and to remember that in some situations it’s “ kill or be killed” so I must decide what I was going to do. I had a little bit of training in the martial arts, so, while I was laying on the floor of the closet, he was standing over me and still holding my hair while all of those thoughts were in my mind I suddenly saw an opening for me to free myself from his grip . I was wearing shoes that were made of wood and immediately lifted my left leg towards my chin and thrusted my foot forward to hit him squarely in his crotch and I had meant it to hurt him as he was hurting me. He immediately let me go and got away from me, holding himself .
Nice story bro. Did everybody clap afterwards?
@@kallepikku4991 Is your comment in response to the main story or anything n response to mine? Even so, either or you are one “ insensitive “ bastard. ✝️
Meu Deus, Rener
Eve e um animal... Amazing!!! Q Deus ilumine sua família!!!
Also standing with hair control, if the arm lock variation fails, close the distance and double under clinch takedown the assailant. Land mounted, may have released the hair control due to the "free fall" feeling, stabilize, strike or move to mounted arm lock.
Thanks for great video. Well done. That info is priceless.
# 1, 2, 3 & 4th hairstyle to get grabbed/dragged to 2nd location for assault is... in order :
1. Bun (most common)
2. Ponytail (2nd)
3. Longhair (3rd)
4. Super short (4th)
(least common, almost NEVER happens to #4)
The bun is #1 ~
Easiest to grab and hold on to
Thank you SO much for this. 🙏🏻 I have signed up to two Gracie University courses (Women Empowered and Gracie Combatives)
As usual... Awesome Rener and Eve! Happy New Year!
How do the physically impaired or elderly have an effective defense to get away without being hurt?
Good demonstration, they work well together.
As always. Great videos. Keep 'em coming. Happy New Year Eve and Rener :D
As a repeated sexual assault victim, I desire to learn how to self defend myself. However, when I go to dojos to learn, it is retriggering to have a man on top of me or me on top of a man. These classes rarely have women in them. I remember inwas the only female, and they wanted me to learn how to fight a man so it felt like I was being "passed around" with different men on top of me and in my groin. It was extremely triggering. I tried to memorize these techniques on YT, but it is nowhere the same without practice. I would love it if there were more classes available for cheap that only allow females.
Lesbians rarely attack you physically. They attack their victims mentally or intoxicate them with drugs before their sexual assaults.
Totally understandable. I think the Gracie University Women Empowered courses are mostly women in the class and some women instructors? I really want to take one.
What about a breakdown of the Ortega fight? :)
I was thinking that same thing
Pull my hair? This is another great reason I should cut my hair short. I want it just because I think it looks nice.
Thank you so much for this! Wishing you many blessings 🙏🏼!
Mrs. Eve and Mr. Gracie, unfortunately in Poland, in Warsaw, and I will not have the opportunity to practice this martial art with anyone, although I like martial arts, I used to train karate, Kung fu and Krav Maga. How can I learn self-defense, Jujitsu or any other martial art, because I can't go to a club because of my problems, and I've already experienced an attempt to beat me up because of yelling (I have Autism Spectrum). How could I learn self-defense to feel safer and be able to defeat my opponent? What advice can you give me to feel safe and not count on the help of others? I ride with a Guardian or not at all
love the standing jiujitsu, good old trad jj there :)
Hey man we rolled in knoxville thirteen years ago. You were super strong.
I got pics to prove it
I don’t like people in my personal space. Watching this gave me anxiety! Guess I will have to get over this in order to practice. Ugh!