Effective Take Downs - Training Pai Police

We are currently running a course of Pai Police on effective strategies for restraining and taking down trouble makers, with huge success.

It was a bit of shock yesterday when 40 of them turned up, but they really got into it and it was a fantastic opportunity to practice teaching a large group. They proved to be really quick learners and commented that this will really help them both in their work environment and when they are off duty.

The beauty of these techniques is they are really simple and effective and do not cause much if any physical damage to the offender, so they can be restrained and the situation resolved safely and easily for all concerned.

Iain has posted some of the techniques we have been teaching on the learnshaolinkungfu channel on youtube (see the sidebar to the left) and I definitely recommend checking them out. What really struck me was that, I  a relatively small and not strong girl, could quickly take down someone twice my size. I have found in the past that self defence techniques either do not work when faced with someone stronger (often the case in a real scenario) or are to complicated to remember when the situation occurs. These application techniques  have proved really easy to memorise and simple to pull off. Bottom line is that they work and work well enough for the police to be impressed.

Then again there is something special about taking down a policeman and him then thanking you for the experience...