According to the FBI, every 25 seconds, a violent crime is committed. As such, we need to be able to defend ourselves, should this unlikely yet horrible situation come up. The following is one ingenious self defense move that we can use in one particular situation. This move works for any situation where a person would be choking us from the front and pushing us back against a wall or other surface.
This tactic really only works against the frontal choke hold, so you will need to keep that in mind and learn other self defense tactics for other possible attacks. If someone chokes you from the front and pushes you against the wall, many videos will advise you to try to pull their arms off from the outside.
However, you may not be able to do this if the person is much stronger than you. A better tactic is to put your hands together, as if you are praying, and raise them up in between the other person’s arms. Then, grab the person’s face with your hands, using your arms to push apart their arms while you are digging both of your thumbs into the person’s eyes.
Now that you have injured this person, they will be much less able to maintain their hold on you, and you can more easily push their arms away from your neck and run away. Because of the injury, they will be less likely to be able to chase after you as well.