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The Feinting Hook: A Nasty Self-Defense Distraction Technique

Get Your Opponent To
Drop Their Guard

This is just another nasty little fighting trick to throw into your arsenal, and you know that if it’s coming from Diallo, it is certified street-tested and proven. This guy doesn’t mess around. The basic idea behind the feinting hook is to get your attacker to drop his guard so you can move in with brutal, fight-ending moves. A body shot is rarely a fight-ender, but most guys are going to drop their guard to block a body shot, and that is exactly what you want to bait them into doing.

Breaking It Down

As Diallo said in the video, the goal with the feinted hook is to get your attacker to drop their guard, allowing you to exploit the vulnerability in their defenses by following up with a swift hook to the jaw. When you feint a hook to your opponent’s body, their first instinct is to block the blow. Unfortunately for them, this usually means that they will bring their hands down in order to block the body shot, leaving their head wide open. This is why it is critical that you really sell the feint.

Once your attacker has his guard down, it’s time to go to work with a nice hook to the jaw. This alone can easily be a fight-ender, but if you aren’t lucky enough to knock him out, you will still throw him off his game long enough for you to slip in another shot (maybe something like the horizontal elbow strike from last week’s post).

Now, like I said before, you really have to sell the fake hook to the gut to get him to drop his guard. If he thinks it’s a fake, you’re the one who’s going to end up regretting it.

Keep Your Guard Up

Unfortunately, every time you strike you are losing one of your guard hands, leaving yourself open to attacks. To counter some of this, you always want to keep your other hand up, blocking your neck, chin, and face.

Either way, the side you are striking from will be open for a split second. If you don’t make him really believe that you are going in for a body shot he can counter-strike.

The bottom line is to be intent on landing a solid body shot. If you do, he will instinctively be more interested in protecting his gut than recognizing the opening he just created for you. Once his guard is down you have the opportunity to strike his unprotected jaw and face. As a bonus you get to land a solid body shot, too.

Distraction Moves

This move is a sort of “active distraction technique”. If you follow this blog or have signed up to get my fight guide, you will now that I talk a lot about distraction moves. Distraction moves are crucial. They give you such a huge upper hand in a self-defense situation that you really cannot go without them.

In fact, every single fighter I have ever worked with over the past two decades has used distraction techniques. Why? Because it’s how they get the upper hand on larger opponents or cut down other skilled fighters. It’s the secret weapon that enables them to win fights, even against equally well-trained fighters.

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171 thoughts on “The Feinting Hook: A Nasty Self-Defense Distraction Technique”

  3. I enjoy these so much, and have learned stuff too! This one takes me back though, toy boxing days. Fought 4 years in Pueblo Boxing League and 2 years Golden Gloves. My Granddad was Welter weight champ back in the 40’s, and my Dad fought Golden Gloves and in the Navy. Lots of boxing history iny family. The moves he teaches here are dear to me. When I began takin Kin-Po ((Korean street fighting), there were an odd number of students, so I was older than most of them I do I had to spar with the Sensei (sp?) On the third night of a my training he was getting a little over rough with me, so I I went back to my boxing memories. Now he was of course 4th degree a black belt and I was just a a duck (without a colored belt or white belt). He
    I was whomping me around pretty good kind of trying to embarrass me. So I got a little irritated and threw three body shots, which were of course blocked. On the fourth I went with a left hook toward the ribs, and when his right went down I “snuck the punch” and changed direction of travel to tag him on the chin and knocked him flat! I felt pretty good knocking a black belt down on my third lesson! But boy did I pay for that! He beat me seven ways from Sunday for months after that! Learned a lot though.

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  7. This is a very good technique I’ve seen others use it and I’ve seen it used in the boxing ring and many a Time thanks for reminding me thanks for the video Lesson keep them coming

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  8. Thank you, your video’s has gave strength in courage to my son, I see confidence grow with in my 13yr old son, it’s great because my son lost all confidence when diagnosed with Crohn’s disease ,now your video’s has helped and gave him hope and a goal to gain.

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  13. On an average angry or cocky bastard on the street that would be pretty effective, but my first instinctive thought as soon as his hand dropped to nail the open face. I will accept a body shot any day for that open face opportunity.

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  18. Very nice and neat and to the point. That is very useful to have in your bag of tricks.
    Love it.

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