Street Fighting Move - How To Handle The Haymaker Punch by Neil Neazer

Street Fighting Move – How To Handle The Haymaker Punch by Neil Neazer

by admin on Jul.12, 2009, under Neil Neazer

Neil Neazer, street fighting instructor shows how to handle the haymaker punch.

Neil’s approach to the haymaker is to step into the punch with both hands and to take control of the situation by close quartered tactics such as striking to the arm, the neck and controlling the neck completely with an overhand choke hold.

Observe carefully the video clip.

Leave your comments and questions. Thanks.

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3 comments for this entry:

NEIL NEAZER
July 14th, 2009 on 4:09 pm
Hello, Neil here. In this clip I step in and “jam” the haymaker. What it does is hit the nerve cluster in the neck (carotid artery) which can cause a knockout (depending on the intensity of the hit will determine the length of unconsciousness) and the other strike will intercepts and nullify the hook/haymaker turning the attacker into sleepboy. The arms will be in a diamond type shape while you keep your head within the diamond giving it a shell type of defense. Again depending on the severity of the hit then you use follow-ups as is shown here in the clip.
Michael Warren
September 3rd, 2009 on 7:29 pm
Neil,

Not a bad representation of the SPEAR system. In the future though it would be nice to see just what you feel would be some nice follow ups from that entry instead of just coming into the clinch range and slapping some knees into him. The one key element missing is his driving momentum and spinning out ability. No power generated from your body either. In my opinion, the follow up was completely ineffective and not realistic in the least.

I know it’s hard to get a lot covered in just a short video though.

Some reality checks though. Just stepping in that manner will not really result in a direct enough or hard enough strike to the carotid artery to knock a guy out unless he was really compliant or very drunk. If you work with a higher level of force from the attacker this should become obvious. As would how wrapped up you could become and pray he doesn’t follow up with the other hand. I do like the minimal use of force for civilian legal perspectives but, would it end the fight? Probably not. Why not a few words on the environment you chose as well? Some use of the stairs might be in order for a purpose other than trying to look “street tough” on screen.

In all reality though, I guess this sort of tit-for-tat commenting really does no one any good as it’s based only on tiny glimpses and setup, limited movements. Keep training. It’s better than nothing and I am sure your heart is in the right place. I’m sure if we hung out and worked out a bit we would find much in common in our mindsets though.
NEIL NEAZER
September 30th, 2009 on 4:41 pm
Hey Warren. Glad to know you know the S.P.E.A.R. SYSTEM. Just stepping in would help especially if it was the haymaker as you see here. This is a actually a quick look because we didn’t use the dialog for a setup and then the an initial context que before the haymaker. I have done these drills in VA BEACH, VA with the Blauer team. My left arm (right on the screen) will stop/hit the haymaker hurting his arm and my right (your left) would hit the brachial or carotid artery thus making the attacker dizzy/knockout. Depending on the force of the blow the knockout time can increase.
The environment? Not to make it look street. It was actually a place at the time to train and also hear us talking on the camera due to the weather outside.
Remember, just like in your video that you have, I have done this at a speed where it is instructional and a basic demo and not a scenario where it can be done at high speed.
As far as the carotid hit, a military friend of mine did drills where they just slapped the person on the side of the neck and dropped them. I know…MILITARY. Big deal. Everyone knows someone in the military. My friend is not a killer by any stretch of the imagination. He is just a GM1, GUNNERSMATE 1ST CLASS but it was part of his training.

Yeah it is possible to follow up with the other hand but when people throw haymakers, they are putting all their power into that 1 shot. It’s not a jab.

In all reality though, I guess this sort of tit-for-tat commenting really does no one any good as it’s based only on tiny glimpses and setup, limited movements. Keep training. It’s better than nothing and I am sure your heart is in the right place. I’m sure if we hung out and worked out a bit we would find much in common in our mindsets though.

I guess not and hope so.