I'm John Keller. I'm the defensive tactics instructor at Unity One Inc. And today we're working on pain compliance takedowns. It's really important that our officers out in the street, they know how to defend themselves, but they also know how to do it safely, both for themselves and for the people that they might come in contact with. So what we stress doing our defensive tactics class is redirecting the forces and then taking people, if we have to take them into a hand-cuffing position, we do it in a way that reduces the amount of impact on both the officer and on the person that's being handcuffed. So you're going to see today a series of techniques that we've been working on for past couple of weeks. They've learned the basic techniques and today we're going to start adding the takedowns. Alright, I'm going to work real fast. We did the universal disarm last time. We're going to show you a real easy one now. All these disarms I'm going to show you guys are easy with respect to two moves, tops, three moves, maybe. But there's different categories of easy. That was easy because it's one technique you can use against a knife, a stick, and a gun. This technique is just easy because it's... but it really only works front or side. I'll show you what I mean. What's the first thing you got to do when the weapon's pointed at you? Get it out of your way before that happens. Put your hands up. Put your hands up wide because you're going to use your hands to defend yourself. Yeah, if your hands are down here, it takes... he can shoot me faster than I can bring my hands up. You want your hands up here? What's faster? Action or reaction? Action. Action is faster than reaction. So what we're going to do in this technique is called push pull. It doesn't matter which way we do it. Let's have our gangbanger stance here. It doesn't matter whether we push or pull. There we go. So, but think about this. Which would be the better way to push the weapon? This way. Why? To break the wrist. Break the wrist. Why else? Because I don't want to end up doing this and he takes it that way. I was going to say, what would it be? But what would dictate me not pushing it this way? Or not pushing it this way? Or would make you not push it that way? If there's somebody over here, you're coming to stand here. Come over here. If I do this, he shoots, she's dead. So in that situation, I would have to do this way. All we're doing is we're just turning our hip and we're pushing the weapon, grabbing the wrist. And now I'm going to pull it and take the gun. It's just push-pull. It's 1, 2. It works the other way. 1, 2. It works up. This kind of deal. 1, 2. Very easy. Two moves. It doesn't matter. I'll try to pull it this way. It's not going to work this way. I'm going to show you something different for the back. It works from the side. 1, 2. It's not the back. So any other way? What am I grabbing? The other technique I was telling you to grab the slide. And this, I'm telling you to grab the wrist. That is going to fire. Because he's got one in the chamber and his fingers on the trigger already. So, prepare for the band. Try that. Everybody grab it. Yes. All right. Come here, Amanda. We'll try to hold it together. Bring your hands. There you go. So I'm pushing it. Push it. Yes, grab it. And pull it back. Pull it back. This is real subtle. Watch my hips. Okay? My hips are giving me tools. Which gives me what? How? I don't want my feet planted here. I lost my foot. I have no tour. Yeah. But if I do this, when he came in, I can defend myself. Thank you, John. Okay? Okay. We'll get you feet. Right foot back. No, you're going to have to take your regular more shorts. Just bend it here. You're going to have to stand for a full. Seriously. So if you're standing this way, you're turning. Because you're taking it from my hand. And then stand. That's all you're doing. Here you go. It feels like I'm doing well. I feel like I'm doing well. So when I'm taking it, am I pulling her back? Push pull. Push pull. I'm trying to work it. It's a feint timing. That's all right. That's all right. Okay. You push, then you grab. Pull back. You're pulling me back. You want to get her. Okay, when you're here, you want to get here. And now you can actually do this. Okay? I'm pushing. Okay. Then whatever you want to do. I'm in front. Yeah, I keep hanging. After you guys have seized the weapon, okay? You want to get to the back. Okay? Now, if you know all of this technique, you can get her down. But you want to get to the back, away from her center line. Okay? Do you run? And you want to get away on a line of departure where you're in a strategic position. Okay? How far do you want to go? Six, eight feet at least. Three. Yeah. I'm running. We're just wrong. Yeah. I got you, guys. Come on. I don't know what you're saying. I'm trying to be soft. Yeah. We were talking about zone of sanctuary. This is a zone of sanctuary. Why? As soon as this happened. I have her center line. She can't do anything. Maybe you're back there. But I have a gun. That hand out. You can do it. I'm trying to be soft. Yeah. You know what we're talking about? So, maybe we talk about zone of sanctuary. This is a zone of sanctuary. And that hand out. Yeah. Yeah. That kid's gone. Who? So. It's practice. Yeah. Don't even worry about that. Just grab a net and hold that. And, there we go. Sorry, I'm not. No. Okay, if you're going to bring back. It starts stepping. It's very stupid. It's very stupid. Push my body. If you're going to like get a wrist. Push me so that I'm torched. And step. Go start here. Start hands up. Hey, I don't know anyone that you want. Whatever you want. Good? That's fine. If it slips, it slips. Push when you want to step forward and run. No. No. Run. Push. Push, push. Push, pull. There you go. Yeah. Yeah. JV, JV, step. You're going to get a 45. So, if I sling back to this hand, I'm going to miss you. Now step in. I'm not going to drill. I'm not going to drill. I'm not going to drill. I'm really bad at this kind of thing. Don't say that. I don't really know. Push. That's good for me. That way. But, am I stepping back? Going out. So, you're going to go. Yep. You're going to go back to your hand? No. Because on this way, you take me. Push. And now I'm just going to walk this way. But you're pulling. You're straight. Yeah, pulling my hand. That's a stripper well. Wow. That's what it is. Yes, you can. So, like that and on. Yeah. I know whether or not it's loaded. Do you want to do it? Try it to the head. Try it from different sides and angles. Nope. Now this one head up. Oh, yeah. Push up. No, you don't have to stop. You can just get one. That'll work. Make sure you don't do this. I've seen somebody do this. You're just getting a picture. That's not a take-off. You're really good. You're here. It's up. Grab. There you go. And then as you bring it straight up. What if I just cut it? Just cut it. Right? Okay. Up and then strip this. Push the wrist. Like this. Good. You'll bounce back. You're a little tall. You're going to bounce back. You're going to bounce back. You're going to bounce back. You're a little tall. So you're here. You're going up. Push your head. Okay. Grab the gun. Is this coming down? No. Straight. There you go. And you're going up. Go back. Go back. See, I'm really, really, really, really, I'm still, she's got two hands on it. She got two hands on it. I'm not going to do the stability. I'm not going to do the stability. I'm going to do the stability. But do the two hands. When you come here, you're not going to do the stability. I'm going to stretch. Like you're not doing this much. Straight to it. Do this technique one hand. Okay. You're just going to push it up. And you're still doing the same. The way you're going to do it. The way you're going to do it. The way you're going to do it. The way you're going to do it. The better way you're going to do it. Your head. Okay. I think. Hi. Here. So. There you go. Get your legs down there. Hi. Small circles. Small circles. Keep going. Finish it out. Every time. Finish it out. Okay. That's it. Okay. That's it. There you go. That's it. That's what I'm doing. To the head would be more of this. Can't. So this. And then. And then. And then. Where? Browning. Okay. Now you got the top. So when you're pushing up. You're going to try on your side. The same part. The same part. You're going to come back. You have to bring your hands up behind your head. It's next to you. Oh my god. No. Why didn't we just go? I was going to give you a step. Okay. Then we'll come back. You're here. I'll see you there. Yes. Tell you you're here. It's push. Okay. Okay. Okay. All right. Here you go. Push. Cool. Did you? Get your legs up. I don't know why the push. Like. One more step. Did you step on your head? My hands are all slippery. All right. Keep your hands up. Okay. All these are just two moves. They obviously have to be drilled and memorized. Thanks for joining us for our defensive tactics class today. Again, we went over pain compliance, take down submission holds. Safety is always our primary concern. That's why we're showing techniques that don't necessarily involve striking. It's a redirection to force, locks, and take down that. The officer has control over the situation easier and they all go to cuffing position. So every week we add a new technique and the officers build on from there. Thanks for joining us and we'll see you next time.