Perfect Takedown

This video demonstrates several principles of how to take someone down. First, as we have discussed the position of the opponents feet are critical. In the video the suspects feet are parallel and the officer makes contact at a 90 degree angle, perpendicular to the line between the suspects feet ... perfect. The officer also strikes a high line. The best two places to control someone in order to take them down is at the head and feet. Here the officer strikes the suspect at the base of the neck...which by the way creates an immediate gag reflex reaction, this will draw the focus of the suspect for a moment to the thought of simply looking for his next breath. If you look closely as the officer drives through the strike the suspects feet are tripped by the officers right leg. This is again perfect execution, taking both the high and low lines for the takedown. The officer also created motion from motion by waving his arms just before he struck. The same way the karate instructor did in our previous clip. Finally, the officer committed to the takedown by driving though the suspect until he was down. Where he then controlled him be controlling his head by pinning it to the ground. If you keep a persons head touching the ground it is easier to keep them down. But if you give them just an inch of space off the ground they can use it to get up. Now if you were to watch this video without the sound and have no background info on why the officer was called you might say the officer acted excessively. However, the officer was well within the law to subdue the suspect in a manner that was safe for the officer and in reality much easier on the suspect than if he was given the opportunity to fight the two officers that were on scene. A lot can be learned from this clip nothing more important than this officer gives three warnings to take your hands out of your pockets and on four...you fit the floor...now that's the stuff I miss.