Craig Douglas of Shivworks talks about how to survive The SuckerPunch!

[@13c11a]

I've never seen a shield like that. Very wise and smart. Thank you.

[@chuckhaggard1584]

Good info, as one would expect from Craig. Thanks for posting.

[@wilsonblauheuer6544]

I thought this was going to be about responding to a sucker punch that has already landed.

[@gravityhammer25]

This is awesome, I am always try to avoid conflict but self defense and awareness is important to me. This could save my life someday.

[@Baldcurious]

We do this in Tritec (defense lab variation ) , but we make point cover back of you neck with you hand as that is one of the knock out points as well. Nice simple technique. Good video

[@chuckhaggard1584]

Craig actually teaches covering the base of the skull with the weak hand

[@zach1645]

A true sucker punch is not a thing you can block or cover up from. It hits you and expends all of it's energy into your head before you even know it's coming. That is why it is such a dangerous punch. There is no way to counteract a thing that has already occurred. At best you can minimize your exposure to the potential of being sucker punched by having a real life 24/7 obsession with situational awareness, but that is only a reduction in the potential of being sucker punched, not in any way a garuntee of safety.

[@seppukusushi2848]

You can also just avoid certain demographics that engage in the Knock Out Game.

[@b-raddad1334]

Nice technique and good video. I would just make it a point to always keep your eye on the attacker. Looked like Craig was looking down or away and never mentioned eye contact. You can still stay protected and keep that solid platform while maintaining a visual of the attacker. Overall solid video!

[@georgechristiansen6785]

Love the reduced options idea!

[@GunCollector007]

Excellent video

[@paraAA82]

Good advice, but I always thought that the sucker punch was an ambush, the attacker coming from behind, or when the victim is oblivious and is hard hit. I can be wrong in my idea of what a sucker punch is. and please don't get me wrong, I like Mr. Douglas advice, but I was expecting something different. No disrespect nor offense intended.

[@charlymanson6861]

That's what I thought too, but I guess there isn't really something to counter a sucker punch, your best tools to avoid that i think would be to be aware of how people are acting around you and prevent being in a bad position

[@JaguarFiend]

Yeah if you don't see it coming then you don't see it coming but this shows what you might do in an instant if you did see something coming at the very last moment. Cover the temples, jaw, and neck!

[@Richard-wz9uh]

I like that a lot! Thanks!

[@Dontnegotiatewithterrorist]

Good video Craig Fact is most people (sucker punching a-holes included) by far, are right handed. Thus it must be the left arm that you default to. I don't think Mike Tyson could knock you out or even put put you on queer-street with that defensive default. Thanks for the tip buddy.

[@azed1477]

Sucker punch by definition is when you don't see the punch or strike till you've been hit.... You basically giving tips on how to take a hit and survive.

[@SecondClassCitizen]

Body language some are better at hiding it than others. I had this dude trying to do the drunk shuffle towards me and as soon as I went and lit my cigarette he threw a punch at me. Now there was before hand knowledge and I understand not all situations are the same. Some might come from out of you visual frame.

[@mickymcfarts5792]

With a bloody great shiner lol guess he had some recent experience

[@as77537]

Craig took a cheap shot while undercover one day by a dealer. The dealer smashed his face up with a wrench. He definitely knows what he is talking about.

[@percyfaith11]

@@as77537 Citation needed. Looks like a port wine stain birthmark to me.

[@joken7449]

2021 mandatory

[@shinobi-no-bueno]

Is the guy in the beginning wearing multicam scrubs?!?

[@joshua4625]

Its Velocity Sys Boss Rugby shirt. You can get it with velcro loop pouches or not

[@Hudson4426]

52 blocks

[@PoPMediaPro]

👍

[@juanlynching3807]

ok

[@jackbrown8201]

It's not a sucker punch if you see it coming and have time to react That's just the aggressor throwing the first blow The title How to survive a sucker punch is misleading This should be how to block a blow to the head

[@percyfaith11]

Action beats reaction, a sucker punch can come from the front. You may see it but you may not have the time to react.

[@seppukusushi2848]

Avoid "certain people."

[@hillbillyholdout6437]

That was a great technique but a true sucker punch you have no idea it's coming is impossible to defend against

[@bmk506]

Lol

[@deepstroke2254]

If you get sucker punched, you won't even know about it until you wake up. I like your thinking but most cowards will catch you when you aint looking.

[@SGBass]

Craig, as soon as your hands are locked around your head like that you are wide open for a prison shank. Better would be a weak hand head protection, with a strong hand counterstrike to create distance. Be safe.

[@Fit5Pt0]

Craig... decent technique.. would be better with out all the "big technical words" everyone seems to be using nowadays ..

[@SundownTE]

A weak hand head protection and strong hand counterstrike sounds good in theory, doesn't work under pressure. Nobody can defend and strike simultaneously, it just doesn't happen

[@openview8463]

@@SundownTE I can. You just have to train for it.

[@eaglessixersfankeepingitre3247]

It’s simple, don’t get punched! Slipping a punch is an art and I have been slipping punches and counter punching since probably eight years old and then junior AAU, street fights, and then US Navy smoker events. Gotta know how to handle yourself.

[@openview8463]

He is talking about sucker punches. That is a punch when you are not prepared for it.

[@frontsquats]

I guess you didn't even watch the first 2 minutes of the video where he addresses exactly what you just said.

[@johnrobinson4061]

Lmao, he said "when your operating," and that was in reference to the time before a sucker punch😂 Thats not operating time, that's just time

[@shinobi-no-bueno]

Are you aware of any other definitions of operating? Or does your mind go straight to CAG guys

[@mxxkxxg]

When I’m operating a forklift at work you must imagine me with night vision goggles and a mk18

[@openview8463]

This is not a very good video. First, guys who give advice like this should use real-world example videos. There are 1000s of videos to show what they mean by a suck punch, so they should use it. Second, if the sucker punch is good, you wont survive it. You will go down and at least be staggered. if not KOed. If you are only staggered, then you work with what you have. 1. MOVE - forward, back, to the side, rotating, ducking - as you cover guard 2. Escape or counterattack. Having said this, if you watch a lot of real fight videos, you will notice that about 50% of sucker punches or initial attacks ("initial entries" I call them) in fact are very weak or fail to KO or stagger or injure. So that is good and while nothing is guaranteed, if you MOVE, cover and escape or counter, you can improve most such bad situations, even those where there is more than one attacker - a situation that is very common indeed.