US ARMY FM 21-150 - Hand To Hand Combat - Modern Prepper

FM 21-150(3) Unarmed defense against No. 3 angle of attack. The attacker directs ahorizontal slash along the No. 3 angle of attack (Figure 5-22, Step 1).The defender turns and moves to the inside of the attacker; he then strikeswith his thumb into the jugular notch (Figure 5-22, Step 2).His entire body mass is behind the thumb strike and, coupled with theincoming momentum of the attacker, the strike drives the attacker’s headbackward and takes his balance (Figure 5-22, Step 3).The defender turns his body with the momentum of the weapon’s attack tostrip the weapon from the attacker’s grip (Figure 5-22, Step 4).5-36