Now this is what we be talkin about :)! Passengers on a bus take action and disarm a gunman!

[Dallas Williams]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjqluWIwJ0M

[Dallas Williams]

Deflect the weapon and…strike, strike, strike ! Thank God the other passengers jumped in and helped him out and got the takedown.

[Damian (Instructor)]

Hell yea!!! Did he really think that he could have gotten away with that on a crowded bus. I mean at least one person would have done something. In this case one man did, then more jumped in. Way to go getting that scumbag down. Deflect the weapon and attack the man!!!

[Dallas Williams]

Yeah if only more people had the balls to step up and take action like this gentleman and the other passengers did more tragedies like we see on the news every day could be prevented. There is strength in numbers but most people tend to panic and freeze up once they see a gun.

[Young Wang]

He clearly used a Krav Maga style gun defense he probably saw off youtube. He grabbed the barrel and punched it into the criminal’s hip, “redirecting the line of fire(true, but that’s the easy part)” and pinning it there, “controlling the weapon(not really)” and than proceeded with multiple punches to the jaw(great if you can actually knock him out). Problem was that after the punches, he still couldn’t quite wrench the gun out of his hands and “break his trigger finger in the process.” Luckily, the gun was either unloaded, jammed, or he was just unwilling to fire as the fight went down to the ground. I tend to look at the fact that the criminal was still conscious and that they had to hold him down until the police arrived as an example of how the average guy using punches isn’t enough to consistently knock another fully grown criminal out. He would have been much better off using edge of hand chops anywhere along the general neck area. But above all else, he should have taken the GOLDEN opportunity to attack while the criminal’s back was TURNED on HIM and the gun was pointed at someone ELSE. Why WAIT until the gun is pointed at you to actually do something? It’s much easier to knock someone out when they’re not looking right at you and have no idea what’s going on. “The punch you don’t see coming is the one that knocks you out.” Things could have gone a lot worse…case in point… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZy8tTznLDA and if they did the left would’ve used this as an example of how risky stuff like this is and how they should have all just did whatever the criminal asked, ASSUME that he’s sane, and to “cooperate” FIRST and call the police after the criminal leaves LATER and to only use force when it’s already too late. Well, we all saw how great that advice worked out with 9-11. So now as a result of an EMOTIONAL tragedy, we are LOGICALLY conditioned to accept more TSA groping and more restrictions on what we can’t carry on planes, now isn’t that just so convenient for big government?

[JDNichols]

Good to see people take action. This video just proves how important it is for folks to know how to defend themselves. Maybe the execution would have been better with training however, 1 for the good guys.

[Dallas Williams]

This is why it’s all too important to frequently train and drill strikes and combinations on the BOB or dummy and do the hand and body conditioning exercises from module 6 so we can have that perfect KO power and technique down when it is imperative and needed the most in situations such as these where it could be the difference between life and death.

[Scott Cain]

So, when the gunman’s back was turned… where should you hit him for best effect? Vertical EOH on the side of the neck?

[Dallas Williams]

In this situation I think Damian would suggest a web of hand strike to the back of the neck.

[James Goolsby]

Nice! Nuff said.

[Young Wang]

@Scott Cain said:

So, when the gunman’s back was turned… where should you hit him for best effect? Vertical EOH on the side of the neck?

More like a horizontal LONG edge of hand to the back of the neck/base of the skull, followed by more of the same until he goes OUT. If his back is turned, you can lead with power and follow w/ power on a specific target. I wouldn’t gamble with the web of hand to the back of the neck KO when there’s a GUN already drawn and pointed at someone, the web of hand is more for trying to break up a fight or to subdue someone if you’re security/law enforcement.

[Damian (Instructor)]

Attack the man. I saw that second post on the original show and thought “Holy Shit!” he could have just turned that piece of shit’s light out. One shot – done.

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