Without a doubt, one of the most effective close-quarters combat strategies for instantly ending a street fight is the headbutt.

Smashing an opponent’s face into the crown of your head uses one of your body’s naturally hardened weapons on one of the opponent’s naturally vulnerable spots.

What most people don’t realize when considering how to knock someone out with a headbutt, however, is that the most common method of delivering this technique isn’t the most effective method.

Let me explain…

Why Most Guys Don’t Know How To Knock Someone Out With A Headbutt

Most people, when they think about how to knock someone out this way, will grab the back of the opponent’s neck, then drag or pull his face down into the crown of the head.

What that neck grab does, though, is prime your opponent for action.

He feels those hands on the back of his neck and his body subconsciously knows that you intend to pull him forward.

In response, his shoulders will tense and his hands will come up as he prepares, instinctively, to resist you.

Those tensed shoulders will make it extremely hard for you to pull him down into your headbutt with any real force, even if you’re on the inside of a clinch with him.

The most effective way to knock someone out with a headbutt is to use a whiplash effect.

Using A Headbutt Whiplash To Knock Someone Out

This works particularly well when your opponent isn’t expecting the technique.

To do this, you simply reach forward, grab his shirt with both hands, and push him away from you while hanging on to him.

He will react naturally and automatically to your shove because you’ve put him off balance.

His shoulders will disengage and his arms and head will lurch forward due to his body quickly moving backwards.

The secret for how to knock someone out is to use that rear momentum and body reaction to your advantage.

In a split second as you push your attacker forward by the shirt and he’s off balance, sharply pull his body back toward you while tucking your chin to your chest, creating a stable striking surface.

As his arms naturally flail backward and his head snaps back, this whiplash motion will create an immense amount of forward momentum while bringing his face crashing into the crown of your head.

By moving his body first in one direction and then the other in rapid succession, your attacker becomes a rag doll in your hands.

The amount of force generated at the point of contact causes an immense amount of trauma to the body and overwhelms the central nervous system, likely causing a knockout in one blow.

But what happens when you’re not the one with the self defense weapon?

What happens when your opponent has, say, a club, a bat, or a tire iron, and he holds his “self defense” weapon in both hands to push you off as if he were some sort of riot cop?

At best, you may take a few inconsequential blows, but the club in front of your opponent serves like the bumper of a car, moving you back without hurting him.

It also forms a barrier through which you can’t fight, and that’s why he’s using it.

If you’re not careful, you could take a brutal blow to the face from the length of the club.

There IS something you can do, however…

You Can Pull A Weapons Reversal!

With a self defense weapon reversal, the odds turn in your favor because the weapon is in YOUR hands. Follow these steps:

Self Defense Weapon Reversal, Step One:

As he comes forward with the club held before him, go over or under with one of your arms, diving down between his body and the club.

Self Defense Weapon Reversal, Step Two:

Swing your arm up in a circular motion in front of your body (so if you use your right arm, it would circle in a clockwise direction) and come under his arm anywhere between his wrist and elbow to get the right leverage.

Self Defense Weapon Reversal, Step Three:

As you continue this motion, the leverage will be so great that he HAS to let go.

At this point, you can strip that bat right out of his hands.

Once you do, not only is he off balance, but you will notice that the club should actually end up smack in your own hand!

You might have been tempted to think that a self-defense weapon held before the body isn’t much of a threat, but as we’ve just seen, it certainly can be.

An impact weapon does not have to be swung in order to hurt you.

Self-defense for your opponent is assault for you, because he wants to go home unhurt just like you do.

The difference is that he doesn’t mind hurting you to get what he wants.

A self-defense weapon is a force multiplier… but you want to make sure YOU are the one doing the multiplying.

Sucks, right?!

The answer isn’t to “fight” his grip and wrestle your way out of it.  You don’t have time to go strength vs. strength.

Try this instead…

Self Defense Technique Against Multiple Attackers:
Rear Arm Grab Escape & Counterattack!