One of the most challenging positions in arresting technique is the prone position. The elbows should be attacked on both sides; not one!  Read that again if you are advocating to attack the near sidearm of the assailant.  Even better try testing this attack of the close/near sidearm.  Here is what happens.

From the prone position when the assailant protects his arms, it is better to open up both sides of his elbows than attacking the near sidearm.  In Gunji Taiho Jutsu, we do not endorse attacking only the near sidearm. When this strategy is used under stress, the assailant will come to his knees and stand up.  It is even easier when you, as the officer or security forces, change your position and use the knee ride with your back rear knee to transition that knee into the near sidearm of the assailant. You give up a lot of positional dominance away that often you cannot get back.  Frankly, do so is dangerous.

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Gunji Taiho Jutsu (GTJ) is years ahead of any taiho jutsu system in the World.  You can read that topic sentence again and some may think that is a bold statement.  Well, we started this journey of arresting techniques to be different.  To take the classical arts that makeup taiho jutsu from Japan and supercharge it with new approaches that are modern and under the lens of Military Combatives.  GTJ is just that Military Arrest Technique that values pressure testing, resistance and is taught with excellence through our teaching pedagogies and presentations strategies. The results have been amazing.  It has come at this time to take a look at the GTJ system of Taiho Jutsu.  The purpose of this writing is to introduce you to the 7 plus curriculums that make up GTJ and are taught at Gunji University.  These curriculums are:
The foundational blocks of GTJ are the GTJ Pinning Core, GTJ Military Combatives Core, and GTJ Grappling Survival...