How would you handle this?

[Alexander's Horse]

Pull out my ray gun and zap him.

[Pekka]

Drop your pants down and say 'lets go big guy, i'm gonna grab you man!' and maybe he thinks you're a crazy gay man looking for some weird new style and go away confused. Also if standing up and close, pull his pants down, he will try to grab them and pull them up, which gives you some free time to knock him out.

edit: Seriously thinking this gave me a new thought.. when someone chokes you from back.. all you gotta do is just move a bit side so you can take the guys balls in to your hand and squeeze as hard as you can. Very easy to do, and WORKS.

[Lemmy]

Describe the choking hold of your choice

i would, but then Ming would have to delete it due to pornographic content

[Mr. President]

I believe in using the feet when possible. If you can get into position for a good kick to the groin or the midsection. Few people can maintain a choke hold for long after being kicked in the sternum. Other than that, it pays to know which parts of the body are most vulnerable to attack and which ones do the most damage when used to attack. The eyes, neck, and groin are soft spots; the elbows and knees cause a ton of damage. The nose is also a good place to aim for; a hit there might cause little permanent damage, but it's extremely painful.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia
1. Get my hands around attacker's thumb and twist outwards. Once my neck is free, I abruptly jerk my torso upwards to free his lock as much as I can, then bend down to grab his leg from in front. Then I can just sit down backwards and bring him to the floor or elbow to the lower ribcage, where the ribs are most fragile.

That's possible but risky. You can't always gran hold of his thumb. Even if you can, it's still a contest of strength that costs you time, and time is what you don't have.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Pekka
edit: Seriously thinking this gave me a new thought.. when someone chokes you from back.. all you gotta do is just move a bit side so you can take the guys balls in to your hand and squeeze as hard as you can. Very easy to do, and WORKS.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by David Floyd
First thing you do, no matter what your fighting style is, is to tuck your chin into your chest as much as possible. If you're fast enough, he will not be able to get a choke at all, and even if not the strength of his choke will be diminished.

If you can anticipte that, you can probably sink down a couple of inches to a proper stance, then counter with an elbow smash.

Originally posted by David Floyd
The final thing to do, and this is what I would prefer to do, is as follows:
Tuck my chin and grab his arm with both hands, pinning it against my chest in such a way as he can't choke me and can't draw it back.
Use leverage to push off his arm and turn into him, keeping my head down. Optimally, I will end up with my head tucked behind one shoulder pushing into his chest, although it is also acceptable to be face to face with him.
From there, I would use a Muay Thai/BJJ technique to close any remaining distance and gain the inside - meaning my arms are on the inside of his, preferably grabbing up the back of his neck.
At this point, I would probably knee him in the groin to double him over a little bit, followed up by repeated knees to the head.
If he knew how to fight, and avoided knees, I would instead go for a basic front takedown, and work grappling against him, because most people are not skilled ground fighters.
My final option, if he was defending against a takedown, would be to head butt him in the face and push away from him, creating space in which I could work either boxing or thai boxing.

That sounds too complicated. If I had control of one of his arms, I'd make a step or two forward, extending his arm. Then I'd just spin around while rotating his arm outwards (away from his body) and raising it upwards, then steppinf back and flip him on the ground. If his armpit is exposed enough, I'll use a finger spear to strike before flipping him.

Originally posted by David Floyd
First of all, anyone who does this is stupid beyond belief.

Well yeah, but that happens surprisingly often

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia
2. This depends on whether the opponent's arms are rigid. If they are, bring both of my hands across from the right, over his right arm, then underneath the left arm. (Rather like pleating.) This must be done near the elbows. Then, lever his arms over to the right. Either way, this will force at least one of his hands to release his grip, or force his arms to slacken, at which point...

I'll be content with smashing his elbows if his arms are locked. Bring both of your arms from the outside to the inside in a sweeping arc, ball your hands into a fist with palms facing you, and strike at the locked elbows. If you swing hard enough you can break a joint or two, disabling your attacker right away.

Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia
If they are slack

You can step backwards to cause his arms to extend If not, my favourite counter is open palm to the nose. That has the best chance of succeeding and causes lots of pain. Jabbing eyes might work, but the chances of success isn't great.

[Sikander]

I'm going to reply straight away, so as to give completely unpolluted advice, so I'm sorry if this is redundant.

1) If the attacker is of average build, then he is around the same size as I am. Therefore to throw a chokehold on me from behind (assuming the naked strangle is being used here) he is going to have to stand very tall to reach over my shoulders and plant the strangle. I would use a shoulder throw here, something I don't use often, but our opponent is really asking for it in this situation. Take the arm he is using to bar your throat with both hands, throw it high while holding on. Back into him until your butt makes contact with his torso (this is going to be your fulcrum). When you make good contact lean forward while bringing your arms (which are still holding one of his arms) downward. Accellerate through the maneuver keeping your back round, and throwing your hips up as he passes them for a little extra lift. He should fly right up over you, but if he is somehow resisting, don't be afraid to drop down to your knees to help him over. Once you get him in the air be sure to drop him on his head really hard. Follow through visciously and finish him. Anyone who attacks like this (without warning and with some martial arts knowledge) is extremely dangerous, so kill him if you must, or run if that's open to you.

2) Any attempt to strangle you should be met with one defensive technique every time, which is to lower your chin as much as you can while hardening the muscles in your neck, especially the sides. This is really effective against strangling, but you have to do it before your opponent manages to set his stranglehold, otherwise you are probably finished. I am assuming here that you had at least a split second of warning about this attack, as it is against your front. He is probably going to grab your collar and go for one of those type of strangles, so drop your chin, throw your hands inside of his from below (always nice to have a lower center of gravity than your opponent) and violently bring them apart once your elbows are about level with his arms. This will probably break his grip on your collar, which should bring you to a position of parity.

If he has managed to somehow set his strangle on you then you are in a good deal more trouble. You only have time for one or perhaps two moves. I would try to throw him in order for the extreme violence of the movement to have a chance of breaking his grip. There are too many possible throws from this position to list here, so use the one you like best and best fits the situation. Keep in mind that his iron grip on your life is an opportunity for you as well. You can use his grip to move his just as he can use your to move you. What you don't want to do is anything that brings you both to the ground gently, as he will certainly kill you then if that is his intention. Pick something, focus on it, execute, and immediately have another move ready if he resists the first. If you haven't shaken him by then you probably won't.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Mr. President
I believe in using the feet when possible. If you can get into position for a good kick to the groin or the midsection. Few people can maintain a choke hold for long after being kicked in the sternum.

Of course even fewer people can kick someone who has them in a chokehold in the sternum in the first place. Have you ever fought anyone who knows grappling techniques? If not you will be in a lot of trouble.

Originally posted by Mr. President
Other than that, it pays to know which parts of the body are most vulnerable to attack and which ones do the most damage when used to attack. The eyes, neck, and groin are soft spots; the elbows and knees cause a ton of damage. The nose is also a good place to aim for; a hit there might cause little permanent damage, but it's extremely painful.

True enough, but a lot of these areas are not easy to attack effectually unless you have been trained to do so. I tend to stay away from pain techniques generally unless they bring an ancillary benefit by also disabling. The reason is that pain to a maniac or to anyone in a life or death struggle is going to be very secondary. You want to disable or kill against more dangerous opponents. Thus I much prefer attacks on joints to those upon the groin, which IMO is extremely overrated as a target. Sure it hurts to get kicked there, and a really top-notch racking can incapacitate, but I have seen many people try to strike for the groin over the years, and very very few succeed. The nose is another good dual purpose target as you mention, as it is both painful, and possible fatal if struck with the proper technique.

[Jack the Bodiless]

Pre-emptive defense. Identify the three persons most likely to attempt to strangle you, and have them assassinated.

Repeat monthly.