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 Rh victim's hands, raising them upward with a quick jerk, and forcing the hands over toward the wrist, but this is rarely as useful a method of attack as could be desired, as it will be necessary to employ the knee-jab in the abdomen, and is altogether a clumsy and vicious movement. Where the double hand-clasp is taken it is preferable to twist the victim's hands upward and over sideward. Of course the value of this form of the feat depends upon the swiftness and strength with which the double wrench is made.

Attacks upon the neck may be discovered in great variety by the diligent student. For instance, let him seize his own neck with each hand wrapped half-way around. The thumbs should press hard against the "Adam's apple," while the finger-tips dig forcibly in exactly the centre of the hollow that is found just at the base of the skull. This is a most effective method of taking hold, when, for instance, a retreating burglar is to be seized, or when a troublesome person is to be ejected from the premises. It should be practised frequently—with light pressure, of course, in friendly