If someone is choking you from the front (or grabbing your shoulders), you can effectively release the hold by doing this simple motion. Remember to do the move very fast and hard. It makes it almost completely impossible for someone to maintain their grip on you.

1. Bring one arm up between his arms.
2. The motion is like you are brushing your hair back over your ear, your hand goes all the way past your head, straight back like you are trying to scratch your back, you end up with your elbow pointing straight up.
3. Follow up with an eye gouge or any other move to keep him from just grabbing you again.

They probably won’t be able to grip you very well with one hand (especially after the follow-up eye gouge), but if they are you can simply do the move again with your other arm, to release his other hand.

If for any reason you are in a position where this won’t work, always remember that from this range you can do many other moves like the scoop kick, ear pop, or eye gouge.

Important!

You don’t actually have to brush your fingers through your hair, that’s just an easy way to remember the movement.