I got into a fight a work this morning...

[JiuJitsuNation]

Wish me luck, red belt test Wednesday night, probably 25+ sparring matches, self defense, 11 katas and formal one step sparring.

Wow how long is that test? And good luck!

[Calibrex]

From my Kujutsu training, there are still many ways in Defensive street techniques that can disarm or diffuse without strikes.

But I do agree with you that a lot of the techniques begin with or have a weakening move in them. As in if the attacker does a two handed front choke charge, after bracing yourself, the next logical movement is do weaken by spearing the neck before blocking then furthing attacking or disarming.