A gun toting carjacker is a nightmare scenario for anybody, even the most seasoned martial artist. If you are driving around the wrong neighborhood it is a real possibility that you must consider. Not to mention countries like Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa where this type of crime is a common occurrence and a real problem.

This YouTube video clip from the Fox Sports show ‘Car Science’ deals with that exact scenario and shows us how to properly handle the situation under the tutelage of krav maga expert Amir Perets.

It is important to note though however that the video is spot on when it explains that nothing is more valuable than your life, even your car and that the techniques in this video are demonstrated by trained professionals who have extensive training.

An interesting statistic from the video is that there are 49,000 carjacking attempts every year just in the United States! Yet only half of them are successful.

Amir Perets, the krav expert, stresses that this is a very high risk, dangerous situation before he goes over the five basic principals to disarm an attacker:

1- Redirect line of fire

2- Control the weapon

3- Disarm

4- Counter attack

5- Flee the area

They even time Amir to see how long executing those five steps take and very impressively he’s able to pull them off in 1.3 seconds! Though it’s important to note that this is a controlled scenario or demonstration if you will and in a real situation it might not go as smoothly especially when you have all that adrenaline going through your system.

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The second scenario they go over is if you are blocked in by another car and then carjacked. Amir goes over the fact that you do not know what they intend to do with you. They could shoot you, kidnap you, who knows. That’s why the best thing to do in that scenario is put the car into reverse and do a j turn, hopefully safely escaping danger.