Hands Off!
There are two common motivations for an attacker to try to grab your wrist. One is get a handle on you in order to move you to another location. The other is to control your ability to fight back or resist. This is especially true when the attacker grabs both wrists.
People often try a lot of ways to break free that simply don't work, and end up causing you to expend a massive amount of energy. Trying to yank your arm free, ripping it up or down, or trying to claw the grip loose is unlikely to work against an attacker with a strong, committed grip.
In the case of a single wrist being controlled, some people believe that they could use the free hand to punch or slap the attacker. There are two common problems with that strategy. First, if the attacker is grabbing you to prevent your ability to fight back, then he is going to be ready for your strike and will simply block or even intercept it. Simply by moving into range to grab you, he is showing that he is unconcerned by your ability to strike.
Or, if the attacker is trying to move you, trying to strike him will make it easier for him. You can resist a wrist pull by dropping into your solid base, but you cannot simultaneously resist movement and strike. To hit, you will have to move off your base, and that is the opportunity your attacker needs to pull you away. Striking is great as a follow-up technique, but to escape we're going to look at leverage-based tactics.
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