In this video, a teenage girl demonstrates what to do in the event you are kidnapped or robbed and the criminals zip tie your hands in front of you. She shows how to use your own body weight to break your hands free from common zip ties by thrusting your bound arms down towards your body and it seems to work!
It should be noted that she is demonstrating this technique using the common plastic zip ties you find in a hardware store, and NOT the industrial strength ones that are reinforced with metal (such as the ones used by law enforcement). Please EXERCISE CAUTION if you plan on trying this yourself.
If you thought this video was interesting, check out this one on how to break out of a choke hold and this one on how to free your hands from duct tape.
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