Ok we are
obviously not talking about a standing ovation because that would just be mean
to break their wrist if they were clapping for you… but not if they were grabbing your shirt
The video
below shows another option from the shirt of lapel grab attack. This is a
variation on a technique(s) taught in the Jukoshin syllabus and in our jiu-jitsu distance education
program.
==>Lapel grab to sankyo lock<==
The sankyo
lock is a very versatile lock that can be interred in to in many different
ways. It’s a very good controlling and disarming technique. Your attacker may
well be bigger and stronger than you, but I bet in a competition of your whole
body vs. their wrist, that their wrist is going to lose that battle.
As you can
see from the video your attacker doesn’t even need to let go for the lock to
work.
The most
important part of this technique, like most techniques, is the entry or the
distraction. You NEED to hurt or distract our attacker prior to trying
the technique. If his mind is on you and grabbing you with his ram and hand
there is no way you are going to move him, and you will likely get hit for your
trouble. In the video I give the attacker a sharp kick to the knee, after which
you can be fairly certain that he is no longer thinking about his arm, hand,
grabbing me or about what I am about to do to him.
If your
trying to lock without the distraction or loosing strikes ask yourself “Would
this work on me on the street if I was angry?”. By the way, lack of distraction
or loosening strikes is the single biggest reason why joint locks fail and many
people think that they just don’t work.
Check out
our jiu-jitsu distance education program for even more on-line videos and instruction.
Cheers,
Jamie Rickard (Sensei)
Head Instructor
Koketsu Kai - Tiger's Den Jiu-jitsu and Grappling
Located at:
The Academy of Martial Arts
851 Princess Street
Kingston, Ontario
