Wednesday, August 27, 2014

When they give you a hand…break their wrist!

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

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