Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Cross body arm locks


Today let’s look at a few details of a couple of arm locks. I’m sure you have likely seen these arm locks (paint brush, snap arm bar, kimura) at some time during your training. The video below has some nice details about how to make the locks tighter and more efficient, how too properly transition from one lock to another and it also shows the difference between a sport lock and a self-defence lock.

==> Cross body armlocks<==

But wait you say won’t the same lock I do rolling in class work on the street? Well… yes it will BUT it’s not the most effective most powerful of preforming the lock. In the above video we focus on the paintbrush lock but this is true for many other locks as well.

Let’s have a closer look at this and where it came from. We do the motions we do in sport grappling to get the submission AND to protect our partner. In self-defence I DON’T have a partner only an attacker and I WANT to hurt them.

Sport paintbrush lock
  • Key lock arm
  • Pull arm down to their side as tight as possible
  • Turn hand out for tightest lock
  • Lift up on the elbow to get the tap.


Everything is done in a controlled way to ensure you don’t actually injure your partner. Will this work on the street yes, but it’s not the most efficient use of time, leverage or strength. This about when you try the paintbrush lock in class against someone much larger than you, what happens… they power out of it.

Let’s looks at the self-defence version

Self-defence paintbrush lock
  • Key lock arm
  • Turn hand out
  • Lift elbow and pull arm down to side as hard as possible, rotate your body to add extra power.


There are fewer steps, it comes on quicker, you’re using your whole body and it’s far more likely to work on somebody that is twice your size.

==> Cross body armlocks<==

Try both but be nice to your partner and be very careful once you turn their palm out with the paintbrush lock as it will be super tight and very little pressure is needed.


Happy training. 

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Cheers,

Jamie Rickard (Sensei)
Head Instructor
Koketsu Kai - Tiger's Den Jiu-jitsu and Grappling

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