Seeking advice on joint-manipulation

[empty_cup]

yup - I have found also that when applying standing locks, the closer they are to your body, the less force needed to apply, and the easier to control. In addition, you want to be ensuring that their spine or neck aren't straight - if you control them, then you control the person. The added benefit is that if the spine isn't straight, then they are bending - when you apply the lock close to yourself, then they are bending towards you, which means that they can't use their closest foot to attack because otherwise, they would fall over!

 

I can't make any claim to any of that - it was all learnt from my JJ teacher, who, like me, is short and slight in build.

 

Hope that it's of benefit

[Beer-monster]

Get to know the people in your class, and what they can take. I've had some people yell in pain before I even think I've applied the lock (such as when I'm just setting my posture or secure the grip), and then had another person not even feel it until I pushed really hard (and one guy who just doesn't feel pain).

[jeffrogers]

Tension in the hand because you will feel it tight or slight resistance. Depends on your sensitvity or how you develop it. That only comes from practice. Mainly need a partner to tap out not be macho and get him self hurt. Also practice slow and first fast moves can cause loss of control and you end up breakigun the persons joint. So go slow. Remember changes angles on a joint. Some people are double jointed for example so a certain way you do a wrist lock for example they have more flexiblity in there wrists for being double jointed. Change angles and tension level and that can solve that equation really quick.

 

-Jeff

[empty_cup]

something else which I forgot to mention (and is re-enforcing what other people has said), is,

 

above all, be relaxed - in my limited experience, there has not been a single lock that I've had to use any force to apply correctly. Getting into the habit of using muscular power when putting on locks means that you may not be putting it on correctly, and you could be locking far more effectively. It takes a lot of practice to practice doing it relaxed, and of course, when you're sparring, and rolling around on the floor, it's a lot easier said than done - but grappling is so exhausting that you really need to conserve all the energy you can.

 

Hope that helps

 

EC

[jeffrogers]

good point empty_cup. Definetly need to be relaxed.

 

-Jeff

[ninjanurse]

All the advice here is good. I would just like to say that your uke (training partner) should "give" with the technique and it is his/her responsibility to tap out. The purpose of partner practice is to help each other learn-not make the other look bad. It will never work on the street if you continuously hold back because you are afraid of hurting someone, afterall that's the point...pain and disability.