Comments on: How to Counter Joint Locks, Arm Bars, and Body Controls

By: flintstone

flintstone — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:50:29 +0000

Good food for thought! Thanks.

By: nunoaku

nunoaku — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:57:33 +0000

greetings from portugal
Thanks for sharing!
violence leads to violence, thats comon sense.
Lack of violence may not lead to love, but at least doesnt provoque the person, and that is just the begining.
I'm an Aikidoka, and i feel that the path of aikido is not to control the other person but to control yourself.
Again, thanks for the all article.
sorry for my bad english.

By: “How to Counter Joint Locks, Arm Bars, and Body Controls,” by Matthew Apsokardu

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:08:08 +0000

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By: Matt__A

Matt__A — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:57:14 +0000

No argument here Tom – the attacker definitely does not have expert level experience. I actually think that lends value to the video though as a person is far more likely to encounter someone with imperfect skills.

Ultimately my focus for this post was on the ability to move and relax the body instead of tightening up and actually helping the joint lock take effect on you.

Thanks for your thoughts and visit!

By: tom611

tom611 — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:24:21 +0000

This is a joke!

The guy trying to perform a lock is putting his own arm in the way so he can not perform a lock.

The porper execution is never to have your arm blocking the lock. As far as the arm lock. His whole position is wrong. The same with the wrist lock.

Good try but no cigar.

By: Matt__A

Matt__A — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:40:18 +0000

Hey John – I think you may have intended this comment for the other blog post about self defense (for whatever reason it is showing up on my join locks post). If you'd like, copy and paste this comment over on the other post and i'll delete this one.

By: John W. Zimmer

John W. Zimmer — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:27:30 +0000

Hi Matt,

A couple of things here. You do make a good point about people being indoctrinated to not respond and truthfully most people might not do too much good in many situations but of course in this one - all it would have taken was for the larger people to start yelling and pulling the kids away from the girl. A little risk but it would have been the right thing to do.

True it is a personal decision but without taking about how (closed vs open fist), people in all walks of life should intervene to the extent they feel comfortable with - even if it is yelling and getting other people involved.

I am conflicted but assuming my family is not at risk and the person seems to be worth saving - then yes I would always get involved as I would hope others might come to the aid of my family members.

Now my prejudice - after owning a karate school near an outlaw biker bar for years - I don't like bikers much. I used to have to fight them every month - the result was always the same but it was annoying. To this day I figure if they are fighting their own - I don't care much...

Karate is excellent for self defense assuming you do want to intervene. I did a post that had three stories... the first of which was a girl that was accosted in a transit station and restaurant here: http://myselfdefenseblog.com/http:/myselfdefens... you might be interested... she was able to get away but that is not the norm when a bunch of thugs attack a girl (sadly).

Another though provoking post Matt!

By: Matt__A

Matt__A — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:41:58 +0000

Agreed, I think this does show value in drills like that even for hard stylists. If you ever do a post or video on silk reeling, feel free to link it up here!