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Simple to Use Elbow Joint Lock Takedown

Overview

In most self-defense situations you want to hit your opponent first, follow up with more punishing strikes, and get the hell out of the situation as fast as possible. For that reason, we don’t usually emphasize blocks or joint locks that keep you close to your opponent for extended periods of time.

However, there are a number of situations where you simply can’t take out your attacker and flee. On top of that, knowing a few simple blocking and joint locking techniques is crucial because like it or not you will occasionally get taken by surprise, or need to control an attacker. This move is perfect for a situation where a guy is coming out of nowhere with a right haymaker.

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It's a lot of fun learning this skill, (it doesn't take long)... and kinda nice to help out that buddy locked out of his house after the wife discovered what really happened on that "no money down" real estate seminar in Vegas.

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Breaking It Down


As you can see in the video, you simply step to the right (getting off your opponent’s center line) and block the punch while simultaneously putting him into a joint lock. In certain street fight situations, it is also necessary to contain and control your attacker.

If you are alone this is not a wise strategy. However, we are often with loved ones or close friends and need to control the attacker to prevent others from getting hurt, giving them a chance to escape.

This type of self-defense requires that you contain and control techniques. The takedown in this video is ideal because it allows you to control your opponent all the way to the ground and keep him compliant by putting extreme force on his elbow and shoulder joints.

Make sure you practice this self-defense move on training mats unless you don’t mind a bruised tailbone.

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396 thoughts on “Simple to Use Elbow Joint Lock Takedown”

  3. I have seen AND USED this before.. Its always amazing how fast the Big Guys will get all compliant when this is put on them.. Im a 5’5″ Retired Police Officer from California & have used this Off Duty in a Country Music Bar…sure surprised the big guy (about 6′) when he ended up on the floor… Not much force to this, either.
    remember” they dont pay me to fight fair.. only to win”!
    Take care.

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  8. Thank you for the tip ! as we all know it’s the out of nowhere one that get’s you. one more trick n the bag thanks to fight fast you guy’s know your stuff !!

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  11. Very helpful video. I have started to practice this lock up with my spouse and fellow workers and we are all surprised -regardless of the oponent completion- how a “bad guy” can be subdued…
    Thanks and congratulations for your knowledge sharing!!!

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  12. Oh man, I don’t know. Leaving your face wide open for a cross. I prefer to angle the opposite way (away from his available hand) wrapping the elbow and forcing him facedown to the ground.

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  14. As I expected, I taught this and less dangerous variations (legal reasons) to the L.A. Sheriff’s Department instructors way back in 1960 when Sheriff Gene Biscailuz and his successor Pete Pitchess (he last REAL lawmen we had in So. California before all the politicians moved in and took away things like the rear naked choke – (the Chief told the press that Black men had different neck stuctures and that’s why so many of them succumbed to the technique)asked me to codify and teach “real world” techniques and procedures that could be used and more importantly, explained, in court or before hearings. In 63 years of martial arts (all of them) and combat training including consulting (and leading) SWAT teams I always took on 8 – 12 attackers to demonstrate it could be done without much exertion and there is NOTHING I haven’t seen or practiced. In fact, I believe your Boodry fellow took a couple of my advanced seminars (still no charge but only for those who demonstrated a need for such information) a number of years back. I think your ideals are great…but like my former student entertainer Bruce Lee (who knew only 2 — 3 years of a Chinese system created by a woman and came to me for power techniques but could never get his head around Japanese principles, and, by the way, never fought anyone in his life that I know of…the principles he “discovered” (and were mostly explained and written by Mito Uyehara) were nothing more than what are taught to high ranking martial artists, few if any of which have even existed since the Ed Parker revolution of making it a business in the mid 60s. Anyone who claims to be a “master,” “grandmaster,” etc. or even claims shodan or red sash status is fooling others and him/herself because they have never had the BASICS drilled into them. But keep up the good work. I can’t teach everyone and neither can Mr. Boodry or any others of us who have spent our lives mastering the simple which looks like magic to the uninformed student. I wish you well…just know there is NOTHING new to be discovered.

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  16. Thanks I hope you send me more videos, I need to learn self defense I’m a single Mom with two little Boys that I need to protect them if there was ever an attacker trying to get us.

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  17. Thank you all for the free vidios as well as the ones I have purchased. I have studied and been proficient in many martial arts, and I love upgrading my practices. I try to protect myself and my loved ones and these tips are very helpful and practical. The vidios are
    super! I recommend these vidios if you are concerned about all the legal ramifications and ethical standards by defending yourself and your loved ones. It is necessary to meet force with force and not to escalate, unless it is necessary to handle the situation with more force.

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  21. Wow…Very useful video’s..I’m planning soon to purchase your video’s…Thanks keep them coming…

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  22. Great move! Thank you. This move is a lot easier and faster than the ones I used while being a bouncer. You broke it down to easy to follow quick steps also.

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  25. I just wanted to through out a quick thanks,i always concidered myself a person that could take care of himself. However,as i get older,and times get tougher i start to second guess myself! Thanks to me coming across your sight i am once again starting to feel that confidence i once felt as a young man! The service u provide is very valuable,and very much apprechiated…Thanks again for putting that confidence i once walked around with,back into my heart and soul,

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  26. I must say, that I have watched almost all of these videos and the techniques within, bear a striking resemblance to ninjutsu. For example, the 45 degree evasion and the arm lock, are seen in bujinkan ninjutsu

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  27. Nice move just like everything that comes out of TRS!Thanks for turning the tables on the preditors.

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  31. 1’m a young 80.i doubt if i’ll ever the occasion to use these great moves.but you never know.

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  34. That’s a good jujitsu move but takes some repetitions to get the feel of it. It’s easy to practice with a partner on a mat. Like the instructor said there are variations after you block and trap the arm such as an elbow strike to the face, throat or a rapid turn to the left and throw/slam. I like it.

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  35. `I love breaking fingers, that’s my best thing… the thumb, yank it off, the pinky *sickening crack*’

    Ok, ok we get the message.

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  38. Telling people that U love breaking fingers is not a very bright attitude, “Yes IF necessary! Though if U “like hurting people” more ‘than necessary’, some day someone will come back finish you off with a weapon just to get even, or worse. Unless all the people U are around are drug dealer, killers, pimps + child molesters?! You do what IS needed, NOT piss people off to were they don’t care what THEY then do to you, later!

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  39. Been in the Air Force for 15 years and I hunt thank you for sending this video out people need to learn more all the time and I do carry a small hand gun. My record is great according to my Caption. Thank you again

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  40. Great technique you can inflick a lot of damage on a person if he trys to
    get up or trys to fight. I can’t see any thing but hurt his self after putting
    that move on him killer move.

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  41. If you want to ensure you do the most damage step on the guy’s right foot with your right foot (if doing it the same exact way shown on the video). Give the throat a nice firm squeeze using Ien Chao (Eagle Claw ) from the moment you grab the person to the time you take them down. (This is all they will be thinking about). And as a note, I like to form Ien Chao before grabbing the throat, then punch the claw right into the throat. This ensures that you get right behind the trachea for the grip and acts like a strike (obviously).

    This way you have alread choked up the person and sprained their ankle before they even get to the ground. So even should they slip out of your grasp upon being taken to the ground you can easily escape…every been chased by someone with one good leg? Or it sets them up for an easier finish…especially if you still have the throat. Remember that you can alway change your grip so as to cease in clamping the trachea and begin to squeeze the carotid arteries to knock them unconscious rather than asphyxiation.

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  44. I think this move would be more effective if you zoned to the outside circle the arm with your right arm coming back to the throat ad slamming him to the ground on back of his head. your are out of harms way and can break his arm on the way to the throat

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  49. I trained in american style karate, my instructor was also a brown belt in judo, this reminds me of some good moves he taught us, I believe this is a workable defense, good stuff , well done.

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  50. Now we have the surprise threat of the “knock out” game. The “game” that punks use to try and knock out someone with one punch. They don’t care who they hit man, woman, woman pushing a baby stroller. They will try it from the front but usually it is from the rear.

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