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.
How To Pick Locks. (Who Needs Keys?)
You may find this shocking, but picking open a standard "tumbler" lock, (like the one on your front door), is pretty damn easy when you know how it's done.
And in a "meltdown" survival situation, (once the smash-n-grab crowd has stolen everything not tied-down), the food and water and secure shelter will all be behind locked doors, (which explains why Special Forces are often trained in lock picking... and why they carry a set of lock pics with them).
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.
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.
why not just go for the nose?
Very effective stuff
As a 71, 100% disabled vet, in a wheelchair, I have not seen much that anyone in my situation can use. It would be really great if someone could produce moves that someone in my situation could take to help prevent being a victim. I feel responsible for the protection of my wife and myself but feel like I’m seen as a very weak possible victim. Both myself & my wife have concealed carry license in Florida. Knowing some quick and easy moves to help stop or slow an attacker would be really great. So far bother of us has had to draw our weapon for our defense. We just hope that it will stay that way. I feel the most vulnerable when entering or leaving my vehicle and when stopped at a traffic light.
Very good !
Good move. Very good!
Great information. Thank you.You really know good stuff.
Great move should practice some, make it second nature, so in real life situations. You wont hesitate.
Way effect….Thaks..ready for more….
Great move, and very effective. i practice with my 26 year old son. I am 67 years old.
Thanks thats pretty cool move.
Smart and deadly counter attack move.
That was a great easy move can use it.
Great move I used it on my 22year old son and we practice with his friends and we are ready for more.
This looks like a great move, for people who are young and in good shape. What can a 70 year old man do to protect himself, except use a gun? I’d like to see a segment where an elderly man, armed only with his cane, do for defensive actions. I’ve had law enforcement training with a baton, and wondering if there is a training video, that would cover this kind of training, baton to cane? Sincerely, Mike Charles
I really get a lot out of Gabriel Garcia’s videos and moves. I almost think with some training,and time, That I could do this takedown! I am 71 years old, and not in the best of shape. But, some of these videos show ways that I might even try, only after mastering them well enough, to trust my actions! Sincerely, Mike Charles
Great move.fast and economical. there are situations when we just cannot smash the face of an opponent with a lightning wing tsun intercepting punch. great work , Bob. thanks! All the Best, Rod.
I don’t usually watch these videos but you caught my interest right off! Thank You
Now this move I’ve never seen before!!! And it’s a good one something I could use!! Thanks for the tip! I love the videos you people send me..
Since I started to watch these videos I have really leant a lot in terms of skill. Thank so much. I’m coming for my DVDs
Hope this will still be around when i get paid! May 1st sounds like the best there is.
thanks.
Nice lesson. I will study the move. Hope i won’t need to use it.
This shows real exrietpse. Thanks for the answer.
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I live in San Diego. How can I find a local training center? Thank you. I have your video.
Robert
Thank we we all need to know what we can do to be save as possible.
Teaching is Great.
GREAT STUFF; — only, I hope that I never have to use any of it, BUT, it is good to know IF I do. THANKS !!! — MKS
Good job thanks
Super technique to get out of harms way.
Great fight moves . don’t guys with lightning reflexes and superior fitness survive fights better?
That is a very good move I will show and use it thank’s
I’ve learned so machine such a short time, I’ve been sharing it all with my girl friend and have shown her she can do it to.You’ve made a selfconcious 52 yr.old (me)feel better about myself.I am truly greatful. Thanks Garry I.
That is a shotokan karate move very effective.
Awesome
Very cool and very interesting and informative
I would like to try this but in Viet Nam I was shot in the neck and the bullet went into my C4 Vetabra, I can walk or run just at slow speed but I can not take a shot to my upper neck back or have my arm twisted for the C4 is where the nerves for the arms legs and P….. I have proglems there. I will still try to practice this at my pace and knowledge of my medical condition. Semper Fi, yes I am a Marine.
Thank you for a great take down, I think I have used a combination of this in the past. I really liked the throat jab.
Thanks mucho for what you do!
Really good stuff and quite simple . Thanks buddy
Awesome, cheers
very good stuff, meny thanks
Great moves and for sure a winner, but be careful – if your opponent is trained he can cave your sinuses in with a head-butt. See when. That’s a hundred broken bones in your face. Game over and if they lay you down on your back, death by drowning. I almost had a little scrappy euro skin head do me like that and I giess I am lucky I go backwards about as fast as i go forwards. He was the surprised one in the end.
just fyi:
One of the best lifesavers you can have is a single shuriken. A video on that is a good idea. The price point is perfect. The power of the underhand vertical throw can be twice the velocity of a knife. The windmill throw cant be done with any other edged weapon. It can be coated in dried salt to make it hellish. “You have five minutes to live” Of course you are lying… or are you. Don’t ever read Kurt Saxon. They might think about another target at that point.
This is a nice move. I will study this, and be ready to apply it.
I think if more cops use the joint lock techniques, the tragedies in NY and MO would have been prevented because Hong Kong Police use them and just look at their record.
Ok without the punches. Just armlocks.
Umm, did anyone else here that clicking sound on the demo pinky finger.. Ouch!
Ya it’s nice to be able to get away just doesn’t happen all the time these techniques will help to control the situation at least until the other people can get away and can always increase pressure enough to make them not interested in continuing the situation
Simple, fast and effective against all size of people.
I don’t get into fights, but if somebody did attack me suddenly, it’s good to have some quick counter moves like the one shown in the video (and explained in easy-to-understand terms) by Gabriel Garcia. . .
Cheers,
DT
It’s little tricks like these that might someday save your life.
All these videos are great but the emphasis of practice, practice, practice must be made. The body must have a memory built up in order for it to react correctly. Having taken the 3 forms of Kung Fu I know that nothing is possible without the body knowing what it suppose to do when called upon, as in second nature. I suggest you emphasise practice more.