Counter Any Wrist Lock 

This channel always makes me wish: "Can't we all just GET ALONG?" -Rodney King. Also what Steven Seagal said on film once: It is so easy to Hurt another but to be Great one should be a Healer.

Counters are easy bro. I learned them early on 27 years ago in Filipino Pangamot. Also, I did Aikido for 17 years and I could always counter them. Also, San Soo is easy to counter. I'm at the point now where my mind could just see counters and I really don't have to think about it. I would like to go into counter to counter, but there are very few people in the United States that know how to counter in the first place. In Aikido counters are taught many years down the line. I just got lucky and learned it in the beginning of my studies in Pangamot from a master from the Philippines.

In BJJ, look out for us old guys. We love wrist locks as we are too lazy and slow to do techniques that require us to move much. It forces my opponent to be very anxious to grip my wrist, my lapel especially standing working for a throw or takedown, that is once you've snuck a wrist lock on them. Because of that, it gives an advantage to the wrist locker because his opponent doesn't want to fully commit to a grip if he feels a wrist lock may be coming. Also, works offensively to finish submissions. Too lazy to finish a omoplata? Wrist lock em. Too much work to finish an arm bar being defended? Wrist lock em. That triangle isnt working so well? Wrist lock em. You get the point. Yeah, I get it I'm talking sports BJJ, but somewhere in this there is some some self defense moves. I made the mistake of teaching a class full of hungry, young blue, purple and brown belts that same simple defense you showed. That took a good % of my old man jiu jitsu game and flushed it down the toilet!

Again,awesome

Love your work, thanks

Excellent, "sensei"

Someone wrote that these intricate wrist and arm locks require fine motor movements and skills that need lots of practice to learn and retain. That is why certain, reactive, simple, self-defense systems originated in the past, such as Defendu (1927), Combato (1935), and Krav Maga (1948?), all of which relied on natural, simple, gross body movements. Defendu which appears to be the ancestor defensive combative system for all modern Western military combatives, had its origin in dangerous Shanghai of the 1920s, where everything was for sale or for the taking, life was cheap, and violence was rife against rank-and-file policemen. Defendu's founder, assistant police commissioner of Shanghai, William E. Fairbairn, combined the core art of Japanese Jujutsu (which Ryu is not known) with elements of, boxing, wrestling, and French Savate. Defendu's doctrine was immediate crushing counterattack to a vicious, violent attack by a criminal, several assailants, with or without melee weapons. There were no blocks. It assumed you were suddenly attacked. Your response was not a block but instant counterstrike(s). The goal was to end the confrontation within seconds, not engage in an MMA contest. The combatives relied on relatively simple straightforward body movements involving quick hand strikes and low kicks. Reputedly Defendu was easy to learn and could be accomplished in weeks of intensive training. Someone studying Defendu only twice a week would no doubt take far longer. William Fairbairn taught his new Defendu self-defense combative to the Shanghai Municipal Police. Later Fairbairn would devise a lethal form of Defendu to be taught to American, British, and Canadian rangers, commandos, special forces, and espionage operatives in World War II. If there exist a dojo teaching original Defendu today, I do not know of it. But Fairbairn's Defendu lives on as a core study in many Western military combatives programs.

Great video!

wonderful video, thanx.

Thanks for that often wondered about those techniques good to see the practice methods

Thank you. That was good.

Kevin is THE Goat!

Beautiful!!!

Excellent video

Oh Yeah, Awesome Video 👍

Very talented man 💯absolutely love the breakdown the body mechanics thank you very much sir

I agree with most of all your saying. The second one you addressed I think works better if you “trap” the hand and don’t let go as you rotate, and step in and twist down to create the goose neck. Try it, see if it makes sense to you. If what I wrote makes sense at all. It’s late.

Very cool

Nicely produced video. Points out many of the flaws in most Hapkido training.

brilliant...

Sounds very cool

I really need to practice this my brothers would practice daily it really works its extremely affective don't even tell a person what is coming if you can get them to think your shaking their hand

The problem with wrist locks is they require a lot of fine manipulations, quite precise positioning of the fingers etc. Which can be hard to achieve in a fight, because fight is messy. So I personally teach them only to advanced students (brown belt and higher), and rely on big strong movements with beginners. Anyway, great and inspiring video as usual!

Joint locks don’t work independently of context but neither does a double leg take down or an upper cut. Done out of context (position, timing, kuzushi, momentum, flow, etc) every technique will fail. Set up properly as part of a larger technical understanding they work great.

If someone pushes you with either hand you can step back sideways and immediately put him In a wrist lock one Hand or two hand in many different directions bending your knees and using your legs as leverage as your body moves upwards for more power . They are the base of many other techniques learn how to use them as a start then learn how useful they can be in combination techniques.

Ya some of that!

I think you should try your counter techniques with Rokas from Martial Journey

Great video for experienced students.

I'm trying (really, really, hard) to remember when, I've seen fights breaking out in the street or night club, any where in the world, where someone grabs someone by the hand.

I loved this one. Having tight wrists I was wincing the entire time!

Wrist locks don't depend on causing pain, and pain compliance shouldn't be the objective because those often won't work. If anything the wrist is just one end of a lever connected to the floor through the centre of the opponents body. Thus the whole of their body follows the centre. You don't need to go against them or rely on pain compliance if you use the connection to steer their entire body structure by removing the slack in the fascia so there is nowhere else they can go except with you to the floor anyway. Done with skill, the other person shouldn't be able to let go of you even if they want to, because they become stuck to you once they have decided to attack. Of course it takes skill and practise and I'm hardly the expert. But most definitely you don't need to use pain to control someone with a lock, as long as you control their entire structure through all of the joints into the floor and beyond, rather than focusing on pain-attacking a single joint.

Ohhhh.. I got it, for free one time, kotagaeshi is way safer with arms extended, but not locked out elbows.❤

Great point about "Aikido guys". I trained a little Aikido and yes this was the first thing that went through my mind when someone would grab me: "ha I have you now"

It would be interesting to see two masters going at it doing only wrist locks and counters.

if your applying the wrist lock, you either move into a break right away, or a punch with the other hand. don't just hold him there, or he can counter, like you displayed. But who does that?

Steven seagal aikido techniques wrist control aikido

The easiest to escape out of all the locks. Know thiers some lovks that inclued the rist, elbow amd shoulder that could be difficult to get out of. Bit jist a wrist lock a few movements and you will be out as long as its not handcuffs.

After a lot of training you should be fast enough to switch to another wrist lock after a block. I'm sure you can do that.

I always find this focus on defending against the wrist grab so strange. No one ever initiates an attack by grabbing your wrist. It just doesn't happen. So why focus on it?

Just go for the snap first time.

I like these videos, but no one has ever grabbed my wrist aggressively

İ tarım aikido. We use all this techniques

Do you ever use a kubaton .they are great for controlling someone bigger then self

is this video about Japanese Jiu Jitsu Wrist Locks

Self defense

7:38 sankyo

Everything is as strong as its weakest point. So when an opponent tries to put a lock on a weak point, direct all efforts to reinforcing that point, instead of directing all efforts to fighting the opponent? The "Ohnoyoudont" counter move. Thank you.

4:38 nikyo

Can you start dressing your opponents like Steven Seagal.

Do it fast not him standing there while you hurt him

Punching the jaw with the free hand. Does it need so much skill?

A lot of improper technique shown. Once you are connected, pull it to your belt buckle. Now it’s your body against his arm or hands. Don’t care that he put his other hand on there. It’s not as strong as my whole body! Secondly, at the start push toward and to the side of the attacker. This will force his thumb to soft n it’s grip to keep it from breaking - totally unconsciously.

Your technical skills are very basic when it comes to the joint locks. There are subtle changes that escalate the techniques from "hurt" to "injure." Your friend would not be able to counter a true Hapkido practitioner's wrist locks. There are soft and hard versions depending on what the situation requires. We can break the opponent faster than you can merely "hurt" them.

I disagree on everything in this vid. Locks and throws live from momentum, speed, and distraction.... Just like punches... If you aren't fast enough and even telegraph the attacks, I can dodge every single time. Surely it takes a lot of practice to work effectively. But the benefit of locks are demonstrated in so many MMA Fights. As fights move, we move. And if it gets into closest range, surely you will find yourself in a position to lock the guy.... But of course you can't rely on allways being able to lock.... Thats why you should always learn striking too. Be flexible and unpredictable.

All these videos of MMA and fight videos and street fights.Show me 1 video.Just one, of a risk lock working in a real fight... JUST ONE VIDEO..

The reason why jujitsu consisted of so many wrist locks is because they are extremely effective especially against weapons. And jujitsu was created from edged weapons. Of course they have to be used in the right time and place. Judo removed wrist locks because they caused injuries to easily. MMA outlawed small joint manipulation because of injuries. But wearing mma gloves adds wrist support and negates the effectiveness of them. And if your only using them when someone grabs your wrist then your missing out on the intended potential. When using Kenjutsu principles (applied science) along with wrist locks, then bigger and stronger is insignificant because your never applied force in the direction that it seams. And you suing your entire body (not tension from your arm) to apply it against their single joint. But again, they are not full proof, just high success rate.

What attacker ever grabs someone by the wrist?

Wrist locks dontfcuking work,c'mon!!! Get real,,be honest...maybe in fake ass t.v. wrestling it does,but in real life,ha,ha,ha,ha,,anybody that KNOWS how to fight,knows that shit wouldnt work,,,,,

What trash was this?