There was a post at Japanese Jiu-Jitsu Journey, which copied an old post from yet another blog on the efficacy of joint locks applications and pain; together with observations and comments. An excerpt is below. The full post may be read here.
*To restrain and control
*To control and reposition the opponent to a more advantageous position to strike/ throw them
*To disable the opponent by injuring/breaking a joint
Restraint and control – I
see restraint and control as the domain of specific groups e.g. the
police, prison officers, mental health nurses, security guards, bouncers
etc. I’m aware that there are techniques called ‘painless restraint’
techniques that can be used to control someone and prevent them from
hurting themselves or others. However, I don’t see that this is of any
value to me – why would I want to restrain an attacker? Even if I
achieved it, which I doubt, what would I do with him then? Surely my aim
should be to escape….
Control and reposition – This
is based on the assumption of ‘pain compliance’; that the opponent,
once locked, will be in so much pain that he will become putty in your
hands and allow you to pull him into a position that is advantageous to
you so that you can strike or throw him to end the confrontation and
make good your escape. Though I can see some merit in trying to do this,
I think the problems in actually doing it are twofold: 1. In the melee
of a fight it may be extremely difficult to get the lock on in the
first place and 2. Even if you are successful in applying the lock it
may not cause pain in your adrenaline fuelled attacker.
Disable/injure/break joint – In
principle this may be a good strategy in a self-defence situation but
again it depends on the possibility of getting the lock on in the first
place.
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