For now, my favorite "sneak technique" is the eighth leg-lock:
ashi kannuki. In a slightly inferior position, on the bottom of what the BJJ-ers call the
half-guard,
ashi kannuki allows you to quickly whack a painful leg-lock on your opponent by forming a figure-four using only your legs. It's sneaky because it occurs out of sight, a kind of attack from behind. If your opponent is unfamiliar with
ashi kannuki, the chances of success are further increased: (s)he probably won't be able to make sense of what's going on back there -- until it's too late.
Comparing my own execution against the official description (online
here, just scroll down the page) from "My Method of Judo", I prefer a variation with my legs reversed -- but it still works nicely.
After introducing this technique to my class last week, along with a couple of other of the safer leg-locks, it was gratifying to see credible attempts being made during the end-of-class randori.
Do you have a favorite "sneak technique"?
This is my tokuiwaza of leglocks. This one is (so I was told - I wasn't there) the reason that leglocks are not allowed in judo because it comes on so suddenly from seemingly nowhere when the entangled partner tries to roll off of the entangling partner.
ReplyDeleteI still teach this, but tell them to stop (submit) when they realize it is on. I also tell the people doing the entangling to abandon it if the entangled partner looks like they are about to do a roll.
Hi Patrick
ReplyDeleteThanks for the safety tip -- makes sense. I'll incorporate a similar warning into my teaching.
BTW: Say you're locking uke's right leg (as in the diagram), do you prefer to apply it as shown, with your legs flipped, or no preference?