Wrist Locks Techniques

by Keith Pascal

Do you know a wrist lock or two? Would you like to make your wrist locks techniques better, so they control your opponent with more precision?
Without even knowing which wrist locks you are familiar with, I can give you two tips to help you experiment and improve.
You'll need a practice partner for this ³wrist-locks technique research."
Grab a partner ... or rather, wrist lock your practice partner. Any lock will do.
Do you have a joint lock effected?

Changing Your Wrist Lock Technique
Now, you are going to start varying your grip and your pressure on the lock.
If your fingers or thumbs are pressing the back of your partner's hand, then I want you to reposition the thumb and fingers. If you have a lock where you are grabbing fingers in your fist, then change how much you are choking up on the fingers.
Try where most of your opponent's fingers are in your hand, and then also try the lock where you have just the tips )first phalanges) under control.
And if you have a wrist lock where you are holding your opponent's hand, then you'll change where you have your grip.
In each case, you are finding a way to change the pressure where the control is being exerted and the pain is being inflicted.
As you experiment by repositioning your grip, go back to exerting the same pressure as you did with the previous hold. Have your practice partner compare holds and tell you which is the most painful.

Note: Make it like a visit to the eye doctor : Is this one better or this one? Number one or number two? Two or three? Except instead of telling which allows you to see better, your partner will be telling you which position causes the most pain.

Adding More Pain in One Easy Step
Now that you know the exact hand position to produce the most pain, it's time to add some icing on the cake. And you can do this, pardon the pun, in one easy step.
To add more pain to your wrist lock technique, figure out which direction to take a step, in order to torque the wrist even more. You should be able to find a direction that will consistently add more pain to the euqation:

* You may have to step away from the opponent -- most common.
* On the other hand, you may have to step in closer to your enemy.
* A step could be a pivot.
* And don't forget that if you can't step in any direction, you may have to ³go south." Lowering your weight -- dropping down -- can also cause more pressure.

Experiment, to find how big of a step to take, in order to cause pressure without breaking the joint.
Imagine being able to combine both strategies. You experiment to find the best spot to apply pressure on the hand, and then you add even more pressure with a simple step.
Picture the precision you'll be developing when you start experimenting with all of your locks.

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Keith Pascal has been a full-time martial-arts author for eight years and a martial-arts teacher for 25 years.

Wrist Locks Techniques: 2 Tips for More Precision

Changing Your Wrist Lock Technique

Adding More Pain in One Easy Step

Wrist-Lock Technique Follow-up ...