tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22911183.post9040539288861607627..comments2023-10-25T05:30:31.246-07:00Comments on Okinawan Fighting Art "Ti": Realistic Bunkai: Basics, Kata, Drills and KumiteCharles Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13812618556413423872noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22911183.post-83417189650913076902016-02-26T14:02:16.302-08:002016-02-26T14:02:16.302-08:00A headlock can easily morph into a "choke hol...A headlock can easily morph into a "choke hold." The pressure is always the neck, and unrelenting force produces unconsciousness, then death. A novice or wannabe has no grasp of what "control" is.<br /><br />If the outcome of "social fighting" turns as tragic as a predatory attack, what's the difference? You feel that headlocks are not a go-to or effective (?) move for predators, but with the advent of MMA and a plethora of grappling arts that are now all the rage among young men that is no longer the case. The attacker that was convicted in the link I sent over was likely inspired by jiu-jitsu or sambo or something of the like he saw on a Pride or UFC match. To reiterate, because this wasn't an act or predation per se is rather meaningless given the end result. <br /><br />I still endorse the teaching of headlock escapes. Don't you? For the most part headlocks are functionally similar enough to a choke hold to warrant serious consideration.John Vesiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04434740196022601040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22911183.post-32354523524286098522016-02-26T08:56:10.909-08:002016-02-26T08:56:10.909-08:00Thanks John for your input but I see those types o...Thanks John for your input but I see those types of situations as social fighting where the possibility is - possible and feel my view is more about the actual predatory attacks a process/resource predator would use and headlocks is not one of them from my seat. I also see what you present as less a headlock and more of a choke hold. To me a headlock is about control while a choke hold is first a control the a submission through unconsciousness, etc. Charles Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13812618556413423872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22911183.post-4667350128427691212016-02-25T23:28:23.495-08:002016-02-25T23:28:23.495-08:00About headlocks. This happened a few years back fr...About headlocks. This happened a few years back from my neck of the woods:<br /><br /><i>"...photo lineups used to identify Mr. Oddone as the man who put Andrew Reister in a <b>fatal headlock</b> at the Southampton Publick House"</i><br /><br />http://www.27east.com/news/article.cfm/Southampton/232118/Oddone-Reister-family-in-court-for-run-up-to-murder-trial<br /><br />The victim, Andrew Reister, was a corrections officer moonlighting as a bouncer at a club when he was attacked and killed - with a headlock that cut the blood off at the carotid artery. <br /><br />Headlocks -- they happen. Learn how to defend against them.John Vesiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04434740196022601040noreply@blogger.com