Martial Arts Magazine Budo International 322 October 2 fortnight – 2016

displayed by this jerk would almost be comical if it wasn’t so disgraceful.

But, thanks to his words and actions, he will never be confused with areal Martial Artist.

I could spend a long time discussing how Police, Correction and virtually all Law-Enforcement and Security personnel around the World use joint-locks thousands of times every day and have been doing so to successfully restrain, subdue, control and transport resisting suspects for a hundred years. And, while on this subject, given the fact that police officers often rely on joint-locks to safely perform their duties, I could make a case that even if those fake escapes did actually work, they should not be so openly demonstrated to a general audience that no doubt includes many criminals, gang members, convicts, terrorists and other assorted dangerous and antisocial individuals.

I could spend a long time discussing how anatomically correct joint-locks, applied at “street� speed, with the proper energy and at the right angle and direction, are virtually irreversible and almost impossible to escape, excruciatingly painful and devastatingly effective.

I could also spend a long time explaining to this ignorant, incompetent and obviously inexperienced young man that joint-locks are