Recent Posts Tagged With 'cranks and chokes'

• The Rear Naked Choke

  Posted on Thursday March 19th, 2009 at 14:14 in brazilian jiu jitsu, ground game, cranks and chokes

  Also referred to in BJJ as the "Mata Leao" The RNC is a peculiarly named but highly effective submission. To understand its somewhat dubious-sounding title, we have to go back to its usage in classical ju-jitsu and/or judo where the techn...

• Hello Japan!

  Posted on Thursday March 12th, 2009 at 06:19 in mma, brazilian jiu jitsu, ground game, cranks and chokes

  I’ve had a pretty lame week. Not only have I been unwell, unable to train, and stuck in the office for 16 hour shifts (no kidding!)…I’ve also been craving a particular type of cupcake, which I just can’t seem to find! However, this made it al...

• My Nemesis: The Neck Crank

  Posted on Thursday January 8th, 2009 at 06:00 in mma, brazilian jiu jitsu, ground game, cranks and chokes

  A neck crank (or a ‘cervical lock’ for the pedantic amongst you) is a spinal lock applied to the cervical spine (your neck) by pushing, pulling or twisting it in a direction it doesn’t want to go. ‘Clickity clack’ is usually a sound associa...