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Grappling

Lock Flows
I don't know if the Lock Flows described here are original Parker information, but they are handy and work quite well. All the Kenpo schools I know of in this area teach this information.

If you are facing an obviously stronger opponent, it would be wise to "loosen them up" prior to entering into the Lock Flows. To accomplish this, simply prefix your initial move with a quick kick to the groin. If you practice this with someone, you'll notice that even a slower kick (even just jerking your knee up) with provide the desired effect...no one likes to be kicked there and 99% of all men (I'm male, I can't speak for women) will bend over somewhat and relax their hands. I say only 99% because there has to be someone stupid enough to not care...

Lock Flow A

Defense against a right cross wrist grab
  1. Pin attackers right hand with your left hand and roll attackers arm clockwise away from you while stepping forward with your left foot to 12:00 as you counter grab attackers right wrist with your right hand and your left elbow connects with attackers right elbow. As you plant into your stance, push your left elbow down and pull up with your right hand (like a fulcrum), bending attackers elbow the wrong way. Don't bend over at the waist. Bend your knees to sink when necessary.
  2. As you continue holding attackers right wrist with your right hand, step back with your left foot to 7:30 while running your left hand from attackers elbow down to their hand (to continue pressure on their arm). Hold attackers hand backwards with your thumbs on the back of their hand and your fingers on their palm. Press forward, bending their hand into their forearm.
  3. Grab attackers elbow with your left hand and pull their elbow up while rotating your right hand slightly so that your palm is on the back of attackers hand. Attackers elbow is now bent at 90 degrees, as is their wrist.
  4. Twist attackers hand to the right (to cause pain) then rotate attackers arm counter clockwise (attackers elbow circles down and their hand circles up). Move attackers elbow into your shoulder as you maintain your right hand grab on the back of attackers hand and reach your left hand through their arm to grab your right arm.
  5. Step to 12:00 with your left foot, walk attacker backwards slightly to get them off balance then kick attackers right leg out with your right leg. Follow them down with a right knee to their ribs and a left knee to their face.

Lock Flow B

Defense against a right cross wrist grab
  1. Pin attackers right hand with your left hand and roll attackers arm clockwise away from you while stepping forward with your left foot to 12:00 as you counter grab attackers right wrist with your right hand and your left elbow connects with attackers right elbow. As you plant into your stance, push your left elbow down and pull up with your right hand (like a fulcrum), bending attackers elbow the wrong way. Don't bend over at the waist. Bend your knees to sink when necessary.
  2. As you continue holding attackers right wrist with your right hand, step back with your left foot to 7:30 while running your left hand from attackers elbow down to their hand (to continue pressure on their arm). Hook your left thumb onto attackers thumb and grab just above attackers wrist with your left fingers as you release your right hand from their hand.
  3. Step forward to 12:00 with your left foot, grabbing the inside of attackers elbow with your right hand and pulling it into your shoulder and squeeze attackers hand.
  4. From here, we can either:
    1. Kick attacker right leg forward with your left foot.
    2. Kick back of attackers right knee with your left foot to drop them.

Sword Drop

Defense against a right cross wrist grab
  1. Pin attackers right hand with your left hand.
  2. Rotate your right hand in a clockwise fashion so that you end up looking at the palm of your hand.
  3. While pushing attackers arm slightly towards them (so their elbow and wrist are bent at a 90 degree angle), continue movement of right hand over the top of their wrist in 'sword' style pressing down hard just above the bone on the side of the wrist. Continue holding their right hand with your left hand.

    At this point, the 90 degree angle at the attackers elbow and wrist combined with the pressure on the their wrist from your hand will cause extreme pain and drop them to their knees.

Straight Talon

Defense against a left straight wrist grab
  1. Pin attackers right hand with your right hand.
  2. With your left hand, grab up onto attackers wrist and rotate their arm clockwise while stepping forward with your left foot to 12:00 as your left elbow connects with attackers right elbow. As you plant into your stance, push your left elbow down and pull up with your right hand, bending attackers elbow the wrong way. From here you can go into Lock Flow A or B or into Crossing Talons.

A Multi Point Lock Flow

    Attacker grabs your right wrist with their right hand.
  1. Crossing Talon
    Counter grab attackers wrist with your right hand, rolling attackers arm to the right as you step to 1:30 with your left foot and press down on attackers elbow with your left hand.
  2. Figure 4
    As you step to 10:30 (V-in/V-out) with your left foot, snake your left hand under attackers elbow, fold attackers arm up with your right hand while maintaining the wrist lock. The outside of your left hand will be pressing against the outside of attackers hand while your right hand keep their wrist bent. Step through with your right foot to keep attacker off balance.
  3. Lever
    While continuing to lock attackers wrist with your right hand, step back with your right foot, then to 1:30 with your left foot (V-in and V-out) as you straighten attackers arm and press down on attackers elbow with your left hand.
  4. Wrist Lock
    While continuing to lock attackers wrist with your right hand, grab attackers elbow with your left hand and fold attackers arm up with your right hand, guiding their elbow in between your forearm and bicep and squeeze your arm shut. Raise your right elbow up to keep the lock strong and step through with your right foot to keep attacker off balance.
  5. Elbow Break
    As you step back to 7:30 with your right foot, unfold attackers arm, maintaining the wrist lock with your right hand, and snake your left arm inside their elbow, around and onto their shoulder (clearing the arm to your left in the process). Grab attackers elbow with your right hand and pull down with both hands to break the elbow.
  6. Cobra Lock
    Maintain pressure on attackers elbow with your right hand as you slide your left hand down attackers arm and lock their wrist (your hand on the back of attackers hand). Fold attackers arm (Circling their hand down, forward and up in front of you) so that your left hand is locking their wrist in front of you and their forearm is against your chest.
  7. Bulldog
    Unfold attackers arm down and backwards, maintaining the lock on their wrist with your left hand. Raise their hand up as you grab the back of their neck with your right hand, pressing down.
  8. Wrap Around Choke
    Slide your right hand back onto attackers elbow and fold attackers arm up again. Replace your left hand wrist lock with your right hand as you step behind attacker. Pull attackers bent wrist towards them as you grab their elbow with your left hand to help force their wrist into their throat.

The 12 Point Lock Flow #1

  1. As attacher reaches out to push you, your left hand grabs attackers hand (fingers on palm & thumb on back of hand). Turn attackers hand counter clockwise and press your right hand sword toward between attackers ring and little finger to increase the pressure.
  2. While maintaining grip on thumb, left hand turns clockwise as right hand reaches over left and grabs ring and pinky finger of attackers hand. Slightly adjust your left hand to grasp attackers thumb. While stepping back with your right foot, push forward with your hands, applying the necessary pressure to bend attacker over. Never lose contact with attackers hand.
  3. Continue the pressure with your left hand as your right hand pops attackers elbow up and guides it into your left armpit (the classic "come along" lock).
  4. While continuting to apply pressure with your left hand on attackers wrist, allow attackers elbow to move slightly away from your and grab it with your right hand and rotate attackers arm clockwise so that their elbow aims to the ceiling and their hand to the floor. Apply pressure both at the elbow and hand. You now have 2 90 angles (at elbow and wrist).
  5. Tuck attackers elbow abck into your armpit (or chest) as your right hand releases and moves to attackers hand. While still applying pressure with your left hand, grab attakcers ring and pinky fingers with your right hand. As your left hand relaxes the pressure, the right hand snaps attackers fingers backwards toward their forearm. You now step to the front of attacker with your right foot as your left hand squeezes on the nerve between the forearm muscles of attackers arm.
  6. In one fluid motion, your right hand moves from attackers fingers to grabbing attackers wrist (do not let go) and pulls towards you as you step into attacker with your left foot, having your left forearm presses inward and downward on attackers elbow (Crossing Talons).
  7. While maintaining pressure with left arm, and stepping back to 8:00, snake your left hand under attackers forearm, grasping onto your right wrist while your right hand move to the back of attackers hand. Fold attackers arm into a figure 4, keeping them close.
  8. Step out with your left foot so that you are standing at the side of the attacker as right arm pulls attackers arm across your upper chest and your left arm slides under attackers arm and across their chest (this will hyper extend their elbow).
  9. Slide your left leg back into transitional 90 cat stance as your left arm comes back toward you and slides on top of attackers arm and across their neck (this will hyper extend their elbow).
  10. Bring your left hand (thumb down) to attackers wrist and grab, bending their elbow until their hand is at neck level (their fingers point toward their face). Tuck attackers elbow into your right shoulder as your right hand snakes under and through and grabs their wrist in a reverse "come along".
  11. Turn your body (in place) towards the right while tucking attackers hand into your left armpit (as right hand releases) and bring your left hand under attackers arm, grasping their elbow into another form of "come along".
  12. As your left hand releases attackers elbow, your right hand grabs it and your left hand slides up to attackers hand. Move your right hand up and left hand down to take attacker down.

The 12 Point Lock Flow #2

  1. Left arm sweeps attackers right arm as your left arm snakes between their arm and body (from the front), grabbing onto their right shoulder (attackers arm is now on your upper arm). This will bend attacker over with you at their side.
  2. Grab attackers right wrist with your right hand as your snake your left hand out (maintaining contact with attackers arm) and behind; getting between attackers arm and body (from the back) and hook your hand onto attackers neck as you twist attackers right hand clockwise.
  3. Maintaining the grab and pressure on attackers wrist, remove your left hand from attackers neck, placing it on the outside of attackers elbow, pushing their arm towards their head as you wrap your right arm (still holding attackers wrist) around attackers head so that your right forearm is against the left side of their neck (your right arm holding attackers right arm are now looped across the back of attackers neck). Continue by sliding your left arm under your arm and attackers arm (from attackers back to their front) to get into a Sleeper hold and squeeze your two arms together.
  4. Slide your left arm out and onto attackers right elbow and, as you pull down with your right arm on attackers wrist, push back on their elbow to tear the tricep muscle.
  5. Cross in front of attacker with your left foot so that your back is to them as you grab attackers right wrist with both hands, bringing their arm down over your left shoulder against your chest as you sink. Now rise while continuing to hold attackers arm tightly to hyperextend their elbow.
  6. Move both hands slightly down to attackers hand (rather than wrist), step back and around with your left foot so you are facing attacker and use your hands to twist their wrist clockwise (wringing the rag).
  7. Release your left hand and use it to straighten out attackers arm. Pull the arm in front of you and onto your thighs (with attackers elbow facing you) as you squat down and lean your stomach over their arm to break the elbow.
  8. Place your right hand on the back of attackers wrist, bending it up, then rise up, placing your left hand in the crook of their elbow. Keep applying pressure to attackers hand and bring their elbow into your chest (with their forearm straight out from your chest and their hand bent to the left or right), using your chest as leverage to break their wrist.
  9. Step back and pin attackers hand (palm in) onto your chest with your left hand as your right hand snakes over their arm, between their arm and body, grabbing onto their chest.
  10. Continue the left handed pin and you remove your right arm and have your right hand grab attackers tricep, rolling their arm towards you as you slide in, placing their forearm on your shoulder and both hands on their elbow. Sink and pull in with your arms to break the elbow.
  11. While continuing to maintain pressure with your left arm, step into attacker with your right foot and wrap your right arm around their head so that your lower right forearm is on the left side of attackers neck (juggular vein). Now release your left hand and press the outside of your left forearm onto the right side of attackers neck to choke them (kind of a bent over Sleeper hold).
  12. While continuing the pressure on attackers neck, step back with your left foot and turn counter clockwise so that your back is to attacker, sink a little and flip them over your right shoulder.

The 12 Point Lock Flow #3

  1. Grab attackers right hand with your right hand, rotate it to the left (counter clockwise) and up as you bend their hand at the wrist and set the back of attackers hand on your left bicep (their arm is now bent at 90 degrees with their elbow up in the air) and wrap your left hand onto their tricep. Squeeze.
  2. With your left hand still holding at attackers tricep, remove attackers hand from your bicep with your right hand and slide it directly to your chest. Their arm is still bent (elbow up) at 90 degrees, their palm is on your chest, fingers pointing down. Reach under attackers arm with your left hand, grab onto the outside of their hand (including their ring and little finger) and twist it to the left (but keeping the hand on your chest). This is a variation of move 6 of the 2nd lock flow, wringing the rag.
  3. Continue the pressure with your left hand as your right hand holds and guides their elbow into your shoulder. As the elbow is moved into your shoulder, bring attackers hand off your chest, continuing to pull back on their fingers. This is a variation of the come along. You can then switch hands so your right hand is applying pressure to the fingers and your left hand moves on top of attackers forearm to apply pressure down.
  4. Grab attackers right hand with both of your hands (fingers on the back of their hand, thumbs on the palm) as you step back with your left foot bending attackers hand in and up.
  5. Adjust your hands so that they each grab one of attackers fingers and pull out on their fingers as you continue to bend attackers hand in and up.
  6. While maintaining the grab and pressure with your left hand, move your right hand up to hold their forearm. Now hook attackers thumb with the thumb of your left hand as your left hand grabs onto their wrist and your right hand guides their elbow into your shoulder.
  7. Release attackers hand with your left hand and shoot your right hand under their arm into a heel palm to the side of their head and hook onto their neck (half nelson).
  8. Step around attackers back with your left foot and bring your left hand under attackers left arm, hooking onto the back of attackers head (full nelson). Keep your hands on their head rather than their neck to get the maximum pressure forward.
  9. Release your left hand, bring it out (on top of attackers arm), wrap your arm across attackers throat (have your left hand hook onto your right forearm to complete the lock) and press attackers head forward with your right hand as you squeeze with your left arm to choke them.
  10. As you relax your choke, step back with your left foot, pulling attacker straight back. Wrap your right arm around their head (their face will be in your armpit and your forearm against the back of their head). Now liftup with your right arm to apply pressure to the back of attackers head.
  11. With your left hand, pull attacker to the left (face down) and push their head between your legs, locking your knees around their head. Grab both their arms (one in each of your arms) and pull their arms together and toward you so their shoulders are strained.
  12. Slide your hands up, grabbing onto attackers wrists and press the back of attackers hand with your thumbs while continuing to pull in and towards you, step back and drive their head into the ground.

Silat Style Grappling
This information came from two different seminars (one on grappling and one on groundwork) put on by my original instructor. He was quite good about introducing us to other styles through seminars and the occasional demo in class.

General Grappling Information

Entry 1 (Silat - left jab)

Entry 2 (Silat - left jab)

Entry 3 (Silat - left jab) Entry 4 (Silat - left jab) Entry 5 (Silat - left jab) Entry 6 (Silat - left jab) Entry 7 (Silat -jab/cross) Entry 8 (Silat - jab or jab/cross) Entry 9 (Silat - cross or jab/cross) Entry 10 (Crossing Talons - jab) Entry 11 (Roundhouse kick) Entry 12 (2 handed grab) Entry 13 (2 handed grab) Entry 14 (2 handed grab) Entry 15 (2 handed grab) Entry 16 (front grab/choke) Entry 17 (front grab) Entry 18 (front grab) Ground Takedown 1 (you are on your back with attacker standing above you) Ground Takedown 2 (you are on your back with attacker standing above you) On the ground with attacker sitting on your chest (likely punching you in the face) On the ground with attacker sitting on your chest (likely punching you in the face)

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