Hand to hand, baby. It's not uncommon for joint locks to be used for disarming - care to expand on that?
Tgace said:In real life, against a resisting opponent, classic "joint locks" are very tough to pull off.
iron_ox said:Hello all,
Frankly, I have always taught using heavy resistance, and find that the opponent is put in much worse pain when correct body mechanics are employed to do a joint lock.
If the body is already going one way, to completely change direction and flow is often wasteful and compromising of the defender. Changing direction under resistance occasionaly has its place, but nothing takes the place of learning correct body mechanics and practicing those. I most often see complete redirection of resistance as a counter to a technique or as a counter to a counter motion, not JUST resistance.