neck cranks

[ironchef]

hi burton,

thanks for answering the questions i have posted.
the recipe question for the week is:
i believe neck cranks, jaw locks, pinching and finger locks all are under used and practiced. i know its hard to train with a partner that allows this. but i still think you should know and practice some of these things.
especially on the ground if you are on the bottom, most times the guy on top thinks he is in a safe postion. if you fingerlock or nerve pinch him you get a great reaction and escape or submit him.
i'm sure in all your training you learned nerve pinches and fingerlocks.
shouldn't we be training the most tricky and most dirty tricks or at least know them?

thanks,
ironchef

[Burton]

We have to be careful training finger locks due to the injury aspect, especially if you are going hard. The other problem is that nerve points and finger locks, even armbars, are pain compliance. If the opponent is on drugs, he may not feel anything, and you will get little effect. Neck cranks, however, are very valuable, even without the pain compliance. When I train with Egan and Charuto, we use neck cranks all of the time. It is a basic part of our strategy. You are right about using street tactics, we just need to be sure that our partner will be able to train the next day, and that we are using tactics that will work when the adrenaline is flowing.
Keep coming with the questions!

Everyone else is invited to put in their two cents as well.