Tag: leg locks

135 Come to the Dark Side Part 4

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135 Come to the Dark Side Part 4
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Jeff wraps up his mini-series on the controversy regarding leg locks in competitive grappling by making the case for embracing these maligned techniques.

133 Come to the Dark Side Part 2

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133 Come to the Dark Side Part 2
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Jeff continues his mini-series on the controversy surrounding leg locks in submission grappling training and competition.  This week he tells the Russian part of the story.

132 Come to the Dark Side Part 1

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132 Come to the Dark Side Part 1
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Jeff begins a four-part series discussing the controversy regarding the relative safety of leg locking techniques in submission grappling training and competition.  In Part One he tells the “Brazilian Story.”

116 The Red-Headed Step-child of Striking

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116 The Red-Headed Step-child of Striking
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Jeff discusses his personal history with kicking below the belt, and it’s parallel history in the last few decades of the martial arts in the US.