Feel free to correct me anybody, but the heel hook doesn’t seem like a great idea for SD.
Sure, you can win a match fast. Combination of pain and awareness, the pro grapplers are conditioned to know when to tap if they want to maintain their career. The current record in MMA is 11 seconds.
But “little guys submitting big guys in a gym” with heel hooks and no striking, and surviving an assault are not even close to the same thing. Even in pro MMA, wins by heel hook are rare when so many other options are allowed in the rule set, like caving the face in of somebody trying to heel hook you.
You could also snap that heel right the fuck off and you might still have an aggressor. Especially if any number of street drugs are involved.
I think any solid blood choke is a good idea, because they work fast. Jointlocks are going to be a lot more variable…you simply don’t know if even breaking someone’s bone is going to make them retreat (great in theory, but all wounded animals can be dangerous).
Throwing is a solid finishing move in “the street”. Countless videos out there of aggressors getting dumped and giving up, one throw. Even if it doesn’t that’s a great spot to the best SD technique of all, as the good doctor pointed out. GTFO.
[QUOTE=jfingaz123;3062078]I consider myself to be a pretty well rounded grappler. I’ve always tried to go with the flow and attack according to what openings my opponents leave me, not favoring any particular submissions over the others. However I’d like to begin going deeper into the art and really specializing on the setting up and finishing of 1-2 submissions. You know the whole Bruce Lee thing “I fear not the man who knows 1,000 kicks, but the man who has practiced 1 kick 1,000 times” or something like that.
Anyway I’ve decided that I’d like to specialize in 1-2 submission types that I can teach my daughter when she’s of age (now only 2 years old) for her self defense if she is ever attacked by a man (usually sexual). Obviously I don’t want to start a “woman vs man” grappling thread. However I would like opinions on what are the 1 or 2 most practical finishing moves for women in a self defense scenario from with a BJJ mindset.
My personal thoughts are that the triangle and the heel hook are top contenders. I’ve seen some of the smallest guys submit some of the biggest & toughest guys in the gym with heels hooks. And obviously the triangle choke is extremely strong and effective.
So what are some of your opinions?[/QUOTE]