Aikido Wrist Grabs: Sankyo

Video Transcript

"Katate Tori Sankyo, third control. We're going to get into much the way you get into Ikkyo. Here. I really like doing it this way, because if you'll notice all of her attacking limbs are facing away from me. I call this the Shikaku, this is the death angle, or the correct angle. This is where you want to be, so they can't attack you very easily. Sure, she can turn this way and strike, but I'm not just going to stay here, I'm not going to camp out in this position. As she goes to grab, one, two. From here, I switch underneath, get my arm to contact hers, invert her hand, grab, do like a reverse handshake right here, cross the pinky behind the ring finger, and stand her up into Sankyo. That's a lot going on here, so let me show you again. There are two different ways to take the person down from here. Up, and down. The way I prefer to do it. Is from here, get them on their toes, let go of this hand, the hand that's wrapped around, keep the hand that's in her handshake, bring it up, rotate their elbow into your bicep, crush this down, and drop this into your center. Here. From here, you can easily pin them by dropping your shin onto their jaw, and applying pressure to the wrist. Roll them onto their back, I mean onto their stomach, and you've got control."