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Best Instructionals on FaceLocks / Face Cranks / Neck Cranks ?

cheachea

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Most of the instructionals that I've seen on FaceLocks are in Japanese unfortunately.

I just wanted to ask if you guys know of any good ones. Specifically FaceLocks / Face Cranks / Neck Cranks of the Shinya Aoki variation :

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https://budovideos.com/products/sup...vd-by-shinya-aoki?_pos=5&_sid=c36211026&_ss=r

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https://budovideos.com/products/tk-...h-tsuyoshi-kosaka?_pos=1&_sid=d75fbb290&_ss=r

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The reason I ask is because I don’t think that I’ve seen anything on bjjfanatics that talk about Facelocks.
 
Turn the head 90 degrees further, and place your arm around the chin instead of under it. Now twist with the choke pressure and push hips forward in a sexually provocative way. Now pay me.
 
Probably because they're illegal in just about every Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ruleset.

Not exactly, IBJJF bans neck cranks "without a strangle". An RNC or guillotine with the chin in that turns into a jaw crank or neck crank is perfectly legal in adult and masters divisions. The Khabib vs Conor finish and Grasso vs Valentina finish would both be IBJJF legal.
 
Not exactly, IBJJF bans neck cranks "without a strangle". An RNC or guillotine with the chin in that turns into a jaw crank or neck crank is perfectly legal in adult and masters divisions. The Khabib vs Conor finish and Grasso vs Valentina finish would both be IBJJF legal.

It has to have a choking element though. If it's 99% crank and 1% choke, it's fine per IBJJF rules. A facelock, Catch style, is not legal.
 
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