Combatives Page

"Hand-to-hand is the basis of all combat...only a fool trusts his life to a weapon". Ninja from "Solid Snake"

This page is dedicated to the combat arts.The style demonstrated in the pictures below is known as Jail-House-Rock, an extremely rare method of combat developed within the US prison system. According to the foremost authority on Jail-House-Rock, Dennis Newsome, it was created with one goal in mind, to survive.The techniques of the style are intended to be simple and effective. To repel and survive an attack within close quarters against multiple attackers requires defending and counter-attacking within a very limited range and with brutal efficiency. Thus the primary weapons are the elbows and knees. As any experienced Muay Thai kickboxer knows, elbow and knee strikes account for nearly all the knockouts in the ring. A perfect example of this style on film is "Lethal Weapon". In this movie, the characher Martin Riggs played by Mel Gibson engages in hand-to-hand combat with the antagonist played by Gary Busey. Riggs fighing ability consists of the Brazilian martial arts of Capoeira and Gracie Juijitsu, in addition to Jail-House-Rock. The scene took four nights to film.   Although my formal training consited of Dux Ryu Ninjitsu, Muay Thai Kickboxing, Kali/Arnis and Wun Hop Kuen Do, my sifu had instructed his students in principles of close combat learned from prison. He emphasized relying on elbow and knee techniques and building from there.

1. attacker attempts a right roundhouse kick 2. defender raises his left knee and left elbow to block/strike the attacker's leg. 3. defender delivers a kick to the inside of the attacker's knee 4. then a left horizontal elbow to the attacker's chin. 5. then drops his knee on attacker's groin. 6. finishing with a verticle upward or downward elbow strike to the attacker's throat.

clockwise: 1. attacker throws a right  roundhouse punch 2.defender quickly raises both hands up and covers in anticipation. 3. defender delivers a right horizontal elbow strike to the attacker's head.  4. then a left horizontal elbow strike to the attacker's head. 5. then an elbow strike to the groin. 6. then lowers his knee on the attacker's knee bringing him down.

1. attacker grabs hold from behind 2. defender grabs attacker's wrist. 3. defender rotates out of the hold by stepping inside of attacker's range. 4. defender delivers a left back elbow strike to the attacker's throat. 5. then a right upward verticle elbow to the chin. 6. followed by a combination right downward verticle elbow to the collarbone and upward knee strike to the groin.

1. attacker places defender in a rear chokehold 2. defender protects his throat by turning into the space of the attacker's elbow, while grabing hold of attacker's arm and wrist applying a wrist lock 3. defender rotates by stepping inside of attacker's range. 4.defender maintains his wristlock 5. defender delivers a right back elbow to the attacker's throat while pulling attacker's arm downward.