Comments on The Martial Explorer, Jesse Crouch: How to neck break - Crappy technique of the week

This is pretty damn terrible. I mean I'm not a...

2011-08-29T22:13:57.883-05:00

This is pretty damn terrible. I mean I'm not an expert about snapping necks, nor an expert in martial arts. But shit...this is shit. 1st-big dude over-powered by female (no offense women, hear me out)...just by popping her arms...oh and that slap to the assailant's arm? WTF? 2nd worst fingerlock EVER. Not her, the technique. Well... her too...the enemy just screams "oh no, she's holding my hand!" Lastly, the "neck break"... ok might hurt him a bit. Strain his muscles maybe. But speed and finese when turning a guys head for him will not disable or kill him. You need to use strength to fight the enemies natural reaction of his neck muscles tightening in order to torque his head upward (imagine a clock, where the enemy facing you has their chin at 6. You want his chin twisted to 3 or 9 respectively) in order for the base of his skull to sever his brain stem. Just twisting his head left or right like in this video will not accomplish this...now don't take stating this as proper instruction. Like I said I don't know shit about it. This is just me pointing out how F!!!!ed this vid is by some simple knowledge of anatomy and physical mechanics as a medic.

I know that this is late in the game, but why the ...

2009-11-23T16:12:21.643-06:00

I know that this is late in the game, but why the hell would you teach someone to break a neck???

You are spot on: No one is just going to let you break his/her neck. It looks good in the movies but in real life, killing someone for the sake of a video is just not worth it! LOL!

The point is: She does not break his neck, she imi...

2009-10-26T08:25:19.555-05:00

The point is: She does not break his neck, she imitates what she has seen in movies. I had to laugh out loud watching this, that's the most ridiculous piece I've seen for a long time. Her performance is even to embarassing for a A-Team stunt or something. lmho, thanks for the clip, I love it!

A good question, Matt. Goal or situation isn'...

2009-09-04T10:43:18.502-05:00

A good question, Matt.

Goal or situation isn't expressed well in this video, as it is not in most martial arts training (I'm working on a blog post about this). This is something I'm hoping to change about the field.

And of course, as for legality of the use of force, check out my post about: Martial arts, self defense and law

I saw this post in my blog reader and came over fo...

2009-09-03T16:33:29.584-05:00

I saw this post in my blog reader and came over for a smile because some of these are pretty funny. But there's really nothing funny going on. Assuming she can work out all of the problems in this scenario, why is she breaking the neck? Makes no sense.