I'll take the headlock situation. I'd grab a hold of his testicles, squeez and twist, jerk them forward, break hsi grip with my free hand, and shove his face away and escape.

I don't think that's possible. Consider: You're lying face down on the ground. He's sitting down or kneeling down besides your face. Your arms are a good foot or so away from his buttocks and he's facing his groin away from them too. In such a situation, I think the best thing to do is attempt to break the headlock by posting with one arm and pulling his arm with your other. (and hope he doesn't apply a neck dislocation) Perhaps rolling as you loosen his grip will help with the escape. Good upper body strength is a big plus in a situation like this. (Just imho)

Thanks for ripping apart my response when you didn't even bother to give details. I was thinking we were rolling around with me in a crappy street headlock or something like that.
Anyway, I did this to a kid jsut today messing around. I would try to bite his arm while plucking his fingers with my free hand if possible. I could also try to step through and shoulder throw him. Otehrwise I dont know. I'm still having trouble visualizing this scenario.

I was assuming you knew what a headlock was, considering that you say you have wrestled.

When I tell any wrestler, former or otherwise, about a headlock on the ground, they automatically tend to know what I'm referring to.

I'll not make the mistake of assuming you know anything from this point on. It certainly seems like you do not.


-John

Interesting about that face up thing. It's clear I need to get some proper wrestling experience.

Here are a couple of examples of the headlock (kesa gatame, scarf hold, etc.)





Couple of examples there.

-John

JK, this is my third year wrestling. I've also done some BJJ on the side for a little over a year. I know a few things, not much but some. There's a few ways to do a headlock. We call that a head and arm hold/pin not a headlock. Get it straight next time.
Thanks for saying I know nothing you jerk.

Ok, I'd do either one of 2 things. I'd either shove my free hand in their face or grab a handful of hair and rip the head back, and tak my legs and wrap them around their head and pull them off (and yes this works I did it just today), or lock my hands around their torso, catch their legs with mine, and bridge them over (a standard wrestling technique).

It does seem that the scenario is sports based, not street based. Headlocks are a common thing on the street, but be honest they don't happen like on the mat. the objective of the street head lock is usually to hold the head so that the free hand can repeatedly punch to the face. I'm not saying it doesn't happen but how many technically perfect BJJ style headlock controls have you seen or heard of in the street. Even on the Door they would be rare.

for the record I have never seen it done and even if it was done it would be as an immobilisation. if you are being immobilised and not damaged then chances are it isn't a SD situation.

My question is How did you get to this position in the first place.
"You don't defend against a punch when it makes contact, defend against it before it makes contact."

This is the problem with Technique based scenarios, it does not take into account the almost endless variables. What's the floor like, how many people are around, multiples? weapons? location? etc etc etc

I thought oyu meant this kind of head lock: http://www.entish.org/images/headlock.jpg

Or the greco roman form where the inner arm is trapped to.