chokehold
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A chokehold, choke, stranglehold or, in Judo, shime-waza () is a general term for a grappling hold that critically reduces or prevents either air (choking) or blood (strangling) from passing through the neck of an opponent. The restriction may be of one or both and depends on the hold used and the reaction of the victim. While the time it takes for the choke to render an opponent unconscious varies depending on the type of choke, the average across all has been recorded as 9 seconds.
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- Grappling hold.name
- Chokehold
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- File:Army Combatives RNC (120127-A-XN107-086).jpg
- Grappling hold.image_size
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- Grappling hold.alt
- A man in fatigues rises his hand while another man in a black t-shirt holds his neck from behind with an arm to his neck and another to the back of his head. In the background men and women in fatigues observe.
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- Rear naked choke between two US soldiers.
- Grappling hold.aka
- Choke, stranglehold, shime-waza
- Grappling hold.parent_style
- Brazilian jiu-jitsu, judo, sambo
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- MCMAP Rear choke - Defense Visual Information Center 2006.jpg
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10 sectionsContents
- Air choke
- Blood choke
- Use in combat sports
- Use in law enforcement (lateral vascular neck restraint)
- Types
- Grips
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- References
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A chokehold, choke, stranglehold or, in Judo, shime-waza () is a general term for a grappling hold that critically reduces or prevents either air (choking) or blood (strangling) from passing through the neck of an opponent. The restriction may be of one or both and depends on the hold used and the reaction of the victim. While the time it takes for the choke to render an opponent unconscious varies depending on the type of choke, the average across all has been recorded as 9 seconds.
The lack of blood or air often leads to unconsciousness or even death if the hold is maintained. Chokeholds are used in martial arts, combat sports, self-defense, law enforcement and in military hand to hand combat applications. They are considered superior to brute-force manual strangling, which generally requires a large disparity in physical strength to be effective. Rather than using the fingers or arms to attempt to crush the neck, chokeholds effectively use leverage such as figure-four holds or collar holds that use the clothes to assist in the constriction.