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Arm Drag to neck constraint
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Under-over arm drag into a neck constraint. Drop the knee, take the chin, close structure, block the elbow.
1Martial science applied in this lesson
Public teaching: light pressure, consent, reversible drills. Education and teacher-training framing only. No knockout or organ-death claims.
This technique uses three working points: Stomach 5, Stomach 6, and Triple Burner 11 (Sanjiao 11 / SJ-11 / TB-11). Know them before you move. The video shows the application; this section names what you are touching and why it matters. Diagrams for each point are in the image blocks above.
ST-5 · 大迎 Dà Yíng · Daying ("Great Welcome")
| Meridian | Foot Yangming Stomach |
| Element | Earth |
| Body side | Yang (Yangming) · face/jaw, anterior to the mandibular angle |
| Weakened by | Wood (controls Earth) |
| Strengthened by | Fire (generates Earth) |
| Chinese / English | 大迎 Dà Yíng — Great Welcome (also Big Welcome). Named for the facial artery pulse site on the jaw line where the Stomach channel is classically received as it continues down the face-neck path. |
| Acupuncture | Local face and jaw point. Classically used for facial paralysis/deviation, lockjaw (trismus), lower-jaw toothache, and cheek/jaw swelling. Sits on the anterior border of masseter where the facial artery pulses; avoid the artery in needling. This is literacy for teachers, not a home-needling guide. |
| In this lesson | Chin release in the neck restraint. Pressure in the soft groove just anterior to the masseter attachment on the mandible softens the partner’s chin/jaw hold so the restraint can settle without fighting a locked jaw. Train light, with consent; stop for distress or vascular symptoms. |
Location check: Anterior to the angle of the mandible, on the anterior border of the attached masseter, in the groove-like depression when the cheek is bulged / teeth clenched; facial artery pulse here.
ST-6 · 颊车 Jiá Chē · Jiache ("Jaw Bone" / "Cheek Carriage")
| Meridian | Foot Yangming Stomach |
| Element | Earth |
| Body side | Yang (Yangming) · face/masseter at the jaw-angle prominence |
| Weakened by | Wood |
| Strengthened by | Fire |
| Chinese / English | 颊车 Jiá Chē — Jaw Bone / Cheek Carriage. Jia = cheek; Che = carriage. The masseter is the “carriage” that moves the cheek and jaw. |
| Acupuncture | Primary local masseter point. Classically used for toothache, TMJ pain, lockjaw, facial paralysis, and masseter spasm or swelling. Clench the teeth to raise the muscle belly, then locate on that prominence. |
| In this lesson | Masseter pain compliance in the neck restraint. Direct pressure into the clenched masseter belly creates sharp local pain that encourages the partner to stop fighting the head position. Same Earth face line as ST-5: ST-5 for chin release; ST-6 for masseter compliance. Train light, with consent; do not crush the TMJ. |
Location check: About one finger-breadth anterior and superior to the lower angle of the mandible, on the prominence of the masseter when the teeth are clenched.
SJ-11 / TB-11 · 清冷渊 Qīng Lěng Yuān · Qinglengyuan ("Clear Cold Abyss")
| Meridian | Hand Shaoyang Sanjiao (Triple Burner / TB / TW / TE) |
| Element | Fire (ministerial fire) |
| Body side | Yang (Shaoyang) · posterior/lateral upper arm on the triceps line proximal to the elbow |
| Weakened by | Water (controls Fire) |
| Strengthened by | Wood (generates Fire) |
| Chinese / English | 清冷渊 Qīng Lěng Yuān — Clear Cold Abyss (also Clear Cold Deep). Qing = clear; Leng = cold; Yuan = deep pool/abyss. |
| Acupuncture | Not a major textbook workhorse. Classically indicated for shoulder and arm pain/stiffness (including difficulty raising the arm), plus some head/eye damp-heat indications. Location: elbow flexed, 1 cun proximal to SJ-10 Tianjing (~2 cun superior to the olecranon) in the triceps depression on the Sanjiao line. |
| In this lesson | Arm release that makes the under-hook arm drag work. The under-hook loads the upper arm on the Shaoyang / triceps line. Pressure at Qinglengyuan softens that posterior upper-arm brace so the drag can take the elbow and shoulder instead of stalling. Public teaching: light pressure, reversible partner drills. |
Location check: Elbow flexed; 1 cun proximal to SJ-10 Tianjing on the Sanjiao line through triceps brachii.
How the three stack in Monkeys Brew
- Neck restraint: ST-5 (chin release) + ST-6 (masseter pain compliance) on the same Yangming Earth face line.
- Arm drag: SJ-11 on the Shaoyang Fire upper-arm line as the arm-release lever that lets the under-hook finish.
2Opening: monkey roots, street application
Monkey is playful, creative, and destructive in combat. It often uses strikes, pinches, and grabs against the weak points of the human body.
We may be practicing Street Jujitsu, which does not always look like the traditional arts. In this lesson the traditional Kung Fu animal style known as the monkey helps us understand the technique, because it is one of the origins of these kinds of movements.
Because today’s focus is street application, we will not spend this lesson on the form origins. We will spend it on how the movement is applied in modern combat.
3Technique: under-hook arm drag to neck restraint
Goal
Someone is in front of you. You need to turn them, take the near-side arm, and lock the neck so you own their posture. This is not a dance and not an arm-strength pull. It is a drop that puts their chin where your hand can take it, then a close that finishes the control.
Setup
- Face your partner.
- Stand close enough to reach under their near arm without leaning.
- Keep your free arm ready behind you so they cannot elbow your face when you turn them.
The under-hook arm drag
- Reach under their near arm (the under-hook).
- Grab above the elbow — bone and meat, not soft forearm fabric. This is where TB-11’s arm-release idea lives in the application.
- Do not yank them around with arm strength alone.
- Drop your knee as you drag. Bring your elbow toward your knee on the same side. That drop is the power.
- They turn. Their chin comes into your line.
The neck restraint
- The drop puts the chin right where you need it. Take ST-5 as the release on the chin / lower jaw line so the head turns cleanly into your hand.
- Slide your hand across. When you need more compliance, load ST-6 on the masseter (see the diagrams above). Press the face. Stay gentle in class. On the street you close it.
- Squeeze in. Own the neck. Break their posture forward or turned.
- Keep the free arm back or blocking. If that arm is dead, they can elbow. Drill it: partner tries to elbow; your back arm stops it.
One clean pass (repeat)
Reach under → grab above the elbow → drop the knee, elbow to knee → chin arrives → hand across ST-5 / ST-6 → close and control → block the elbow → hold.
Work both sides. Trade roles. Stop when the structure is clear, not when someone is hurt. Street Jujitsu ends the fight by owning posture, then you decide.
Common mistakes
- Pulling with the arm and “dancing” them around — no drop, no chin.
- Leaving the free arm forward so they can elbow your face.
- Grabbing too low on the forearm instead of above the elbow.
- Racing — slow until the drop and the chin hand are one motion.
4Class discussion
Partners in the demo: Cameron and Chris with Sifu Michael Johnson.
Use the comments below for questions, partner notes, and coaching from Sifu. Reply to each other. Keep it practical: what worked, where the drop failed, whether the free-arm block held.