Originally Posted by
Josh Yelverton
I've seen more people injured from kimuras and armbars than I have from heel hooks. The injuries occurring from leg locks stem from lack of knowledge on both sides and in some cases a lack of respect. The joint layout for the the leg is the same as the arm. Ball joint, hinge joint, ball joint, from top to bottom. There's no pressures that can be put on the leg joints that can't be put on the corresponding joints in the arm. The main three things that separate them are shape, size, and placement. So maintaining ignorance of leglocks is quite literally the equivalent of ignoring armlocks. So even if we were to abolish leg locks in kids matches, they still need to be educated on them, just as they would be with an armbar and such. Tonon's post was on point.