I do not disagree that if a punch is thrown quickly and pulled back just as quick - as it should be, trapping and putting a joint lock on would be extremely difficult even for someone highly trained, and in that situation there would be a lot of better alternatives than attempting to trap and lock the fast punch.
Mainly - Not getting hit first! Then, most likely striking back with your own palm heel to the nose, or up under the chin, or maybe a low kick to the knee.
With an untrained fighter throwing a punch at you, such as the drunken big brawling punch coming at you, the trained fighter may be able to pull of the lock. You will notice when I teach that I prefer techniques that get you outside, and I more than once in the dvds and during seminars and classes say that as long as you get out of the way of the punch, it is okay if you miss a trap or lock, since you didn't get hurt and when you miss the lock or trap you immediately go to something else, such as your strikes and kicks.
In a self-defense only program, as I stated above, I don't teach the locks, just getting off line, or covering, or both - essentially doing what you have to so you don't get hit and putting yourself in the position to escape toward safety or to attack back with your own tools such as palm heel strikes, elbows and knees if you are close or low kicks.
Everything has its place, and you can never think a certain techniques is going to work 100% - they don't. Nor can you plan on what technique you will use 100% - sometimes you don't have an opening or opportunity for the technique you want to use, so you must do something else.
That's why it is good to have options...
Yours in Training,
Alain
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