Human Weapon: Armbar

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Anyone who loves martial arts has probably seen the show Human Weapon on The History Channel at some point. One of the things I remember the show doing well was demonstrating techniques with computer animation.

So it should have been no surprise to me to find a short, 21-second clip from the show demonstrating the technique when I was searching for examples of it in MMA competition on Youtube. Check it out:

Obviously, segments like these only show the basic physics of a move. As a learning tool, however, videos like these could be quite effective – the 3d animation, the rotation around the virtual participants, and commentary could all point out specifics very differently than live-action instruction videos.

The show was great and if you missed it you can watch clips of it on Youtube. As I write this I recall that they may have released a DVD of both seasons. I guess I will see if Netflix has it…