Chokeholds and Lateral Vascular Restraints Call For Training

No matter how you label it — lateral vascular neck restraint, chokehold or stranglehold — these techniques are more deadly than people realize. Most large metropolitan police departments don't teach the hold, and local martial arts experts advise that it can be an effective technique in competition, but only with proper training.

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