What happens physiologically to make someone unconscious during this kind of hold? How do you know you’re not suffocating someone or causing serious damage?
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There’s two things that can happen. What you see in martial arts such as jui jitsu is pressure being applied to both sides of the neck stopping blood flow to the brain. That can cause someone to black out. If you held it long enough, you could kill them. You’ll see referees checking for if someone is actually out.
The other could be actually choking someone in a way to cut off airflow. You woudln’t see that in article arts as you don’t want to mess with hurting someone trachea.
The sleeper hold in wrestling is basically a play on the the first option. They make it seem like someone is being choked out. The ref will raise their hands a few times for dramatic effect. When they “go out” (they pretend) they often seem like they’re unconscious for as long as needed for the story.
In reality if you’re choked out like above, you came back quickly. People will sometimes raise your legs move blood around.
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