Editing Pankration (section)

===Locking techniques===
[[File:Arte romana, Lottatori, 1-100 circa da un originale del III secolo a.C. 02.JPG|thumb|right|[[The Pancrastinae]]. A Roman statue portraying the pancratium, which was an event showcased at the [[Colosseum]]. Even as late as the [[Early Middle Ages]], statues were put up in Rome and other cities to honour remarkable pankratiasts. This statue is a Roman copy of a lost Greek original, {{circa|3rd}} century BC. [[Uffizi Gallery]], Florence.]]

====Arm locks====
Arm locks can be performed in many different situations using many different techniques.

=====Single shoulder lock (overextension)=====
The athlete is behind the opponent and has him leaning down, with the right knee of the opponent on the ground. The athlete has the opponent's right arm straightened out and extended maximally backward at the shoulder joint. With the opponent's right arm across his own torso, the athlete uses his left hand to keep the pressure on the opponent's right arm by grabbing and pressing down on it just above the wrist. The right hand of the athlete is pressing down at the (side of) the head of the opponent, thus not permitting him to rotate to his right to relieve the pressure on his shoulder. As the opponent could escape by lowering himself closer to the ground and rolling, the athlete steps with his left leg over the left leg of the opponent and wraps his foot around the ankle of the opponent stepping on his instep, while pushing his body weight on the back of the opponent.

=====Single arm bar (elbow lock)=====
In this technique, the position of the bodies is very similar to the one described just above. The athlete executing the technique is standing over his opponent's back, while the latter is down on his right knee. The left leg of the athlete is straddling the left thigh of the opponent—the left knee of the opponent is not on the floor—and is trapping the left foot of the opponent by stepping on it. The athlete uses his left hand to push down on the side/back of the head of the opponent while with his right hand he pulls the opponent's right arm back, against his midsection. This creates an arm bar on the right arm with the pressure now being mostly on the elbow. The fallen opponent cannot relieve it, because his head is being shoved the opposite way by the left hand of the athlete executing the technique.

[[File:Pankratiasten in fight greek statue 2 century bC.jpg|thumb|Pankratiasts fighting. Greek bronze, 2nd century BC. [[Staatliche Antikensammlungen]], Munich.]]

=====Arm bar – shoulder lock combination=====
In this technique, the athlete is again behind his opponent, has the left arm of his opponent trapped, and is pulling back on his right arm. The trapped left arm is bent, with the fingers and palm trapped inside the armpit of the athlete. To trap the left arm, the athlete has pushed (from outside) his own left arm underneath the left elbow of the opponent. The athlete's left hand ends up pressing down on the scapula region of his opponent's back. This position does not permit the opponent to pull out his hand from the athlete's armpit and puts pressure on the left shoulder. The right arm of the athlete is pulling back at the opponent's right wrist (or forearm). In this way, the athlete keeps the right arm of his opponent straightened and tightly pulled against his right hip/lower abdomen area, which results in an arm bar putting pressure on the right elbow. The athlete is in full contact on top of the opponent, with his right leg in front of the right leg of the opponent to block him from escaping by rolling forward.<ref name = "Pankration - An Olympic Combat Sport" />

====Leg locks====

Pankratiasts would refer to two different kinds of athletes: "the one who wrestles with the heel" and "the one who wrestles with the ankle", which indicates early knowledge of what is now known as the straight ankle-lock, and the [[Leglock#Heel hook|heel hook]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jitsmagazine.com/submission-history-the-origins-of-the-heelhook/|title=Submission History: The Origins of the Heelhook|date=12 August 2020|access-date=20 September 2020|archive-date=29 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929165447/https://jitsmagazine.com/submission-history-the-origins-of-the-heelhook/|url-status=live}}</ref>