The beauty of the ManrikiGarrotte is...it is a steel cable that is very thin...and when you snag someone's incoming limb and you learn how to encircle, snare and pull it taut...very fast and almost in a single fluid movement...the cable bites into the tendons, ligaments and muscles and it smashes the structures into bone...usually causing an involuntary release of anything in their hand. It does take practice, but is not beyond the reach of anyone that desires it. I had a great time down there, and I am growing with this thing, as well as others...and I have the V-Gar thread growing...I am taking my time this go around with the thread.