A video shared by Tool‘s Maynard James Keenan on Thursday (March 31) demonstrates what the rock singer and Brazilian jiu jitsu brown belt calls an anti-slap technique that he jokingly says “could’ve saved Chris Rock‘s life the other night.”
Terming it a “cuck block,” the Tool singer refers to the onstage altercation that occurred between the comedian Rock and Best Actor winner Will Smith at the 94th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles last week (March 27). After Rock made a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, Will walked to the stage and slapped him in the face.
See Keenan’s video near the bottom of this post.
The Tool rocker breaks down the martial arts-based defensive move on the training floor with some of his jiu jitsu partners at Verde Valley Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Cottonwood, Ariz.
“[Here’s one] of the techniques that could’ve saved Chris Rock’s life the other night,” Keenan remarks. “So, here’s what happened … First of all, he had his hands behind his back. Not smart when somebody’s rollin’ up on you like that.”
He continues, working with instructor Chris Burns on the elbow-throwing maneuver, “So here’s the solution, alright? … What do we call that? A cuck block. I’ll see myself out.” (Keenan, who lives in nearby Jerome, Ariz., is also a co-founder of Verde Valley BJJ.)
Keenan and the progressive rockers in Tool are currently between American and Europen legs of their 2022 tour. They’ve played several older songs for the first time in years on the trek. In 2019, they released the album Fear Inoculum, their first studio effort in 13 years.
Tool’s Maynard James Keenan Demonstrates the Anti-Slap “Cuck Block”
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