The pin is a means to an end – not the end itself: In is a truly crucial skill. Learning to immobilize is of the keys to finishing them. Without immobilizing first it's very hard to consistently enter into . However, don't stop at immobilization – that's the path but it's not the destination – the destination is . Make sure when you're practicing that you always seek to go beyond holding opponents down and go into finishing scenarios. This can be frustrating at first, since the extra movement almost always in a diminishing of your control and opponents will often slip out of the pin. You have to get past this hurdle and to take the of extra movement to get the highest reward