Jelq "Snifter" Grip: Dangerous?

I’m new to all this and I’m innovating around the edges, but I’d like to run this by those of you that might be able to spot a danger in a technique I’ve devised.

After using the OK and U grips, I wanted to develop something that was targeted at the CCs and underside of my erection rather than the dorsal area. What I came up with is as follows:

Make sure your fingernails are not sharp or long and that you are shaved with all nicks healed before trying this

1 - Rotate right hand so that palm is facing upward, thumb is pointing left, and fingers are pointing toward body
2 - Seperate the middle and ring fingers to form a “V”
3 - Place hand at base of penis so that the shaft passes through the “V” (relax hand orientation so that palm faces or rests against underside of shaft)
4 - Curl fingers toward palm so that tips of middle and ring fingers meet on dorsal side of penis (middle and ring fingers should remain as low on the sides of the shaft as possible)
5a - Squeeze middle and ring fingers together to create a vicing action (can use other hand to assist this if necessary)
5b - You can optionally use a secondary vicing action by pressing the tips of your fingers against the dorsal side of the penis (this causes the crease of the “V” to target the center of the underside)
6 - Pull upward slowly until you reach the glans, gradually relaxing your grip as you progress along the shaft. Alternate hands.

If this is super confusing, sorry. I don’t have a digicam right now or I’d show you verbatum. Until then, this will have to suffice.

It should be noted that because of the orientation of the grip being applied and because you are targeting the underside, you can target portions of the base of the penile shaft that precede those accessible when using the OK or U style grips.

What I have found is that this grip really seems to do well at fully targeting the circumference with more focus on the CCs than the OK grip but less focus on the CCs than the U grip. You can also do this grip by applying the “V” to one CC at a time (alternating right and left sides of shaft.)
The only variation of this grip that I would not recommend is trying to apply it to the dorsal side. This could be a quick way to damage the nerve.

You can try to twist the orientation of the grip as you progress, but I haven’t done so. If you try to target the underside (the only striking advantage of this grip), you should be aware that you will be creating an asymmetrical vicing action between the dorsal side and underside of the penis. The pressure of your fingertips on the dorsal side will be applied farther along the shaft than the pressure of the crease between your fingers on the underside. I think that over time, this will give a slight straightening effect if you have an upward curve; something you may want to compensate for if you already straight and don’t want to start a negative curve.

My question for more advanced PE’ers is: is this variation dangerous?
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Not 100% sure about what you are doing, but why are you inventing new stuff before using the tried and true methods and easy to use grips?

Because it’s there, gprent. Because it’s there and I’m a curious bastard.

Yeah, it’s confusing, and it really has very little advantage over the U grip now that I’ve used this variation a couple times.

What I was trying to do was target my Corpus Spongeosum specifically, not the CCs on the sides. This would help round out my girth as I go along, I hope. Right now I’m thicker toward the sides than I am between the dorsal and underside. Sure, that’s partially just how I’m shaped, but I want to correct for it. Any ideas?

I use an ‘O’ grip and my CS seems to be getting thicker.

I know what you’re talking about Q__Hybrid. I do it somewhat similar to yours. I use different fingers though. The best way to describe a similar pull is to do the OK Grip, but instead of the 3 free fingers being under the penis, you put them above the penis which should make the base of the penis be between the index and middle finger and at the same time you are still in the ok grip. The middle finger tends to help move the blood more and this formation turns the penis sideways and puts more pressure on the chamber area .At 70%+ erection, you will really feel it on the chambers.

I called it the “Snifter” grip because of the way you’re supposed to hold a goblet. You cup the vase of it in your palm and let the neck pass between the middle and ring fingers of your upturned hand.

A super strong side-specific application of this is to apply this to one CC at a time. It doesn’t really do anything for CS, but it’s so tough it’ll bite you if you use it to much. I never have any spotting no matter what I.D. I set my U or O grips, but this is different.

Side Specific: (at your own risk!)
-Place right hand on right thigh, palm side up
-Seperate middle and ring fingers of hand
(keep forefinger with middle and pinky with ring, don't spread)
-Aim “V” of hand at shaft of erection
-Slide hand left and orient V at base of shaft
-Curl fingers and thumb as though making a fist
(Do this gently. Proper technique will focus pressure at the base of the right CC)
-Pull along shaft, then assume V grip with left hand and repeat
-You can rotate your wrist as you pull to increase the pressure, but you should be cautious if you try this. V gripping really traps overly well and you’ll have spotting or worse because nothing can escape.

Ok, that’s my last on this bit. Hope somebody finds it informative. It’s too treacherous for me to use regularly. I get carried away and then I have to skip a couple days to recover.

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I tried it bro, it hurts my wrist and it seems awkward but what counts is it works for you.

THIS THREAD IS WORTH A BUMP!

I recently came across something like this here at TP, and can’t find the thread I was reading. I think the other thread even had a picture of a TP member demonstrating it.

The “other thread” described something similiar, with the following modification:
1. Turn the palm inward.
2. Curl your fingers inward as well, but don’t make a complete fist.
3. Grab the base of the shaft between the middle and ring finger.
4. Jelq upward.

This has several great advantages:
1. It concentrates on the CC’s.
2. It doesn’t put pressure or stress on the dorsal nerve.
3. Your knuckles can grab deeper into the base of the shaft much more easily than using any kind of “OK” sign grip, whether overhand or underhand.

Another advantage:

Like “piss pulls,” this method of jelqing can be done while standing at a toilet/urinal. It’s impossible to get a decent OK grip for jelqing through a zipper, but a “snifter grip” with the knuckles can bypass the zipper to get at the base of the shaft. It’s not the most efficient, but it’s a quick way to get in a few jelqs.

I found the posting I mentioned earlier. drabbuhmot - Knuckle stretch

The TP member, Drabbuhmot, was describing something like a reverse “snifter grip” for doing stretches (not jelqs, per se).

He wrote, “…stand, hold your arm down in front of you, and make a fist, palm facing in. You can now grab your penis between your knuckles.”

To be more exact, once you have a fist in front of your unit, use the middle and ring fingers—at the second joint—to grab the shaft of the base on the bottom (ventral) side and pull up toward the glans.

Drabbuhmot has a picture earlier on in the same thread, but it’s of something different, what he calls a “jelq-style thumb grip.”

Some one just PM’d me about this technique, asking if I used it for jelqing or stretching, and how well it works.

Coincidentally, I was also dialoguing with another TP member about ModestoMan’s penis MRI pictures. If you check out the first two pictures at ModestoMan - MRI of MY Penis., post #19, you’ll see how deep the ‘hidden penis’ actually extends into the scrotum/perineal area.

That being the case, I’m more convinced than ever that decent PE (which should also improve EQ) can’t ignore the ‘hidden penis.’ For me personally, that portion of my dick tends to be a weak point for EQ. The “snifter” jelq targets the upper portion of the hidden penis, and seems to help EQ. [Note that the “snifter” jelq is a bit different than the “knuckle grip” jelq. The actual “grip” isn’t as important as actually reaching the hidden penis by whatever means.]

Accordingly, I’ve tried to jelq even further down, pressing from the anus up toward the glans. This requires more than a snifter grip, and has to be done with two hands on either side of the scrotum. ModestoMan’s pictures illustrate the area(s) I’m talking about.

I suspect that targeting the hidden penis would help not just with EQ, but with actual penis enlargement as well. After all, having a better supply and flow of blood in the hidden penis can only help the blood flow to the exposed penis, right?

I tried duplicating the stretch that was first described (it seemed to make sense when I read it) and that was quite an interesting sensation. I’m still feeling it about a minute later after just one. This may or may not be a good thing.

Despite the variations of the stretch, the snifter/whatever sounds interesting. But would you all recommend this for someone who’s started recently, or after many months of stretching?

No!

That would explain why my dick seems to have fallen off after I did 10 of those.

I’m not sure if Kingpole’s “No!” is saying no to the first or last part of your question—no to doing a snifter jelq for a newbie, OR no, it’s not necessary to try it after many months of stretching.

While I didn’t try the snifter jelq until I’d been doing PE for a while, I don’t think any particular way of gripping the shaft is what creates any danger. Rather, it’s how vigorously one is jelqing. I even discussed PE techniques with my urologist. He recommended kegels and pumping for penile health and performance, but was leery of jelqing IF it was overdone. The only other possible danger would be this: when jelqing inside the scrotum, one has to be careful not to torque or bruise other vessels, such as the vas deferens or epididymis.

All I’m suggesting is that—regardless of whether one uses a one-handed or two-handed method—it makes sense that jelqing includes the “hidden penis.” After all, it’s all the same organ! Why would one train the upper half of the bicep, and not the lower half? So training the entire penile shaft would be beneficial to both EQ and general PE gains.