I am tanking the arial prisoner

<>Warrior lashes out with a diamond studded whip and wraps it around an imprisoned arial's neck!
An imprisoned arial passes out from the choking hold of a diamond studded whip!
An imprisoned arial is convulsing on the ground.
***I am not out of combat. Should I not be out of combat when he is choked?***

<> You must be fighting directly with him to perform kansetsuwaza. ***What happened here?***
An imprisoned arial is convulsing on the ground.

<> You fail to perform kansetsuwaza on an imprisoned arial.
Your kansetsuwaza misses an imprisoned arial.
An imprisoned arial is convulsing on the ground.

>I am tanking the arial prisoner
>
><>Warrior lashes out with a diamond studded whip and wraps it
>around an imprisoned arial's neck!
>An imprisoned arial passes out from the choking hold of a
>diamond studded whip!
>An imprisoned arial is convulsing on the ground.
>***I am not out of combat. Should I not be out of combat when
>he is choked?***
>
><> You must be fighting directly with him to perform
>kansetsuwaza. ***What happened here?***
>An imprisoned arial is convulsing on the ground.
>
><> You fail to perform kansetsuwaza on an imprisoned arial.
>Your kansetsuwaza misses an imprisoned arial.
>An imprisoned arial is convulsing on the ground.
>

When the prisoner was knocked out he is technically not in combat until someone strikes him again.