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Ashi garami / single-leg X control

How to hold the leg entanglement so they can't escape: foot trapped, knees pinching, hips close. Without control, leg attacks don't work.

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Single Leg X and Outside Ashi Garami · Jahred Dell · YouTube

Step by step

  1. Their foot under your armpit, your forearm locked around their ankle.
  2. Inside foot on their hip pushing away; outside leg across their hip and butt.
  3. Squeeze your knees together and pin their knee.
  4. Keep your hips close; their knee stays trapped inside your legs.

Details that make it work

  • Control the knee line: once their knee gets past your hips, they're out.
  • Learn your gym's rules for heel hooks and reaping before you play here.

Common mistakes

  • Letting their hip escape.
  • Crossing your leg across their knee (reaping) in rule sets that ban it.

Drill it

Leg lock positional: start in ashi, partner escapes. 3 × 1 min.

If it fails, or what comes next

Set it up from

How to defend it

Leg lock defense: How to escape a leg entanglement: hide the heel, pull your knee past their hips, and get out. Tap early in training.

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