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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.

Legs attacked Passing

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Step by step

  1. Hide your heel from their arm: turn it away from the crook of their elbow. Against a straight ankle lock, flex your toes back toward your shin (boot the foot).
  2. Clear the knee line: pull your knee out past their hips.
  3. Push their legs away; post and stand if you can.
  4. Never rotate out of a locked heel hook. In training, tap early.

Details that make it work

  • The knee line decides leg lock exchanges.
  • Standing or stepping over breaks the entanglement.

Common mistakes

Drill it

Leg lock escape game: 3 × 1 min.

If it fails, or what comes next

Set it up from

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