Blue belt · Defense · Core
Single-leg defense: whizzer, hip pressure and limp leg
How to defend a single leg: whizzer, drive your hip in, then limp leg out. Use it whenever they grab one of your legs standing.
Step by step
- Prevent it: stance low, hands in front, lead leg not left out to grab.
- When they grab the leg, whizzer: overhook their arm on that side deep, hand on their back, and drive your hip down into their shoulder.
- Push their head down and away with your free hand so they can't stand up into you.
- Limp leg: point your trapped foot at the mat, turn your hips away, and pull the leg out straight.
- Once it's free, square back up or snap their head down to front headlock.
Details that make it work
- Hips in and heavy. A whizzer without hip pressure is just a hug.
- Keep your trapped leg low. Once it's high in their hands, you're hopping.
Common mistakes
- Hopping back on one leg with your hips square to them.
- A shallow whizzer that leaves their head in your chest.
Drill it
Partner holds a single: 5 whizzer-and-limp-leg escapes each leg. Then 3 × 1 min single-leg game.
If it fails, or what comes next
- Snap-down to front headlock Takedown · Standing
- Stance, motion & hand fighting Control · Standing
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