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They were undertrained for decades, creating a vulnerability to them that is now being exploited
Legs go from 0 to 100 real quick. If you're caught in an arm bar you may tough it out for a little while, when someone hooks a heel you don't have time
I don't really fight submissions as it is but every now and then I try to fight an arm bar or a choke. As soon as someone goes for a any leg techniques I give in right away. I can't afford to be limping and having issues walking with my job and life in general. I got my knee reaped once and it was enough to let me know don't ever let someone hurt my legs it will affect my life way to much.
Exactly. In the gym a lot of people just tap when you grab the leg. But for those who don't tap to fear often let it go one second too late do some serious damage. In practice most ppl will be cool when applying it. In competition though I've seen a lot of quick locks and screams
This is super interesting to me as well. How do you shut a leg locker down? And what are the fundamental things to do once they have your legs tangled? Probably eventually ill buy a dvd but right now my dvd library is 2 dvds strong and on the basics.Craig Jones has filmed really good escape videos for the Grapplers Guide and he's really strong on the principle that you need to tap if your opponent has the heel and his two hands locked into the heel hook.
Your job is to control one arm and to manage to escape your heel with various techniques (ballerina foot, aligning your hips, pushing the legs to recover the knee line...) . When you lose control of the hand it's too late and if you're training you better tap as soon as you see the hands lock together.
This is super interesting to me as well. How do you shut a leg locker down? And what are the fundamental things to do once they have your legs tangled? Probably eventually ill buy a dvd but right now my dvd library is 2 dvds strong and on the basics.
This is super interesting to me as well. How do you shut a leg locker down? And what are the fundamental things to do once they have your legs tangled? Probably eventually ill buy a dvd but right now my dvd library is 2 dvds strong and on the basics.
You can't really train heel hooks properly until you get to a certain rank in my gym. It's a gracie gym maybe it's just gracie style gyms or something.
yet how long does it take before that person can reliably stay safe in somebody's guard? years???
Exactly. In the gym a lot of people just tap when you grab the leg. But for those who don't tap to fear often let it go one second too late do some serious damage. In practice most ppl will be cool when applying it. In competition though I've seen a lot of quick locks and screams
Everything you described is the exact focus of the $20 Eddie Cummings instructional. It covers the main offensive and defensive goals for both the outside and inside heel hooks. It's my favorite set so far because it's the only one that truly addresses what the offensive athlete needs to do to finish the leg locks as well as what the defensive athlete needs to do. He doesn't talk too much and is right to the point but also very detailed and thorough.This is super interesting to me as well. How do you shut a leg locker down? And what are the fundamental things to do once they have your legs tangled? Probably eventually ill buy a dvd but right now my dvd library is 2 dvds strong and on the basics.
Why would you tap right away to an ankle lock knee bar ? Toe holds can be tricky but still you can defend well, hh are the only ones that you should tap in training as soon as someone has a deep hook and a good control of your leg.
Also Craig Jones just dropped some good stuff on Grapplers Guide for heel hook defense too. I haven't seen it yet but I'm assuming it's good since it's Craig Jones.