July 26, 2013

Low Single

1. Drive into your opponent and step your lead leg over the leg you are controlling (if controlling your opponent’s right leg, this will be with your left leg).

2. Put your knee on the mat towards the inside his leg. This will make it difficult for your opponent to regain control of this leg.

3. As you do this, slide your locked hands below his knee and secure his lower leg.

4. From here, move your outside-hand and grip your opponent’s thigh from the front of his leg. If you are controlling your opponent’s right leg, this will be your right arm.

5. Once you have his upper leg secured, transfer your other hand to the outside of your opponent’s other leg. (If you are controlling your opponent’s right leg, this will be done with your left hand.) Use this hand to grip the outside of your opponent’s leg behind the knee, or just above it.

6. With both of your opponent’s legs now secured, drive into him with your near-shoulder and pull his legs toward you. This will allow you to drive him flat for the takedown.

Sweep Single

1. Drive into your opponent and step your lead leg over the leg you are controlling (if controlling your opponent’s right leg, this will be with your left leg).

2. Put your knee on the mat towards the inside his leg. This will make it difficult for your opponent to regain control of this leg.

3. As you do this, slide your locked hands below his knee and secure his lower leg.

4. From here, move your outside-hand and grip your opponent’s thigh from the front of his leg. If you are controlling your opponent’s right leg, this will be your right arm.

5. Once you have his upper leg secured, transfer your other hand to the outside of your opponent’s other leg. (If you are controlling your opponent’s right leg, this will be done with your left hand.) Use this hand to grip the outside of your opponent’s leg behind the knee, or just above it.

6. With both of your opponent’s legs now secured, drive into him with your near-shoulder and pull his legs toward you. This will allow you to drive him flat for the takedown.

Ankle Pick

1. Tie up with your opponent, and place one of your hands behind his neck.

2. Circle in the direction of the arm you placed on his neck. This forces him to step to follow you.

3. Dart your other hand down and cup his ankle when he takes a a step, around the outside of his foot.

4. Pull his ankle up as if to tuck it under your armpit, as you pull his head down with the hand you had placed behind his neck. Drive forward with your legs as you do this to destabilize his balance.

5. Stay in tight to maintain control and secure a takedown. If you execute well, your opponent will bail out to his stomach as you drive him backward.

Double Leg

1. Fake a jab to the face of your opponent to try to make him close his eyes. This is to prevent him from realizing what you want to do and sprawl on you.

2. Put one of your knees on the ground right between both of your opponent's legs and get down low, with both of your knees bent and your back straight. This will put your powerful thigh muscles into play and stop you from hurting your back.

3. Grab both of his legs, one in each hand.

4. Shove off the ground with your legs.

5. Sweep his legs aside of you.

6. Charge your shoulder into his chest.

7. Slam him down, landing with your shoulder in his chest, perpendicular to his chest with your body.

High Crotch

1. Secure an inside tie. This is done by grasping one of your opponent's triceps with an overhand grip.

2. Pull your opponent's arm over your head and behind you, as you drop to one knee and shoot your free arm between his legs. The knee that you should drop down is the knee opposite the side you have your inside tie on.

3. Lock your hands around your opponent's leg.

4. At this point you can drive up to your feet with the single leg locked, and trip your opponent to score a takedown, or switch your grip so that you are hooked around both his legs, and drive to the side, finishing the high crotch as you would.