Run The Pipe

Coach Brian emphasizes not pulling your opponent down aggressively into a scramble, as this can leave you vulnerable to getting caught with your opponent on your back. Instead, loosen your grip and let their leg slide through so you can maintain control and pass cleanly.

According to Coach Brian, you want to pass through the spine using elbows only (or knees if preferred), keeping everything tight and controlled. Make sure to complete the full sequence—one step, two step—before attempting any advanced variations.

Coach Brian recommends beginners start with the basic version first. While you can eventually add fancy footwork like the re-drive or step-through variations, most practitioners should master the fundamental technique before attempting these modifications.

The Run The Pipe finish completes the single leg by driving laterally in a circular arc while maintaining control of the captured leg, forcing the opponent to hop until they lose balance. The attacker keeps the leg secured tight to the chest, maintains head pressure on the inside hip, and runs in a half-circle while lifting the captured leg.

Run the pipe is a fundamental American wrestling finishing method, developed and refined in folkstyle wrestling programmes where the single leg is the most common attack. The term 'run the pipe' refers to the circular path the attacker runs, as if tracing the circumference of a pipe.

IJF: запрещён — Banned since 2010 leg grab prohibition — direct hansoku-make for touching opp…; IBJJF: разрешён — Legal at all belt levels, scored as takedown (2 points); UWW: ограничен — Legal in freestyle (2-4 points), banned in Greco-Roman (no attacks below waist); Unified MMA: разрешён — Legal takedown technique; ADCC: разрешён — Legal, scored 2-4 points in second half of match; FIAS Sport Sambo: разрешён — Legal — all takedowns permitted; FIAS Combat Sambo: разрешён — Legal; NCAA Folkstyle: разрешён — Legal, scored as takedown (2 points)

Оценка опасности 3/10. Moderate — single leg is one of the safest takedowns; controlled descent (John Smith methodology)

Стандартная цепочка подготовки: Establish Contact → Create Off-Balance → Execute the Takedown → Follow to Ground.

Стандартные контрприёмы: Sprawl — drop hips back and drive weight down to stuff the takedown attempt / Underhook — establish inside position to control distance and prevent the takedown entry / Post and Circle — post on the attacker's head and circle away to break their angle / Level Change Defence — recognize the shot early and react with appropriate hip defence.

Распространённые варианты: Inside single (shooting to the inside of the lead leg, head inside position); Outside single (attacking from the outside of the lead leg); High crotch (securing the thigh above the knee with head in the hip); Low single (attacking the ankle from outside range without deep penet…).

Run the pipe is one of the most commonly used single leg finishes in NCAA and freestyle competition.

Основные ошибки, на которые стоит обратить внимание: Running in a straight line instead of an arc — the curve is what off-balances the hopping opponent / Letting the leg slip during the run because the grip wasn't tight enough / Steps too slow and large — you need rapid, choppy footwork / Not keeping your head against their hip, so they can rotate to face you.

Run The Pipe также известен как Ran Za Paipu, Run The Pipe Finish, Circle-Out Single Leg, Lateral Run Finish.