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The Heel Hook Escape subfamily covers techniques for escaping the heel hook, one of the most dangerous submissions in grappling due to its ability to cause catastrophic knee ligament damage with minim...

The Inside Heel Hook Entry covers the specific pathways used to enter inside sankaku (saddle) ashi garami for the inside heel hook — the most dangerous submission in modern grappling. [1] Entries incl...

Heel hooks are among the most powerful and dangerous joint lock submissions in grappling, attacking the knee's rotational ligaments (ACL, MCL, LCL, meniscus) by controlling the heel and twisting the l...

The Standard Heel Hook Escape executes the primary defence by counter-rotating the body in the direction of the heel hook's rotation to relieve the twisting force on the knee, then clearing the knee p...

The Leg Lock family encompasses all joint lock submissions targeting the hip, knee, or ankle joints of the lower extremity — including heel hooks, kneebars, toe holds, calf slicers, and straight ankle...

Inside Sankaku (also called the Saddle, Honey Hole, or Game Over position) is the most dominant leg entanglement position in modern grappling — a configuration where the attacker's legs form a triangl...

The Inside Ankle Trip subfamily specifically targets the opponent's ankle from the inside, using the attacker's foot to hook or block the ankle while upper body pressure drives the opponent over the t...

Game Over is a 10th Planet leg lock finishing position corresponding to what the Danaher system calls 'inside ashi garami' — a reaping heel hook position where the attacker reaps the opponent's leg to...

The Standard Inside Ankle Trip executes the fundamental inside ankle hook-and-trip where the attacker, from a clinch position, steps between the opponent's legs, hooks the near ankle with the instep, ...

The Straight Leg Hook Kick is delivered with the kicking leg kept straight (or nearly straight) throughout the entire hooking arc, creating a wider trajectory and longer reach than the standard bent-k...

Joint locks are submission techniques that isolate a joint — elbow, shoulder, knee, ankle, hip, wrist, or spine — and apply force to hyperextend, hyperrotate, or compress it beyond its anatomical rang...

The Standard Ko Uchi Gari executes the fundamental minor inner reap where the attacker steps inside the opponent's stance, hooks the inside of the opponent's rear heel with the sole of the foot, and r...

The Imanari Roll is a rolling leg lock entry named after Japanese MMA fighter Masakazu Imanari — a forward shoulder roll from standing that threads the legs around the opponent's lead leg, landing dir...

Tony Montana is a 10th Planet leg lock attacking position for inside heel hook entries, reached from positions like 50/50 or outside ashi garami by 'zombieing' one leg over to transition and attack. [...

The Leg Lock Entry family covers techniques for entering leg entanglement positions (ashi garami) from standing — primarily through rolling entries, sit-outs, and guard-pull-to-leg-lock transitions th...

The Ko Uchi Gari Trip subfamily applies judo's minor inner reap as a takedown, where the attacker reaps the opponent's inner ankle or lower leg from the inside while directing the upper body backward ...

Rolling Entry takedowns are techniques where the attacker uses a forward or lateral roll to rapidly close distance and enter into leg entanglements, takedowns, or submission positions — sacrificing st...

The Leg Entanglement (Ashi Garami) family covers the system of leg-on-leg control positions that serve as the platform for all modern leg lock attacks — the positional hierarchy that revolutionised su...

The inside sankaku (honey hole/saddle) is the apex control position in the modern leg lock hierarchy, where the attacker forms a triangle configuration with their legs inside the opponent's trapped le...

Standard Ko Uchi Gari executes the classical minor inner reap where the thrower hooks or sweeps the opponent's near foot from the inside with a quick reaping action of the sole, pulling the foot out f...