Grapevine BJJ Leglock from Mount: Legit Move?
Feb 19, 2024BJJEE
An Instagram video went viral showing a leg lock from mount in the grapevine. In BJJ, the grapevine position generally involves the practitioner on top in the mount position intertwining their legs...
Gordon Ryan Shows A Powerful Trilemma: Leglock Defense, Attacks, Guard Passes & Back Takes
Nov 19, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
As you climb through the ranks of Jiu-Jitsu – both when it comes to belts and skill levels – you’ll come to understand that the best way to submit opponents isn’t with just...
Robert Degle Betraying his Own Kind: How To Pass a Leglocker’s Guard
Sep 01, 2023BJJEE
When searching on Google for ways to counter leg lockers, you will come across various counter-curses that aim to remove the leg-locker curse or leg-locking spell, which are fictional spells from the...
Firas Zahabi: Leglocks Are The Best Anti wrestling Technique Because They Defuse Sprawling
Apr 17, 2023BJJEE
Firas Zahabi is an outstanding mind for bjj and bjj in mma. Zahabi recently released a video where he narrates a roll against a pedigreed wrestler. In the video he is grappling Johnny Yates...
Dean Lister Has Precious Advice for Someone Wanting to Get Better at Leglocks
Jan 22, 2023BJJEE
A household name in almost any BJJ community, Dean Lister is a 3 time ADCC World Champion and, perhaps more importantly, one of the jiujiteiros who are most responsible for the last decade’s...
[Watch] MMA Fighter Crosses Ankles While On Opponent’s Back – Gets Leglocked
Jun 08, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
There are several things that constitute good back control in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. For instance, getting your seatbelt grip is often the safest thing to do to establish control, while staying as...
Set Up The 4/11 Position From Butterfly Guard – And Get Your Leglocks
Dec 18, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
If you’re a Jiujiteiro that adores leglocks and setups that lead to them, then we have an awesome treat for you! In fact, it is so awesome that you’ll find yourself using it rather...
Rickson Gracie Shares His Honest Opinion on the Modern Leglock Game
Sep 23, 2021BJJEE
Leglocks have been at the center of the bjj zeitgeist for quite some time. They are referred to as the great equalizer. Cases like this are just why. A white belt competitor named James Hunt had an...
Get More TAPS With This Armbar & Leglock HACK!
Jul 02, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
These days, it seems as if everyone is on the lookout for a hack to get better in Jiu-Jitsu. They want that “fast route” to improvement and to getting more finishes… Without putting...
Here are “Secrets” To Improving Your Leglock Game In Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Mar 30, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
With the boom of the Leglock game in the recent years, almost every Jiujiteiro wants to get better at it. However, with so much information out there, it can be rather difficult to figure out how to...
How To Pull Guard into a Leglock Rousimar Palhares Style
Mar 06, 2021BJJEE
GSP’s coach, Firas Zahabi, shows us how to aggressively pull guard to immediately attack a foot lock, Rousimar Palhares style: Love him or hate him Rousimar is an effective grappler. I...
Stubborn Grapplers REFUSES to Tap Multiple Times To Leglocks -Pays the Price
Mar 02, 2021BJJEE
In brazilian jiu-jitsu – like in life – it’s very important to know how to deal with defeat, failure and losing. In 2017, while the above mentioned gentlemen put up a decent match...
You’ve Never Learned Leglocks Before? Here’s An Introduction To Leg Locks
Jan 31, 2021BJJEE
Guest post by Evolve MMA, Asia’s premier championship brand for martial arts. It has the most number of World Champions on the planet. Named as the #1 ranked martial arts organization in Asia by...
The 7 Key Differences Between Old School & New School Leglocks
Jan 31, 2021BJJEE
Leg locks in traditional Gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academies still seem to get a bad rap. In other similar grappling arts like Sambo or Catch Wrestling, they occupy an important place. In recent years a...
You’ve Never Learned Leglocks Before? This Is How To Start
Nov 04, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
So you’ve never learned Leglocks before, haven’t you? It may have been because your academy is more „traditional“ in that sense – or, quite simply, because you were a new white belt...
How to Pass Guards Quickly and Easily By Using Leglocks
Oct 10, 2020BJJEE
Australia’s Craig Jones made a huge impact last year when came out of nowhere and dominated and submitted huge stars Leandro Lo, Murilo Santana and even the UFC’s Chael Sonnen at the 2017 ADCC....
John Danaher Debunks the Claim that ‘Leglocks Don’t Work in MMA’
Sep 14, 2020BJJEE
Leg locks in traditional Gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academies still seem to get a bad rap. In other similar grappling arts like Sambo or Catch Wrestling, they occupy an important place. In recent years a...
Craziest Leglock Sequence Ever in a Grappling Match?
Sep 01, 2020BJJEE
Leglocks have been steadily getting more popularity in bjj culminating with all the success of Renzo Gracie’s NY Academy students. Still John Danaher recently shared a pretty scathing review of...
Defeat The De La Riva Guard With The Two Highest Percentage Leglocks
Sep 01, 2020BJJEE
What the De La Riva Guard is, is an open guard. Usually it’s utilized when someone is doing standing passes. The reach makes De La Riva ideal for this type of situations. Other option for standing...
Simplify Your BJJ: Go For The Leglock Immediately After A Takedown!
Aug 15, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
There are a LOT of cool sequences to try out and use in BJJ! One of our sport’s greatest advantages is exactly that; the opportunity to mix all of those moves together, with an ultimate goal of...
An In-Depth Look Into Judo Leglocks
Aug 14, 2020BJJEE
Leglocks have been steadily getting more popularity in bjj culminating with all the success of Renzo Gracie’s NY Academy students. Still John Danaher recently shared a pretty scathing review of...
How To Set Up The Most Dangerous Leglock: Double Inverted Heelhook
Jul 26, 2020BJJEE
The heel hook is a tremendous weapon, both in grappling and in MMA. While we see heel hooks more often in Grappling, they are if applied properly and keeping you far away from strikes, very effective...
These Are The Top 10 Leglockers in BJJ today
May 21, 2020BJJEE
Leglock submissions are alive and kicking! It seems like lower body attacks will not go out of fashion soon and how else could it be, when time after time we witness their efficiency on the highest...
Dean Lister Teaches ‘Ugly Girl, Pretty Girl Leglock’
May 21, 2020BJJEE
The Legendary Grappler, Dean Lister from Victory MMA in San Diego USA, in this video explains his Pretty Girl, Ugly Girl concept for attacking the leglock. Dean Lister is an American mixed martial...
