Kyra Gracie is one of the few Gracie women to achieve a black belt in BJJ and is the first Gracie female to actively compete in the sport. She is a 4x world BJJ champion and 3x ADCC. Her mother, Flavia Gracie, and her uncles Charles Gracie, Ralph Gracie, Renzo Gracie, Ryan Gracie (now deceased) all practice BJJ. She is the granddaughter of Robson Gracie and the great granddaughter of Carlos Gracie.
In this video, she shows a very sneaky and effective set up for a heel hook, coming from the guard pass.
Some techniques are to be done in tournaments only… Simply because of the dangers of injury to your training partners – and the following Heel Hook setup is one of those techniques.
Kyra Gracie shows it on the video below:
Use the closed guard to sweep and submit with this battle-tested system from one of the most accomplished grapplers of all-time, Kyra Gracie.
- Kyra Gracie is one of the best of her generation, with world championships in gi and no-gi, and she is here to share the Gracie Family techniques to her closed guard system.
- Use precise technique to sweep opponents, even as they stand and fight your guard, with Kyra’s strategies for staying on the attack against aggressive opponents.
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