Talking to the ‘Leglock Guy’
Apr 01, 2020BJJEE
Footlocks in Gi Jiu-Jitsu still seem to get a bad rap. In other similar grappling arts like Sambo or Catch Wrestling, they occupy an important place. In Jiu-Jitsu some people see them as cheap, low...
Learn The K Guard – Lachlan Giles’s Favorite Guard For Leglocks
Mar 26, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
Alright, bear with us for a moment. Sit down and imagine this: you are hanging out with your friends, eating a great, delicious lunch and just chit-chatting about everything life and Jiu Jitsu...
Jean Jacques Machado: ‘Students Shouldn’t Learn Leglocks Until Blue Belt’
Feb 25, 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...
Jigoro Kano Was Initially Against Newaza – Until A Slender Man Leglocked The Kodokan man
Feb 23, 2020BJJEE
Mataemon Tanabe executing what judoka call juji-gatame Jigoro Kano was a Japanese educator and athlete – the founder of Judo. However his ideas and reflections are something we’re...
BJJ & Luta Livre Black Belt Develops a Brilliant IBJJF Legal Leglock Set Up in The Gi
Feb 14, 2020BJJEE
Traditional gi Jiu-Jitsu, under IBJJF rules will only allow for only straight ankle locks as legal leg lock submissions until the brown belt. It’s only when you get to brown belt, that your leg...
Luke Rockhold Slams BJJ Community: “All St*roids & Leglocks”
Nov 30, 2019BJJEE
Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold will be facing the 2019 ADCC silver medalist Nick Rodriguez in a grappling superfight at the upcoming Polaris on Nov. 30 event in Newport, Wales. You...
Luke Rockhold Blasts Modern BJJ & ‘Stupid Leglockers’
Nov 23, 2019BJJEE
Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold will be facing the 2019 ADCC silver medalist Nick Rodriguez in a grappling superfight at the upcoming Polaris on Nov. 30 event in Newport, Wales. You...
Dean Lister Gives Advice on Leglocks, Being a Better Grappler and Dating With Caution
Sep 10, 2019BJJEE1 Admin
A household name in almost any BJJ community, Dean Lister is a 2 time ADCC World Champion and, perhaps more importantly, one of the jiujiteiros who are most responsible for the last decade’s...
Rickson Gracie Has Some Chosen Words For Leglocks
May 24, 2019BJJEE
Many consider Rickson one of the greatest BJJ practitioners of all time. Son of Grand Master Helio Gracie proved his value through several Vale-Tudo bouts in Brazil and Japan. He competed for years...
Joe Rogan Talks Origins Of the Leglocking and Shares opinion of John Danaher
Apr 30, 2019BJJEE
Joe Rogan’s John Danaher interview had made multiple waves last year. Since then the hype has settled a bit and Rogan has had time to sort out his impressions. “And everything came from...
Garry Tonon: John Changed The Game & Really Forced Everyone To Work On Leglocks or Get broken
Jan 11, 2019BJJEE
Garry Tonon is the most exciting grappler at ONE Fc. The bjj prodigy has been a part of a bjj revolution that made everyone realize that the old way of doing things can’t really fly any more....
Leglock Camp w/ Jon Calestine & Aaron Milam in Leuven, Belgium
Dec 07, 2018BJJEE
They say that leg locks are the great equalizer in grappling. How else can a less experienced grappler submit a more experienced opponent? Do you love the leg lock game but you train at a BJJ academy...
Garry Tonon’s MMA Opponent Rahul Raju “very happy with his purple belt” & “trained leglocks for 2 months”
Oct 19, 2018BJJEE
Garry Tonon’s mma career has been steadily on the rise since he made a debut against Richard Corminal this past year. In addition to the Corminal match up Tonon also faced Rahul Raju –...
WWE’s Shayna Baszler Has Some Serious Leglock Moves
Sep 04, 2018BJJEE
WWE’s Shayna Baszler is an American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist, currently signed to WWE where she performs on developmental territory, NXT. She was trained by former...
Matt Heafy Of Trivium talks Falling in love with the ‘dark jiu-jitsu world’ of Leglocks
Sep 01, 2018BJJEE
Matt Heafy has long been a practitioner of bjj. Trivium Frontman Matt Heafy Says JIu-JItsu Is A Metaphor For Life In the past he’s been credited with explaining how bjj has helped his music...
Leglock Results In Catastrophic leg break: Tibia and Fibula Fracture At Lower Shin
Aug 27, 2018BJJEE
Miyao brothers might not tap to leglocks but you should definitely. Recently two grapplers duked it out to awful results. The tibia broke when the heel hook was applied in the video...
John Danaher Might Be Considered A Leglock Wizard – But In His Own Words Nothing Beats the Back
Jul 12, 2018BJJEE
Jiu jitsu is easy to observe as just one segment whether it be just passing just guard or just leglocks even with new generations. However one must never neglect the whole picture. Not only should...
Leglock Expert Roli Delgado on IBJJF’S Reaping Rules
Jun 07, 2018BJJEE
Roli Delgado is one of the best sources for leglock education. Along with Rodrigo Cavaca, Delgado is credited with revolutionarizing the straight ankle lock. According to bjjheroes.com: In Brazilian...
10th Planet Korea’s Fighter Tries Every Leglock He Can Think Of in MMA Fight And Fails
May 20, 2018BJJEE
ONE FC had another excellent event the other day. The number 1 mma organization in Asia organized an outstanding event. On the card there was a 10th Planet Korea’s fighter squaring off against...
Danaher Presents His Leglock System in Detailed Diagram
Apr 25, 2018BJJEE
Last week, John Danaher made a surprising announcement: He has started filming a new instructional series with the leading website BJJ Fanatics, who feature quality instructionals from Tom DeBlass,...
John Danaher Teaches A Leglock Entry & Gi Takedown Plus How Nicky Ryan Preps For Geo
Apr 06, 2018BJJEE
Nicky Ryan is a 16 year old purple belt – he’s also an ADCC vet and the next opponent of 10th Planet flag bearer Geo Martinez. Ryan recently talked up his match and what...
Vlad Koulikov Addresses Biggest Differences Between BJJ And Sambo: Sambo’s Not BJJ With Leglocks
Feb 12, 2018BJJEE
Vlad Koulikov is a world renowned sambist having placed 3x in the USA open and represented USA in Combat Sambo worlds in 2008. He is also a BJJ and Judo black belt. In addition to this...
John Danaher Explains Creating the Origin Of the Leglock System
Feb 03, 2018BJJEE
John Danaher might keep a tight knit community on his knowledge between the students but he’s starting to share more and more. Recently he elaborated more on how it all started:...
Watch: Gleidson Cutis Hits a Rare Grapevine Leglock Finish @ LFA
Mar 11, 2017BJJEE
Yesteday’s edition of Legacy Fighting Alliance drew the attention of submission fans around the world thanks to featuring black belt world champion Mackenzie Dern. But another...
