Heel Hook Ends Street Altercation in Spectacular Fashion
Sep 05, 2020BJJEE
Jiu jitsu has been the queen of martial arts – much like in chess it trumps everything when it comes down to it. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is a highly complex martial art/ combat sport sport. There...
Craig Jones Shows The incredible Heel Hook Sequence Used Against Vinny Magalhaes
Aug 15, 2020BJJEE
2019 ADCC silver medalist Craig Jones shows the incredible heel hook sequence that he used on Vinny Magalhaes which resulted in a serious injury for the Brazilian. Here is what happened: Jones breaks...
Rigan Machado on Heel Hooks & Why The Gracies Have So Much Drama & Controversy
Jul 31, 2020BJJEE
Rigan Machado is one of the biggest ambassadors of bjj in the USA. Along with his brothers he’s worked on popularizing bjj with the help of one Chuck Norris since the early 90s. He was related...
Should Heel Hooks Be Legal in the Gi? Robert Drysdale Has an Interesting Point Of View
Jun 12, 2020BJJEE
Footlocks in Jiu-Jitsu 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 new school of Jiu-Jitsu players have...
Dean Lister’s Best Heel Hook Escape
Jun 04, 2020grappler z
Heel hooks, calf slicers, are all deemed dangerous submissions and prohibited from competition by the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF), a non-profit that hosts some of the biggest...
Caught in a Deep Arm Triangle… Just Heel Hook Them Of Course
Mar 09, 2020BJJEE
Masakazu IMANARI!!! The Japanese legend amazes in his first match at CJJW. That escape though… You’ve never seen a rolling escape to heel hook from an arm triangle. Masakazu Imanari has...
Garry Tonon’s Flying Scissor Heel Hook Finish in EBI | Kani Basami
Feb 18, 2020BJJ Trickster
Garry “Lion Killer” Tonon (Danaher Death Squad – Renzo Gracie HQ) is a BJJ black belt under Tom deBlass and Ricardo Almeida, currently training with the mastermind John Danaher....
Every Heel Hook Finish in UFC History From 1993 to 2020
Feb 04, 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...
Do you Know When You Should Tap to a Heel Hook?
Feb 04, 2020BJJEE
Over the years we’ve seen plenty of gruesome injuries resulting from either not knowing when to tap or not wanting to. Insanity: Miyao Brothers Refuse To Tap To Leg Locks! Garry Tonon On...
Incredible 11 second Heel Hook Finish at BELLATOR 225
Aug 25, 2019BJJEE
What a beautiful heel hook set up by Aviv Gozali on Eduard Muravitskiy at Bellator 225. This is officially the fastest submission in Bellator history. View this post on Instagram 11...
Garry Tonon Heel Hooks Opponent In Less Than a minute
May 17, 2019BJJEE
It’s another triumph for Garry Tonon – and in under a minute. He managed to get a drop on and instantly apply the sub. This makes Tonon’s MMA record 5-0-0. This is Nakahara’s...
William Wolk Brazilian taps to Eddie Cummings Heel Hook
Apr 16, 2019BJJEE
Eddie Cummings had his long awaited return to bjj competition scene this past weekend. The Wolverine was met with an unknown opponent – and one very willing to game the system. There was...
3 Tips To Control and Finish The Inverted Heel Hook
Dec 31, 2018BJJEE
Guest post by Daniel Vaughan UCLA undergraduate, judo brown belt under Mike Verdugo and BJJ black belt under Master Julio Cesar Pereira. Daniel is an instructor at M3Fight Academy. Today we...
High School Teacher Gets KO’D By Student, Regains Consciousness & Heel Hooks The Student
Oct 23, 2018BJJEE
Mixed martial arts have slowly been taking over the world for years. With the rise of popularity also came some trying situations. One such case is the case of a student who assaulted his teacher...
Kid Defends Himself In An Altercation By Trying For An Armbar but Ultimately finishing a heel hook
Aug 22, 2018BJJEE
You don’t see heel hook finishes every day in casual altercations but it’s certainly more of a hot topic as of late. How to Train the Heel Hook Safely – Bjj Eastern Europe 3 Ways To...
Eddie Wolverine Details Best Way To Defend The Heel Hook
Aug 18, 2018BJJEE
While John Danaher has been promoting his dvd left and right, his student Eddie Wolverine released the first clip from his much awaited Leglock instructional from Digitsu. Wolverine’s no muss...
Was Garry Tonon Unable Or Unwilling to Finish Rahul Raju with a Heel hook?
Jul 30, 2018BJJEE
Garry Tonon first surprised everyone with his striking heavy mma debut. The follow up to his first fight just happened the other day – and in it something quite peculiar went on: hey what...
Petition Calls For Allowing Heel Hooks For Black Belts in IBJJF Tournaments
Jan 25, 2018BJJEE
An online petition on change.org is calling for IBJJF to allow heel hook in Gi and No Gi competitions. Footlocks in Jiu-Jitsu seem to get a bad rap. In other similar grappling arts like Sambo...
Loud Pop Heard From Heel Hook in Grappling Match
Oct 24, 2017BJJEE
In round 7 of the recent MA1 Challenge Qualifier, Ashley Wright sustained a break of the fibula and tibia while fighting off a heel hook. Even though Ashley had trained with heel hooks...
3 Ways To Position Your Legs To Finish The Heel Hook
Jun 07, 2017BJJEE
Guest post by Daniel Vaughan UCLA undergraduate, judo brown belt under Mike Verdugo and BJJ black belt under Master Julio Cesar Pereira. Daniel is an instructor at M3Fight Academy. With...
Dean Lister’s Best Heel Hook Escape
Apr 29, 2017BJJEE
3x ADCC vet Dean Lister shows how to get out of the nastiest heel hook on the planet…
BRAND NEW: How to get DQ’d in BJJ – Fighting, Slams, Donkey Guard, Heel Hooks & Electric Chairs [HELLO JAPAN]
Nov 27, 2016BJJEE
Brand new compilation of Disqualification’s and bad sportsmanship in BJJ and Grappling tournaments. Also check out the older ones:
Heel Hook? In MMA? Here’s an Awesome One from Soto vs Beltran
Nov 06, 2016BJJEE
Joe Soto with a beautiful transition to the honey hole to get the inside heel hook what a badass!! Joe Soto with a beautiful transition to the honey hole to get the...
Vinny Magalhaes: ‘Heel Hooks Illegal? My 5 yr Old Is Already Doing Them’
May 05, 2016BJJEE
Last year, Eddie Bravo decided to ban heel hooks for minors competing at his Jiu-Jitsu invitational, EBI. The decision comes as a result of the recent kids match between Riley Breedlove and...
