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...
Judo Legend Neil Adams Reveals Secrets of Famous Arm Lock
Jun 27, 2020BJJEE
Neil Adams MBE is an English judoka who won numerous Olympic and World Championship medals in judo representing Great Britain. Adams was the first British male to win a World title, and the first...
Joe Rogan Used A Kimura Lock To Snap a Dead Deer’s Leg
May 29, 2020BJJEE
UFC commentator, comedian, BJJ and Taekwondo black belt Joe Rogan hunts, kills, butchers, cooks, and eats his own meat, joining thousands of other converts in the hunting movement“Eat what you...
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...
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...
The IBJJF Legal Lockdown To Electric Sweep Is So Easy To Set Up
Jan 15, 2020BJJEE
Anyone who has been caught in the Lockdown can attest to how frustrating it is to get out, let alone to pass the guard. If you try forcing your leg out, you can end up hurting your knee, or if you...
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...
This Toe Hold/Estima Lock Combo from Single Leg X Will Shock Your Training Partners
Aug 29, 2019BJJEE
It’s often thought that leg locks are the “great equalizer” of the Jiu Jitsu game, and in many ways that’s true. However, using leg locks to level the playing field with bigger and stronger...
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...
