Ashi Garami: 6 Essential No-Gi Leg Lock Positions
Ashi garami is the no-gi leg entanglement behind every heel hook. Learn the 6 essential positions, the submissions they set up, and how to escape.
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Straight Ankle Lock: 7 Essential No-Gi Setups & Escapes
Quick Answer: The straight ankle lock is a no-gi leg lock that hyperextends the ankle by driving the blade of your forearm across the opponent’s Achilles tendon while you control the leg from an ashi garami (leg entanglement). It is the one leg attack that is legal at every IBJJF belt level, including white belt,…
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Calf Slicer No-Gi: 6 Essential Setups and Escapes
The calf slicer is a no-gi compression submission that folds the knee and crushes the calf. Here are 6 setups, the escapes, and the IBJJF rules.
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Single Leg X Guard: 7 Essential No-Gi Sweeps & Attacks
Quick Answer: The single leg x guard (SLX) is a no-gi bottom position where you slide underneath your opponent, trap one of their legs between your thighs, and put your outside foot on their hip as a gas pedal. It gives you two of the highest-percentage tools in submission grappling at the same time —…
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Toe Hold BJJ: 6 Setups, Escapes & Legality Guide
The toe hold is BJJ’s most underrated no-gi footlock. Learn the figure-four grip, 6 setups, escapes, and exactly when it’s legal by ruleset.
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Heel Hook BJJ: 7 No-Gi Setups That Force the Tap
Lachlan Giles weighs 77 kilograms. At ADCC 2019 he submitted three opponents who collectively outweighed him by more than 200 pounds — Patrick Gaudio, Mahamed Aly, and Kaynan Duarte — using the same submission every single time. The heel hook BJJ coaches treated as a forbidden party trick a decade ago is now the highest-percentage…
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Heel Hook Defense No-Gi: 6 Principles to Save Your Knees
At ADCC 2024, more than half of all submission finishes came from leg attacks — and the heel hook accounted for the lion’s share. Heel hook defense is no longer an optional skill in no-gi grappling. If you train at any serious gym, someone in your roll is hunting your knee right now. This guide…
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Ashi Garami: 7 No-Gi Leg Entanglements That Set Up Heel Hooks
Ashi garami is the gateway to no-gi heel hooks. Master 7 leg entanglements from single leg X to inside sankaku used by Danaher, Cummings, and Gordon Ryan.
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K Guard BJJ: 7 No-Gi Setups That Hunt Heel Hooks
The K guard BJJ position is the open guard that won Lachlan Giles an ADCC absolute medal at 77kg — by heel hooking three world-class heavyweights in a row. That single tournament rewrote the no-gi guard playbook. Before 2019, K guard was a niche curiosity Lachlan kept tucked inside his own academy. After 2019, it…
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Heel Hook BJJ: 7 No-Gi Setups That Force the Tap
Heel hook BJJ guide: seven inside and outside heel hook setups from ashi garami, the saddle, and 50/50 that force the tap in modern no-gi grappling.
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Toe Hold No-Gi: 7 Setups That Force the Tap
Toe hold no-gi setups that finish without trashing the knee — 7 entries from ashi garami, single leg X, half guard, and back exposure.
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Ankle Lock BJJ: 7 No-Gi Setups That Force the Tap
The ankle lock BJJ players ignore is the highest-percentage no-gi tap a white belt can hit. Seven setups from ashi, single-leg-X, Imanari, 50/50, saddle, DLR, and toreando counters.
