Toe Hold No-Gi: 7 Keys to a Devastating Foot Lock
The toe hold is a fast no-gi leg lock that torques the ankle from ashi garami and 50/50. Here is how it works, when it is legal, and how to finish it.
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50/50 Guard No-Gi: 7 Essential Heel Hook Attacks
The 50/50 guard no-gi is the symmetrical leg entanglement behind modern grappling’s heel hook game. Entries, inside heel hook mechanics, escapes, and rules.
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Single Leg X Guard: 7 Essential No-Gi Attacks
Quick Answer: The single leg X guard is a bottom no-gi position where you wedge one foot on your opponent’s hip, hook behind their far knee, and trap their leg between both of yours. From there you can sweep them by standing up on the trapped leg, or feed the leg into ashi garami to…
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Heel Hook No-Gi: 7 Essential Keys to a Safe Finish
Quick Answer: The heel hook no-gi is a rotational leg lock that twists the heel to tear the ligaments around the knee, not the ankle. You control the leg from a position like ashi garami or the saddle, trap the opponent’s knee between your hips, secure the heel in the crook of your elbow, and…
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Kneebar No-Gi: 7 Proven Keys to a Tight Finish
Quick Answer: A kneebar is a straight leg lock that hyperextends the knee. You trap your opponent’s foot against your chest, isolate one leg, pinch your knees around their thigh, and drive your hips forward — the same mechanic as an armbar, only aimed at the leg. In no-gi it’s one of the highest-percentage submissions…
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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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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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Heel Hook: 7 Essential No-Gi Setups and Safety Rules
Quick Answer: A heel hook is a rotational leg lock that twists the heel to torque the knee — not the ankle — which makes it one of the fastest and most dangerous submissions in no-gi grappling. The most reliable version is the inside heel hook finished from the saddle (also called the honey hole…
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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.
