Leg Lock Offense System
Mat Manual companion guide to "Entering the Legs: Ashi, the Saddle, and the Heel Hook in Stages." Print it. The article teaches the staging: positions and control, the straight ankle lock as the first finish, and the he…
| Art | Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
|---|---|
| Family | Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Level | advanced |
| Format | system |
| Topics | groundwork, submissions, safety, training-plans |
Mat Manual companion guide to "Entering the Legs: Ashi, the Saddle, and the Heel Hook in Stages." Print it. The article teaches the staging: positions and control, the straight ankle lock as the first finish, and the heel hook fenced at recognition and control. This book runs that staging as a sign-off system, with the gates printed as gates, Dose and Pass standards on every card, defences paired with finishes, and the release graded as a skill in its own right.
Name: ______________________________ Gym: ______________________________ Belt / grade: ______________ Coach: ______________________________ Ruleset trained for this block: ______________
BEFORE ANYTHING: SAFETY, PASS/FAIL ☐ TAP EARLY IS PASS/FAIL. The receiver taps at the first honest certainty a lock is set and closing. The attacker releases in the motion the tap is felt. A hurried or panicked tap means the attacker failed the rep, whatever the technique looked like. ☐ STAGE GATES ARE REAL GATES. No Stage 2 finishing work without a recorded Stage 1 sign-off. No Stage 3 work of any kind, recognition rounds included, without recorded Stage 1 and Stage 2 sign-offs. Names and dates live in Part 25. ☐ HEEL HOOK FENCE. In this book the heel hook is recognition and control only. Finishing mechanics beyond control are knowledge-level, stated as policy. No card in this book applies rotational pressure to a knee. ☐ Pressure is built in degrees a tap can beat. Nothing is cranked, snapped, or finished in a rush to beat a defence. A lock that cannot be applied slowly is not applied at all. ☐ Nobody receives applied leg locks who has not passed the tap and defence checks in Part 2 for their stage. A willing partner is not a ready partner. ☐ Knee pain, a pop, swelling, or instability is reported the same day and ends leg work for that player until a coach clears the return. Knees are pass/fail. ☐ The stop word ends any set instantly, from either partner or any watcher, for any reason. A stopped rep is a completed rep.
Part 1: The System Card
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| System | Leg lock offense in three stages: control, first finish, fenced finish |
| Stage 1 | Positions and control only: ashi garami family, outside ashi, cross ashi (the saddle), 50/50. No finishes |
| Stage 2 | Straight ankle lock: the first finish, taught with its defences on the same cards |
| Stage 3 | Heel hook at recognition-and-control level only: recognition, control position, instant release. No finishing pressure in this book |
| The graded core skill | The release. Every stage signs off the release before it signs off any application |
| Defence pairing | Every offensive card carries a defence cross-reference to the Leg Lock Defence Drill Book (guide-bjj-46). Offense is never drilled unpaired in this system |
| Legality source | The leg lock legality map (guide-bjj-05) plus your room's rules and your next event's rules, filled in at Part 21 |
| Your coach's stage rulings | Stage 2 opens at (grade / date): ______________ Stage 3 recognition opens at: ______________ Room heel hook policy: ______________ |
Read the book in order the first time. The order is the curriculum, and skipping ahead is the failure the gates exist to prevent.
Leg Lock Offense System
Mat Manual companion guide to "Entering the Legs: Ashi, the Saddle, and the Heel Hook in Stages." Print it. The article teaches the staging: positions and control, the straight ankle lock as the first finish, and the heel hook fenced at recognition and control. This book runs that staging as a sign-off system, with the gates printed as gates, Dose and Pass standards on every card, defences paired with finishes, and the release graded as a skill in its own right.
What's Inside
- Part 1: The System Card
- Part 2: The Tap Contract and the Release Standard
- Part 3: The Knee Line and the Injury Picture
- Part 4: The Stage Gates, Printed as Gates
- Part 5: Stage 1 Position Map
- Part 6: Control Card: Ashi Garami
- …and 22 more sections
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