Leg Lock Tutorial and Training with Eddie Cummings - Firas Zahabi - Jiu-Jitsu -
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- The Heel Hook is the Knock-out punch of grappling, it came be a applied from a variety of positions and can achieve a break in an instant.
Many BJJ schools ban this maneuver and claim that it is too dangerous and is sometimes consider a "cheap" move. I couldn't dissagree more. The Leg lock is a highly technical submission hold. In regards to safety, the leg lock can cause a break far faster then a armlock or Kimura and should be train with a higher level of precaution.
When training legs lock be sure to apply pressure gradually if at all for that matter. I personally don't apply pressure and simply focus on make the tights possible grip, hold for a few seconds and release. My objective is to practice the powerful submission without Hurting anyone.
Eddie Cummings Highlights
• Eddie Cummings - "Sapa...
He came to our gym in Houston recently and was amazing. A couple of the brown belts wanted to try him out and he just tapped them over and over. Fun to watch.
I'm the big guy at 0:43. Glad to know I ended up someone's highlight reel lol. Nice breakdown though! That match with Eddie was a nice introduction to leg locks lol.
I cant sleep after watching this im gonna practice on my gf sleeping beside me
LMAO
did she tap
"Any type of leg lock exposes your own leg for a leg lock"
Eddie bravo: *hold my vaporizer*
thank you for that break down, I didn't realise just how many important minor details I'd overlooked in setting this up.
thank you firas helping my leg lock game develop much respect to you and GSP and everyone at Tristar!
Thank you coach Firas!! I used your entry, ended up straight foot locking the other leg on a younger, bigger by 55lbs sparring partner. Love the videos you produce!!
Thanks for these videos Firas. Your channel has turned into my favorite on youtube.
Thanks, Coach! I always learn something from your videos and look forward to more!
Great stuff as always Firas, I truly appreciate your channel. its just amazing to be able to gather some knowledge from one of the best martial artists/coaches on the planet. Keep it up and thanks again.
awesome stuff coach. I love leg attacks. They are very useful submissions and controls add tons of go to tactics to anyone's game.
Got this today in training really works thanks 🙏 Firas!
They dont even really do leg locks in UFC anymore because you can get KO in the face ..
thnx Firas..can u do one about straight foot locks...that would be awesome!!
Excellent tutorial!
great technical work!thank you for the tutorial sensei
Excellent explanation! Every time I see leg locks those are too fast, and I have no clue how to do it, now I see the pressure points and how to get it right, thanks! Now I'm suffering from my achilles tendon (second time, different leg) because I got stuck on a sweep I made on turf soccer, so I now how painful is this
Great Tutorial. Cummings is sick.
Very good! Very similar to how i learned it years ago from instructive books and videos. I started with Karo Parisyan's Judo for MMA and then found Gokor Chivichyan's footlock dvds of basics,defenses, counters and throws into leglocks n foot locks.Really great material but suprising (to me anyway) that many people didnt take notice of it. Either way it made it easy for me to tap people left and right who had much more experience than I. Your passion and open mindednss shows in your videos and teaching style sir.May you be blessed in your passion and adventures.
marsoc0326 thank you my friend!
Very clear instruction, much appreciated. Any defenses for this?
Love you coach, thank you for your knowledge
Looking good Mike!
Instruction begins at 2:00
So key takeaway, reap/trap their knee when you're in side control and they knee shield in, from here fall back into position, then ensure you grab the Achilles to expose the heel, meanwhile your legs are in position and your inside leg kicks and stretches their rear leg out to stop them rolling into it, you switch legs to stop yours getting attacked. Then you lock down the submission. Ensure to finish, you must raise your hips while turning their toes towards the mat.
Great like usual!
Great detailed video! Love it!
More leg locks please
You are such a master smart man. Carry on the good work you are so the Best.
Martin Brouillard thank you sir!
Brilliant!
Brilliant bro
I'm really glad Eddie is getting the attention he deserves, he's been underground for so long can't wait to see how he does at ADCC
I think a video we all want from Cummings' technique is the ashi garami.
Its nice 2 c a 10p guy training with Tristar guys. Being open minded is a beautiful thing :) Especially since he's in your video.
+JiuJitsu9 Eddie isn't a 10p guy...
+majdrup I was talking about the dude with the long hair, I forget his name. I found out the day later that he changed from 10p to Tristar.
oh alright, my bad
+majdrup no prob, i wasnt clear anyways, and I should have asked some people before posting that. Its like one of those awkward situations where "um like he doesn't train at 10p anymore"...ooops.. lol
awkward silence ensues... haha
This vid is covered in awesome sauce
Great tutorial! Love the way you break it down with freeze frames and the screen markup! Quick question: Do you feel leg locks are an effective street defense move? Ie, do you feel that different footwear or the different types of pants people wear make foot looks more or less effective? I think I'm going to test that out with some of the people I train with, but I'd love to hear your take as well!
+Chan Sarinyamas Yes I believe it is very street effective, keep in mind that you always need to be ready to improvise, that is true Mastery!
awesome video Firas! I have already started to implement pulling web guard into my game and leg locks. Got a quick question. To get good at MMA do you it is better to build a base in one art first or learn MMA as a whole? the reason I ask is because Rory is one of your guys who started with just learning MMA. If you do think it is to learn one style first ,what style would that be? Thanks in advance
Good question. I would suggest learning MMA as a whole with an emphasis on one of the arts. I would then cycle through the arts. Think about it as majoring in one art while minoring in another.
And when you mean cycle through the arts do mean its "pure" form or " for MMA" if that's a thing? And I assume cycles are based on weaknesses, strengthens, time in between fights etc., correct?
amazing content
Great Video
Amazing content like always! Easy to understand and straight to the point! Btw., may I ask which software you use for these kind of analysis?
Cheers from Austria
I like the breaking knee part.
awesome. Personally I like standing and trading but you gotta be well rounded so need to work on ground skills. Only fought off my back once and got mounted and KOed lol, so coach can you make a video to maintain ground + get back on feet ?
It's on the list for sure
NIce! thanks coach. COACH can wait to see you and rory bring that belt back to CANADA!
Nice vidéo.
Amazing detail. Thanks a lot. I trained with a Luta Livre guy out here in Brazil which I showed some of these moves to (what little I understand of them). He showed me an amazing way of totally trapping your opponent when he does spin over with his leg. He actually purposely cranks the heel instead of bridging to force the person to spin over and switches his legs as the opponent spins over. Is there any way I could upload this and send you a link for your opinion? I wish I had the opportunity to come to Canada and train at your gym with you, or head out to NY and train with Eddie Cummings and John Danaher. Thanks regardless. Great post.
hey man sounds interesting, definitely upload it
Thank you coach
Great technical video. I have mixed feelings about heel hooks; both executing or defending. so difficult to control the pressures especially on the knee, So easy to inflict real damage. Not for "sport" grappling I think? What do you think?
Kevin McGivern I do them all the time and never hurt anyone or been hurt myself. They key is to apply pressure gradually. At Tristar we just hold on to the heel hooks tight and apply a small amount of pressure over time. Heel hooks can definitely get a break fast and therefore should be applied with caution. Lastly always tap fast when somme is attempting a heel hook on you.
Thanks. Appreciate your advice.
Nice stuff
Eddie is so damm good.
Anyone seen the video of Eddie drilling all his leg lock positions from on his back against a standing opponent? He's got such a huge leg lock game it's scary!
Firas did you learn this move from Eddie Cummings?
Firas also do you think a total pressure style of passing such as a radolfo viera would be able to pressure a garry tonon or eddie cummings whose games all around are very strong but who are specialists in the sense that their leg locks are the best in the world..I ask because even in tonon or cummings loses they were attacking the entire time there is no one who has been able to completely shut down their offense and pass..if there is a style of passing to prevail against such leg attacks that a cummings, tonon, palhares what would it be and who embodies it in your mind..very interested to hear your response thank you
Aha this amazing. I might practice this, this week. Quick question to.at tristar Would you be anyone's trainer who wanted to fight mma? Like if someone came in for first time and ask could you be my trainer? Thanks and keep it up firas
Yes I train everyone. I teach twice a day and every night. See u at the gym.
Tristar Gym I'm moving to Montreal in 3 years to train there with my friend at the best mma gym in the world. I can't wait
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Hey Firas,
do you know some of Eddie Bravo's Vaporizer leg lock? He got it at metamoris and though it didn't finish Gracie, it looked really painful and didn't leave his own legs exposed. Would you recommand using it?
Yes definitely a powerful maneuver!
Thanks for the answer, it's really cool that you actually respond to comments. Regards from Germany
@tristargym so, is it better to keep the leg as straight as possible while doing heel hooks? I'm going to assume that when doing the inverted heel hook the leg should be as straight as possible because when the tibia is laterally rotated and extended it's in a closed packed position meaning not alot of give in that position. what do you think?
An extended knee doesn't allow rotation because its ligaments are under tension, so the heel hook must be applied to a flexed knee (otherwise the torque put on the ankle will rotate the hip instead), extension can then be added to the rotation applied to the knee joint.
great
Who is better Garry Tonnon or Gordon Ryan?
can you also do a tutorial to defend heel hooks and leg locks? Im a white belt and when the brown and black belts do the heel hooks i trust them that they know what they do but we have some white belts who use a lot of heel hooks and im not always sure wether they know what they are doing and so im a bit scared and need a defense against the leg locks, bars and hooks
What if they like it? Now you are a cripple and have brown toes.
Also, look again...the guy applying the lock is in a position to toe you in the anus during the technique, whereas the heel hookee's other leg can't reach.
Great video as always. It seems strange to call that position "reverse sankaku" though. Did you mean to say reverse ashi garami?
Johannes Andersson Meant Inside Sankaku and your right Im not closing the Triangle on this one because sometimes you don't have the time and there woould make it a inside Ashi Garami. ; )
Much of the judo derived terminology is super inconsistent. I've seen omoplata being called 'sankaku ashi garami' in some old book. And then there's all the kuzure, yoko, ushiro and whatnot-prefixed sankaku describing triangle chokes. It would probably be better to build a new terminology from scratch.
Johannes Andersson Judo newaza terminology is based on the principle in use rather than the specific technique. Take your example:
* Sankaku means triangle (three angles) - so a technique where a triangle of some kind is used
* Ashi means "foot" or "leg" - a technique done using the leg.
* Garami means "entanglement", "lock"
Sankaku ashi garami is a lock done using the leg(s), forming a triangle shape. If you think about it, you realize that this description applies as easily to an omoplata as it does to a leg lock: Doesn't matter if you attack an arm or a leg, the principle is the same.
Now, the whole hon, kuzure, yoko, ushiro, etc. gives a bit more precision:
* hon = classic form (of the move)
* kuzure = variation (of the move)
* yoko = side, or from the side
* ushiro = backwards or from the back
Judo terminology doesn't make sense if you think of it in terms of names for specific techniques, but it does make sense if you understand that they are describing the principles used.
Hope this helps.
Thanks for clarifying Sylver G.
My gripe with that is that I don't think a heelhook and an omoplata have enough in common to be put next to each other terminology-wise. An omoplata is not a 'heelhook on the arm' nor is the heelhook 'like an omoplata but on the legs'. It all ends up being confusing to someone trying to learn the art.
Sylver G Great description!!!
Thx, bro
I think Gokor Chevychians has the Best Leg Locks, not right?
Why are you leaning over to your opponents far side with the leg control "sankau" wouldn't it make it easier for them to spin out? My basic question is why are you on the far side as opposed to leaning over towards the other leg?
kristianOLS Either way you lean there is an escape and pro and cons for either side as well. Believe it or not you can escape also by spinning in the opposite direction as well (As long as the heel is not hooked yet) Give this move a try and I think you will find you get a lot of tension on the legs.
Thanks so much!
I miss you coach. Is there a drop in fee at Tristar?
+lancelelion yes of course
How much is it Firas? I will be there Friday May 6th for a wedding. Will you be in town?
sensacional... muito cool
From belt level do you suggest using heel hook in training?
Blue belt and beyond. Make sure to always practice heel hooks with the intention of only tightening the grip and trying to control for 3 secs. No need to finish the hold. At Tristar if you hold the grip for 3 seconds the match is over.
Firas you know steven williams from right?
Rga
Funny............ Leg locks never originated from bjj in fact bjj instructors hated leg locks and considered it "Dirty fighting".
Scissoring ?
Last statement sorry..I know cummings and tonon are much more technically superior at leg locks and bjj in general than palhares but I mentioned him because he is someone who always threatens in mma although shields but keeping great pressure yet basic was able to negate his leg lock attempts
Amazing technique I never get to finish my leg locks :/
Are your leg locks any better now?
Does anyone else get really squeamish when watching leg locks in competition? Especially with twisting of the knees etc
Not the word i would use but yes - heightened awareness for sure. Theres something about anything that starts messing with a knee.. you just know how weak it is and yet how vital for everyday life. You could arguably lose the use of an eye or an arm for a while and do ok enough, but a knee.. that's just all the mobility gone.
But coach u gotta admit palmares is prob the best fighter, eddies prob best instructor i agree
EBI4 brought me here.
I know this is okay for MMA but isn't it illegal for BJJ because you are "reaping" the leg
Many advanced no gi and of course sun only tournaments allow this hold.
+Jeremy AMG Shame really, the legreap is a good control position and it isn't all that dangerous as long as the person caught in it stays calm and doenst try and force his leg out
Jeremy AMG the foot is on the free side. Therefore no knee reap
leg locks* not fighter overall
Damn, now I'll dream about octopuses mating all night
pinch those knees!
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drilling with him everyday ? 😂😂😂😂
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Stop calling heel hook a bjj technique.. That is a lack of respect! all of the leglocks u use in bjj came from catch wrestling. When they developed this brasil wasn't even on the map.