You know… To follow up on the topic of leg locks, there is one particular attack that I feel most confident in defending. It’s not the toe hold. It’s not the kneebar. And it’s definitely not the heel hook. Yup, that leaves one likely culprit. And you would be right if you guessed ankle lock. I have quite the extensive history with that bad boy. People have attempted to throw it my way countless times, and many of them have suffered frustration as a result. Here’s the thing though. My method I used against the most common variation of the attack isn’t complicated at all. In fact, I would ..read more

A few years back, I often used to travel to the heart of the nation’s capital to train with Nakapan Phungephorn at his academy. And at the time, he was completely obsessed with leg locks. Almost every moment I was even defending an attempt or succumbing to my doom, and there was one particular position that gave me all kinds of fits. It was the texas cloverleaf. Imagine it. I get to half guard. I get the underhook. I’m all ready to go. Then bam, he backsteps, collects the far leg, and now I have to defend multiple leg locks at once. And that, my friend, is no exaggeration. Almost every ..read more

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Mere moments in a match was enough to entice me into a little bit of obsession. Yup. When Gustavo Batista swept Renato Cardosa it sent me headlong into a whole bunch of studying. I’ve watched many of Gustavo’s matches since then. All with the intention of finding more examples of the sweep in action, and in the room, I’ve been laser beam focused on hitting it. In fact, today I’ve probably hit it well into the double digits. And every time, it has become a little bit more mine, as I make adjustments and notice more specific instances of opponent vulnerability. Case in point: I’ve actually start ..read more