A good straight foot lock is worth its weight in gold. We hear a lot of BJJ players stating that they don’t tap to straight ankle locks. My response to this? Maybe its never been applied properly to your foot. A truly...

Although Jiu Jitsu practitioners are all now starting to learn leg locks as a general addition to the curriculum, it was once taboo to attack leg locks in grappling. Then some grapplers started using them to submit very high level opponents. These leg...

Leg Lock Submissions Are Everywhere Nowadays... But Did You Know It That It Is Possible To Hit A Foot Lock From The 50/50 Guard? That's Right, With This Hidden BJJ Secret You Certainly Can! Once seen as taboo, leg locks are now all...

How To Surprise and Submit Your Opponents On the Mat. Even Younger, Stronger, Faster &Higher Ranked Beasts Dean Lister burst onto the mats with a high level knowledge of lower body submissions nearly two decades ago, using his knowledge of submissions to...

A Nasty Foot Lock From Single Leg X Guard by The Best On It: Renato Cardoso The foot lock is often times one of the most under rated submissions in all of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and other grappling martial arts. Many people assume...

Crazy Inside Heel Hook Setup From Craig Jones Leg entanglement is a very effective way to set up leg submissions. If you have been around the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu scene you have probably heard of the Danaher Death Squad. With the likes of...

Dean Lister Teaches Rolling Toe Hold in Open Guard Every experienced Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitor knows how dangerous open guard can be. If you try to pass a high level open guard player you quickly learn that it can be quite difficult to...

Luiz Panza Foot Lock From 50/50 Guard Foot locks are an effective and sometimes painful way of submitting your opponent in BJJ. In jiu Jitsu, once of the most effective foot locks is the straight foot lock done in the style of Luiz...

Dean Lister’s Nasty Inescapable Toe Hold By many, Dean Lister is considered one of the greatest grapplers of all time. Dean is one of the pioneers of both jiu jitsu and mixed martial arts, having been one of the earliest leg attack experts...

Sneaky Is Sometimes Best... Foot locks aren’t going anywhere! Maybe the hype has subsided a bit with the so called “dark arts” of BJJ, but they are definitely here to stay and continue to evolve. Practitioners all over the world continue to take...

Finally Set Up and Finish The Straight Ankle Lock in BJJ, Submission  Grappling and MMA The straight ankle lock is a very simple leg lock in jiu jitsu, and probably the first foot / leg lock attack you will ever learn in any...

Leg Lock In IBJJF? Yes, And Here Is The Technique! A good leg drag is worth its weight in gold, and if the passer is proficient it can be very difficult to recover from. Various counters may focus on what to do after...

Whether you're just starting down the path to be a leg lock ace, or you've been on the mats for a number of years and have been practicing lower body submissions for some time, it's always good to revisit the classic fundamental techniques...

The De La Riva guard has long been regarded as one of the earliest and most well-developed versions of open guard that have existed in the history of BJJ.  Popularized by its namesake Ricardo de la Riva who is credited with being the...

The straight foot lock is one of the best submissions to learn when someone is just getting started with the leg attack game.  Though like most techniques, there are many nuances that can make it extremely complicated to perfect, the overarching principles can...