Master The Move: The Toehold by John Danaher

What Will You Learn?

The toehold is one of the most versatile leg locks in all of grappling, and few people understand how to use it better than John Danaher.

Widely regarded as the greatest coach and instructor in the history of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Danaher has built champions at every level of the sport by breaking complex techniques into clear, repeatable systems. Now he's sharing that same approach with the toehold, a submission with unique attributes that separate it from the more conventional leg lock attacks.

In Master The Move: The Toehold, Danaher starts with the main mechanical principles of the figure 4 toehold and the 3 initial problems you will face when you attempt it. Then he shows you his best entries from top position, the spin entry and the back step entry, plus a third option and a way in from bottom position. Volume 2 puts the toehold together with the kneebar: the Double Trouble Kneebar, the kneebar toehold dilemma and the relationship between toeholds and heel hooks. This isn't just a submission course, it's a full toehold game that connects with your kneebars and heel hooks.

Whether you're playing 50/50 or attacking from inside ashi, outside ashi or cross ashi garami, the toehold gives you another way to finish. Danaher covers proactive and reactive 50/50 toeholds, 10 finger toeholds, palm to palm toeholds against standard, outside and cross ashi garami, the outside, inside and clavicle toeholds, and Estima locks from kneeling, standing and sitting.

He also shows you what to do when your opponent fights back. The final volume is built around reverse closed guard: how to enter it, how to get between the knees, how to deal with leg extension, how to roll your opponent through and what to do when he stands up. You learn to follow him through 360 degrees to the finish, and the course closes with the path from reverse closed guard to heel hooks.

If you've ever locked a figure 4 grip on the foot and still couldn't get the tap, this course shows you the mechanics, the entries and the follow ups that turn that grip into a finish.

Learn how to make the toehold one of the most reliable finishes in your leg lock game.

What Exactly Do You Get?

Part 1: Toehold Mechanics and Entries From Top and Bottom

• The Main Theme of This Video - The Toehold Has Unique Attributes That Separate It From the More Conventional Leglock Attacks
• The Main Mechanical Principles of the Figure 4 Toehold
• The 3 Initial Problems You Will Face When Attempting Toeholds
• The Single Best Entry Into Toeholds From Top Position: Spin Entry
• The Next Best Entry Into Toeholds From Top Position: Back Step Entry
• A 3rd Entry Into Toeholds From Top Position
• Entering Into Toeholds From Bottom Position

Part 2: Kneebar and Toehold Combinations

• Outside Turn Into Figure 4 Toehold
• Double Trouble Kneebar
• Kneebar and Hand Over Hand Toehold
• Kneebar Toehold Dilemma
• The Relationship Between Toeholds and Heel Hooks

Part 3: 50/50 Toeholds

• Proactive 50/50 Toeholds
• Reactive 50/50 Toeholds

Part 4: Toeholds Versus Ashi Garami

• 10 Finger Toeholds
• Toeholds Versus Inside Ashi
• Palm to Palm Toeholds Versus Ashi Garami
• Palm to Palm Toehold Versus Outside Ashi Garami
• Palm to Palm Toehold Versus Cross Ashi Garami

Part 5: Outside, Inside and Clavicle Toeholds and Estima Locks

• Outside Toehold
• Inside Toehold
• Clavicle Toehold Versus 50/50
• Kneeling/Standing Estima Locks
• Sitting Estima Lock
• Estima Lock as a Counter to Ashi Garami

Part 6: Reverse Closed Guard

• Entering Reverse Closed Guard
• The 1st Problem of Reverse Closed Guard: Getting Between the Knees: Leg Pass
• The Biggest Problem Associated with Reverse Closed Guard: Leg Extension
• The Hand Over Hand Toe Hold From Reverse Closed Guard
• Rolling Your Opponent Through
• A 4th Problem with Reverse Closed Guard: Opponent Stands Up
• Following an Opponent Through 360 Degrees to Finish
• Reverse Closed Guard to Heel Hooks