New Technique? The Lock Up (position and calf slicer)

[Justin Patten]

What's up, everybody? I'm not on here much, but I have this technique I've been playing with for a while now and I feel like it's finally polished enough to share with the 10th Planet fam and get some feedback on. I hit this all the freakin time and no one seems to have seen it before. My training partner in crime, Sean(the dude I'm demonstrating it on) has started hitting it too. It's very uncomfortable right away, as you can see in the video, Sean is tapping out several times in the video before I'm actually even sinking it in. The last little adjustment of grabbing your other ankle/shin with your toes, is super important for defending the push off with the foot and it tightens it up like a MF. Anyway, have at it, guys. I present to you, The Lock Up. (I apologize for the bad lighting in the beginning.)

[HerbChao]

I've seen a variation of this in a DVD series (forget his name offhand but it's called The Flat Half Guard) where he begins with a similar whip up (but forward) triangles the legs, and finishes the calf crush. Def be careful with this move in practice, I've heard stories of people seriously bruising their calves or in extreme cases separating the muscle.

[Dwight Roux]

It is legit and if you watch eddies dvd the twister you will see that he used to use that submission. He thought he was gonna ru through everyone with it but i guess it had its shortcomings. I believe he called it the kamakaze calf crank, which is still used today in the truck posish.

[gene k]

Although I haven't seen it set up this way, this submission is the Kamakaze from lock down, Eddie mentions it in MTS 74 starting around 53:05

[Brian Debes]

It is legit and if you watch eddies dvd the twister you will see that he used to use that submission. He thought he was gonna ru through everyone with it but i guess it had its shortcomings. I believe he called it the kamakaze calf crank, which is still used today in the truck posish.

Yeah, check out that dvd. I think Eddie shows one of his blue belt matches where he hits this. Like you, he thought it was gonna be a thing for him, but he couldn't get it to work as he moved up through the higher belts. All this was explained on the DVD, "The Twister" (not to be confused with mastering the twister), which was the first dvd he put out I believe.

That said, I have still used it to discourage someone who wants to curl their leg up to prevent a lock down but I don't know any true lockdown masters (which I'm not) that still use it any.

Best of luck on your Journey!

[Justin Patten]

Cool, I'll have to rewatch twister and check it out. That's the one with all his early twister wins, right? I do know that it is similar to the kamikaze, but the difference here is that doing it from the lockdown with him facing you and getting his foot locked under your knee, prevents him from moving anywhere. Its not exactly the crank right away. At first it's just a position. In other words, there's no urgency to finish right then and there. He's locked in and can't go anywhere. And there are several options from it. Thanks for the feedback guys. I'm going to check out the twister video again!

[bobby rivers]

I like to godfather his leg the other way, then insert my right foot behind the knee and leg curl with my left. It didn't pan out.

[Justin Patten]

So, I decided to put the twister on in the background while I was getting ready for work and it didn't take long. It's the second match! Haha. Yes, this is exactly the position I'm talking about. Nice job. You guys are 10th Planet encyclopedias! Although, unless he mentions it somewhere else in the video, all he says about it is that he thought it was going to be the new thing and was teaching it to everybody. I'll have to pick his brain about it when he comes back out to Bethlehem in June. Glad to know I'm thinking like Eddie, though. Thanks again, guys.

[Pat Campagnola]

That said, I have still used it to discourage someone who wants to curl their leg up to prevent a lock down but I don't know any true lockdown masters (which I'm not) that still use it any.

I use it for this same purpose, but I can't recall ever getting a submission from it in a live roll.

[VJ Bella]

Yeah this one has been around for a while...meg catches me with this from time to time...works alot better for longer legged guys. Saw this the other week too: