The lockdown is one my favorite positions because of the sweeps from it. However, now that my training partners are keen to it, I am having trouble keeping their leg in the lockdown, especially with excess perspiration.
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The lockdown is one my favorite positions because of the sweeps from it. However, now that my training partners are keen to it, I am having trouble keeping their leg in the lockdown, especially with excess perspiration.
Ankle sleeve or some sort of leggings could help. How exactly are they fighting out of it?
Make sure before u stretch their leg out u squeeze ur knees together tight first
If its no-gi then do no-gi dont bother with the ankle sleeves or what not cause then your just trying to get back to gi. But back to topic, keep under hooks tight avoid americanas but going back to FG if you slip up. People like going for guillotine's but then you get the old school sweep. to side control. keep your knees tights while in HG keep whipping that bitch. keep your opponent off balance and do your thing.
Ankle sleeves are the shit, they provide vital friction, and theyre allowed in no-gi jiu jitsu competitions so why not use them?Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Morency
I use em in no gi for training and competition. They work. Nuff said.Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt "Gumby" Glach
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Originally Posted by JoshT
Keep a tight squeeze with your knees and as they try to get their leg out you can very slightly flare the shin across the calf muscle, the rest is as already said, hope this helps ya :)
Straighten your legs and squeeze your thighs.
^^^^....Also a minor detail is to make sure you point your toes up towards the ceiling and curl them back towards your head.
It also helps if you make the Herzog "O" face while curling the toes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris Herzog
Practice with a medicine ball between your knees. Hold it cross ur legs as if you have lockdown extend it out then whip knees to chest and over. then whip back to center and do the same in the opposite direction. Trust it works.:cool:
Get bigger legs do squats and lunges.
Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris Herzog
Never thought of this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brandon Woolsey
I know I'm not the one who asked, but this is still good advice for future reference.
It's not a question of will they or won't they work. It's pretty clear that ankle sleeves are advantageous, but rolling without them forces you to have a very technical lockdown. I don't use ankle sleeves and I credit that with helping me figure out the nuances of the lockdown a lot faster.Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt "Gumby" Glach
As to how to keep it tighter, don't just figure-four the legs. Squeeze the knees together and slide the hooking foot down to your opponent's ankle.
I could be wrong but I don't think even the best of lockdowns can combat sweat pretty much the reason I use ankle and shin sleeves and it has easily upped my lockdown and HG game by leaps and bounds even eddie likes to use his GI pants as friction I doubt you'll see him sport vale tudo shorts again like when he beat a certain someone but again I could be wrong I just know its helped me a whole lot
you know what they see once go sleeves you dont want to leave (yea i kno stupid dont worry Im hangin myself as I type lol)
They usually curl their leg toward their buttock or stand up on their knee .Quote:
Originally Posted by Blaine Stevens
Thanks for that minor detailQuote:
Originally Posted by Chris Herzog
I'm the first to say I don't know crap and if I belt tested I'd probly lose my white belt... so just a thought, but the extra grip you get with sleeves is given right back to your opponent if they go for takedowns / ankle locks / if they play rubber / etc right? I normally wear gi pants even on no-gi days anyway to help soak up some sweat... but just sayin. +1 for the toes up tip, now that I think about it (and practice my lockdown on thin air under my desk) I think I usually end up pointing my toes
My lockdown has been greatly improved by Herzogs tip, thank you sir, but my whip up still sucks. I tend to just roll over into dog fight and see what happens...:(
My last tournament 7/16 I used them ankle sleeves. But never had the opportunity to use them. So once i get a rolling partner I will see what I can do with them. I know I have had some problems pulling my foot under my knee for the triangle with the bigger guys while sweaty. The sleeves should help.Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt "Gumby" Glach
If you have double unders, this is what seems to be my best option as well. When they are wise to halfguard sweeps, they often conceed dogfight. I think your just capitalizing and stayin tight. Dogfight double unders is moving forward right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Dewitt Jr