Fallen in love with the Leg Knot

[Brent Smith]

"Thats nice, but I'm human, we fuck lions up."--Chris Herzog

Haha!

I mean I guess to each their own but leg locks can be pretty damn devastating. Like ScottRay said a leg lock takes away their leg to stand on. I wonder if that means Kurt avoids armlocks of all kinds..cause lions don't armbar gazelles. Or what about wrist locks!?

[Scott Yockel]

Boom! Make it happen Coach

I think we can make that happen.

[Brent Smith]

I think we can make that happen.

So you guys that focus a lot on lower body attacks (Herzog, Yockel, Debes), did that hinder/retard your upper body attacks at all? I know that since I've spent little time on leg locks and pretty much exclusively focused on upper body attacks, my leg lock game I soooo bad.

[Scott Yockel]

not really.....just another bullet in the magazine.

[Sean Marshall]

If you think no reaping allowed is bad, in florida amateur mma you cant twist the knee at all, even if they twist it themselves. So you could have a straight ankle lock and if they can twist their body it becomes a knee twisting lock, then you have to let go of the submission. Because of this I have been neglecting my aggressive leg locking game for a while. Getting good with the leg knot might be a good solution to this

[Brent Smith]

So you guys that focus a lot on lower body attacks (Herzog, Yockel, Debes), did that hinder/retard your upper body attacks at all? I know that since I've spent little time on leg locks and pretty much exclusively focused on upper body attacks, my leg lock game I soooo bad.

This question I directed towards anyone that leg locks. Those were just the 3 that popped into mind.

[Brent Smith]

If you think no reaping allowed is bad, in florida amateur mma you cant twist the knee at all, even if they twist it themselves. So you could have a straight ankle lock and if they can twist their body it becomes a knee twisting lock, then you have to let go of the submission. Because of this I have been neglecting my aggressive leg locking game for a while. Getting good with the leg knot might be a good solution to this

It completely ties you up! It's really good to do to someone.

[Aaron Gustaveson]

If you think no reaping allowed is bad, in florida amateur mma you cant twist the knee at all, even if they twist it themselves. So you could have a straight ankle lock and if they can twist their body it becomes a knee twisting lock, then you have to let go of the submission. Because of this I have been neglecting my aggressive leg locking game for a while. Getting good with the leg knot might be a good solution to this

WTF?! We use the unified rules of mma, exactly like the UFC in amateur events.

From wiki,
In April 2000, the California State Athletic Commission voted unanimously in favor of regulations that later became the foundation for the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. However when the legislation was sent to California's capital for review, it was determined that the sport fell outside the jurisdiction of the CSAC, rendering the vote superfluous.[1]

So we use the unified rules (for fights my coach promotes) but one thing that sucks is, testing for blood borne disease is up to the organizers of the event. Also we have a lot of half ass bullshit amateur "mma" with 30 second stand up rules and shit. CAMO is trying to fuck it up even more but as of now amateur mma in CA is basically unregulated.

[bobby rivers]

If you think no reaping allowed is bad, in florida amateur mma you cant twist the knee at all, even if they twist it themselves. So you could have a straight ankle lock and if they can twist their body it becomes a knee twisting lock, then you have to let go of the submission. Because of this I have been neglecting my aggressive leg locking game for a while. Getting good with the leg knot might be a good solution to this

Cept for the fact that the leg not is also illegal. Unfortunately.

[David Rosado]

I'm looking forward to this. The pay what you want option is pretty cool.