
Originally Posted by
Chris Herzog
Why would you be suprised to see heel hooks?
I guess because I've only been learning jujitsu for about 4 months and my impression is that a lot of places don't let you use them while rolling until your more experienced or not at all during training. Seems like many of the rules for tournaments I've looked at don't allow any twisting leg locks until you are a brown or black belt.
I just assumed with an in-house tourney that it was open to all belts so maybe there'd be no heel hooks.
I'm not saying I agree with heel hooks being so frowned upon (truthfully I cant even say they are but its my impression as a newbie) I absolutely don't see why straight ankle locks and knee bars are illegal at any level.