Eddie, leg locks and 10th planet?

[changeordie]

Eddie whats your thoughts on leg locks?
Obviously its a weakness in many many bjj players games as they dont practice them much at all and arent allowed to do many variations until higher belts and many leg lock techniques are outright banned from bjj.

Eddie having the flexibiliy and mobility in his legs that you do, I would think you would be fantastic at leg locks.

You have such a creative mind, building a whole system out of the rubber guard and many many moves from mission control, I would love to see you experiment with leg locks.

The reason I ask is that leg locks are not a big big part of jiu jitsu and so are not developed as much (even though they are used hugely in sambo) Im sure there would be a lot of bjj guys and mma guys who arent taught them that would love your take on them.
Im sure you could come up with many new techniques I mean, the electric chair and vaporizor are just two amazing examples (even though electric chair is more of a hip lock)

Sorry if this seems a bit random but I think you could bring a lot to the table and help develop a often very overlooked part of grappling

Im sure a lot of people would be interested in an Eddie Bravo leg lock book or dvd
just something i was thinking about
thanks

[Matthias Sieber]

I think one reason about leg locks not beeing a huge part of 10th planet is that often you end up in shitty positions yourself.

Of course there are awesome and nasty leg locks in 10th planet jiu jitsu already. My favourite is still the (kamikaze) calf crank from the truck. Gonna start working on the ham sandwich in a bit.

[changeordie]

Hi I agree, I personally never go for leg locks if it means sacrificing position, as you run the risk of getting smacked in the face with punches or elbows if you fall back for leg locks in your opponents closed guard. Only if the leg lock is right there for the taking will i go for it and fall back to it
I love eddies stuff on leg locks hes done so far as you dont even have to change position for any of them.

[AJ Camacho]

Eddie has a great transition from the electric chair to a straight ankle lock. It can also be used to integrate straight into the high outside leg lace position that Herzog has been using. You can also hit the leg lace from X-guard and as a counter to the mount. I highly recommend checking it out in the Leg Locks thread on this board since I have been able to integrate it smoothly into my game.

[Chris Herzog]

Lots of good discussion and videos in the Leg Lock Thread:

http://www.10thplanetjj.com/threads/...ussion-goin...

[Dennis Martinez]

for years ive not been allowed to do leg locks in training and ive finally got a good enough group of guys around me that no one has the ego and needs to win that we can train leg locks and not worry about getting injured so hopefully it will improve, and as far as checking out some 10th planet leg locks look for CHRIS HERZOGS videos hes 10th planet and his leg locks are sick

[Scott Yockel]

Leg locks are in the system now. Just check out Herzogs videos.

[Eddie Bravo]

I love the safe leg locks, leg locks where you can't get leg locked yourself, like the calf crank from the truck, the vaporizor, the crippler, banana split, ham sandwhich, crotch ripper, turkey wrap and of course the electric chair. All other leg locks I like when I just simply can't get my clinch on.

[Andrei (KAZE)]

For me leg locks are smth like GodMode. When i can't submit my opponent (either he's better or i'm too tired) i just go for the freaking leg lock...works 99% of the time on anyone in my class. I guess no one bothers to learn the defense against leg locks.

[Jarrad Mckay]

I enjoy chris's russian cowboy leg locks, as it gives you great options from failed Twister side control setups.
I assume Eddie would endorse a lot of what Chris does in regards of those leg locks, but i cant speak for either party.
The gym i went to in perth had rules against calf cranks so that ruled out even more leg locks/cranks. All that was allowed was straight knee bars and and archiles locks. archilles locks unfortunately open you up to the same thing happening to u.
Where are the available resources for Ham Sandwhich, Turkey Wrap, and banana split