Vaporizer

Submission

The vaporizer is 10th Planet's leg lock from the lockdown and electric chair family — described in the system as one-third toe hold, one-third calf crank, and one-third devastation. With the opponent's leg trapped in a lockdown-style entanglement, their foot is bent and twisted sideways, crushing the calf while torquing the kneecap; the "Defcon 4" variation adds a push-kick on your controlling foot against their pinned leg for maximum pressure.

Quick Reference

Key principles

  • · It lives where the lockdown and electric chair already put you: the opponent's leg extended and trapped by your legs while their base is compromised.
  • · The finishing force is compound — folding the foot cranks the calf, and the sideways twist loads the kneecap — which is why the tap arrives suddenly.
  • · Your legs do the pinning so your hands are free to fold and steer their foot.
  • · The electric chair stretch and the vaporizer form a dilemma: defending the groin stretch by folding the leg feeds the fold the vaporizer needs.
  • · In the Defcon 4 finish, push-kicking your controlling foot outward while pulling their foot down stretches the calf over your shin like a blade.

Execution

  1. 1 From the lockdown or a dogfight-to-electric-chair exchange, keep their near leg trapped and extended by your legs.
  2. 2 As they defend the stretch by folding their leg, capture their foot with your hands.
  3. 3 Fold the foot toward their glutes over your shin to load the calf.
  4. 4 Twist the foot laterally to add kneecap torque — pressure builds in both joints at once.
  5. 5 For Defcon 4, push-kick your controlling foot into their leg while pulling their foot down, and release the moment they tap.

Common mistakes

  • × Attacking before the lockdown-side control is consolidated, letting them pummel their leg free as you release the ride to attack.
  • × Folding the foot straight back like a generic calf slicer and never adding the sideways twist that makes it a knee attack.
  • × Ignoring the sweep and stretch options first — the vaporizer is strongest arriving off a defended electric chair, not forced cold.

Do it from

Positions and situations where the Vaporizer shows up.

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Electric Chair submission Lockdown Bottom