Out-Side Ashi Garami To Back Triangle

Out-Side Ashi Garami To Back Triangle

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When your partner puts you in outside ashi and manages to get an achilles grip, the back take will not work. Instead, you need to clear their lock below your knee. This cannot be achieved by simply pushing their legs down. Instead, you need to lean in, driving your knee in one direction. As you do this, your back leg should take a small step in. This shifts your hips and pushes their knees down in one motion.

  1. Once your knee is free, switch your hand to an inverted grip and put all your weight on the leg that was in the outside ashi.
  2. Sit around your partner's head, as if putting yourself in a waiter's sweep. Your ankle should rotate inside of their lock.
  3. Insert your left hand in your partner's armpit, as if starting to attack a Kimura from north-south. Move forward and get your wrist all the way inside to lock the Kimura.
  4. With your partner's hand behind their back, start to sit, keeping their hand behind their back to maintain tension in their arm. Begin to free your leg.
  5. Trap your partner's arm by bringing their hand above their head. Place your foot on their hip and bring your ankle up over their neck to secure a back triangle.
  6. To finish, aim to touch your left knee to your right knee. This will give you the pressure needed to execute the choke.