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Leg drag
You throw their legs to one side and pin the hips. Their back is turned away and the pass is close.
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Essentials
You drag their legs across your body so their hips face away from you and you’re beside them. The leg drag beats many open guards and sets up the back and side control.
Your goals
- Pin their legs across your hip
- Control their far hip
- Walk around to side control or take the back
What they want
- Square back up to you
- Re-guard with their top leg
Key principles
- Their hips face away, your hips stay close
- Pin before you pass
Common mistakes
- Letting their knees come back
- Passing too fast and losing the pin
Techniques to learn
Each one opens its own page and video.
Submissions
Estima lockLeg lock · AdvancedWhere it leads
- In courses
- Foundations IV: Passing
If this happens…
- they turn back to face youKeep the hip pin and step around
- they turn awayTake the back
Advanced detailsTransitions, threats, reactions, troubleshooting and a sparring drill
1. Overview
You throw their legs to one side and pin the hips. Their back is turned away and the pass is close.
Key controls
- Their legs pinned across your hip
- Chest on their thigh, hips tight
- Far collar or underhook
In this position
4 transitions · 0 sweeps · 1 submissions · 2 reactions · 2 troubleshooting fixes · 1 sparring exercise · 2 techniques
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