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Saddle (Inside Sankaku)
Your legs triangle around one of their legs with your foot across their hip. The strongest leg lock position.
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Essentials
Your legs triangle around one of their legs from the inside, pinning their knee line. Also called inside sankaku, 411 or honey hole: it’s the strongest heel hook position, so control and caution matter.
Your goals
- Triangle your legs around their leg, knee pinned
- Hide your own feet
- Control their foot and heel
What they want
- Turn the knee free or sit up
- Counter-attack your feet
Key principles
- Heel hooks give little warning: apply slowly
- Control the knee line before the heel
Common mistakes
- Cranking fast in training
- Losing the knee line
Techniques to learn
Each one opens its own page and video.
Where it leads
- Moves from here
- Leg entanglement (Ashi Garami)Back control
- In courses
- Leg lock set
If this happens…
- they try to roll outFollow the rotation and keep your triangle tight
- they grab your footHide it and keep the pressure on their knee
Advanced detailsTransitions, threats, reactions, troubleshooting and a sparring drill
1. Overview
Your legs triangle around one of their legs with your foot across their hip. The strongest leg lock position.
Key controls
- Legs triangled, their knee pinned
- Their far leg controlled
- Heel exposed for the grip
In this position
2 transitions · 0 sweeps · 3 submissions · 2 reactions · 2 troubleshooting fixes · 1 sparring exercise · 3 techniques
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