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Takedown · Wrestling · Fundamental
High crotch
A takedown (wrestling) you hit from Standing and Clinch (collar tie), landing you in Side control (Yoko Shiho Gatame). Fundamental level.
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How to do it
Start from
Lands you in
- Use a collar tie or wrist control to get them stepping toward you
- Change level and step in deep, head outside their hip, arm wrapped high around the thigh near the crotch
- Drive your head into their side and circle toward their back while you lift the leg
- Finish by turning the corner, lifting, or switching to a double leg, then settle in side control
How it connects
- Starts from
- StandingClinch (collar tie)
- Also from Standing
- Guillotine escape
Get it right
Key details
- Head outside, tight to their hip, eyes up
- Grab high on the thigh, not down at the knee
Common mistake
Shooting with your head down and in front, which hands them a guillotine.
If they defend it
They sprawl: switch to a double leg or come up on a single leg.
Safety and research
Read about itGrapplearts articlesBJJ Heroes
Practice
Quick checkHigh crotch quick check4 questions
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