Ashi: False Grip vs Clear the Knee Line
Mat mode
3:00
Tell the roomCapture their toes / heel with a one-arm false grip.
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Notes (this phone)
ATTACKER (ASHI / CONTROL LEG)
POSITION
In an ashi or garami-style entanglement. You hold a boot grip on the secondary (control) leg — do not attack that leg; it is for control. Stay attached to the hip.
OBJECTIVE
Capture their toes / heel with a one-arm false grip.
CONSTRAINTS
Only one arm may work the false grip. Do not rip or finish a heel hook — the false grip itself is the win; stop when you catch it. Keep collecting the secondary leg if they free it. Tap and release if a lower-limb attack loads; reset on a tap. Switch roles after either player wins.
WIN CONDITION
You secure a clear false grip on their heel.
DEFENDER
POSITION
Your leg is entangled; hide the heel with strong (ballerina) toes — turn the toes the hard way so the heel is not given away.
OBJECTIVE
Clear the knee line and escape the entanglement.
CONSTRAINTS
Sell out on hiding the heel while you hand-fight and free the knee line. Once you escape, stop or switch. Tap and release if anything loads the knee or ankle; reset on a tap.
WIN CONDITION
You clear the knee line and get free of the entanglement.
Reference video
Open video · Rob Cole via ED4SG / Ecopalooza
Rob Cole, Ecopalooza Spring 2024: Task-focused Games for Leg Entanglements (free video on the Ecological Dynamics for Submission Grappling YouTube channel).
Problem
In an ashi or garami-style entanglement.
Tell the room
Capture their toes / heel with a one-arm false grip. Clear the knee line and escape the entanglement.
Setup
In an ashi or garami-style entanglement. You hold a boot grip on the secondary (control) leg — do not attack that leg; it is for control. Stay attached to the hip. Your leg is entangled; hide the heel with strong (ballerina) toes — turn the toes the hard way so the heel is not given away.
Score
You secure a clear false grip on their heel. You clear the knee line and get free of the entanglement.
Rules
- Only one arm may work the false grip.
- Do not rip or finish a heel hook — the false grip itself is the win; stop when you catch it.
- Keep collecting the secondary leg if they free it.
- Tap and release if a lower-limb attack loads; reset on a tap.
- Switch roles after either player wins.
- Sell out on hiding the heel while you hand-fight and free the knee line.
- Once you escape, stop or switch.
- Tap and release if anything loads the knee or ankle; reset on a tap.
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