Cross Ashi, Feet Free — Win the Grip
leg locks
InGrappling, Cross Ashi, Feet Free — Win the Grip. GAME-LEI-03.
Problem
Attacker in cross ashi, legs crossed, defender's feet free and fighting.
Tell the room
Win the foot-and-ankle grip, then finish or progress to a one-sided dominant entanglement. Free the trapped leg, or steal one-sided control the other way.
Setup
Attacker in cross ashi, legs crossed, defender's feet free and fighting. No ankle grip established yet. Trapped in the cross-ashi configuration with both feet free.
Score
Win the foot-and-ankle grip and force a lower-limb tap, or progress to a confirmed one-sided dominant entanglement and hold for five seconds. Free the trapped leg to a confirmed neutral 50/50, or counter-entangle to your own one-sided control.
Rules
- Elevated safety.
- Default: no heel hooks unless both partners have agreed and shown tap-release reliability.
- Keep the hip line while hunting the grip.
- Reset when the attacker forces a tap or holds a confirmed dominant entanglement for five seconds, or the defender frees the leg to neutral or counter-entangles.
- Role rotates after each reset.
- Default rounds 2:30.
- Same heel-hook default, hip-line priority, reset logic, and role rotation.
TOP PLAYER
POSITION
Attacker in cross ashi, legs crossed, defender's feet free and fighting. No ankle grip established yet.
OBJECTIVE
Win the foot-and-ankle grip, then finish or progress to a one-sided dominant entanglement.
CONSTRAINTS
Elevated safety. Default: no heel hooks unless both partners have agreed and shown tap-release reliability. Keep the hip line while hunting the grip. Reset when the attacker forces a tap or holds a confirmed dominant entanglement for five seconds, or the defender frees the leg to neutral or counter-entangles. Role rotates after each reset. Default rounds 2:30.
WIN CONDITION
Win the foot-and-ankle grip and force a lower-limb tap, or progress to a confirmed one-sided dominant entanglement and hold for five seconds.
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
Trapped in the cross-ashi configuration with both feet free.
OBJECTIVE
Free the trapped leg, or steal one-sided control the other way.
CONSTRAINTS
Same heel-hook default, hip-line priority, reset logic, and role rotation.
WIN CONDITION
Free the trapped leg to a confirmed neutral 50/50, or counter-entangle to your own one-sided control.