Ashi Garami Ankle Lock
The straight ankle lock from ashi garami and single leg X in no-gi — the outside-line ankle lock, the first leg submission most grapplers learn, on seven different platforms.
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The straight ankle lock from the outside line — ashi garami and single leg X primarily, and from outside ashi, mutual ashi, reverse guard and the standing outside-ashi position that share the relationship. Seven platforms, more than any other instance in the family.
This is the ankle lock. It is the first leg submission almost everyone learns, it is legal at white belt in rulesets that ban everything else, and it is the attack the whole ashi family was originally taught around.
Its defining feature is that the attacker controls the leg from outside the knee line, which keeps the foot at the end of a lever rather than buried inside a configuration. That is what makes the finish so mechanically simple and the position so easy to lose.
Elevated RiskAshi Garami Ankle Lock is an elevated risk technique. Compression of the Achilles and ankle joint through plantarflexion, finished with a bridge. The gentlest injury profile in the leg game, and the reason the ankle lock is the foundational leg attack. Serious injury can occur The longest window in the family. A defender who taps late here has usually chosen to..
If you are new to this technique: read this section before anything else. Understanding the danger is part of understanding the technique.
The person applying the technique is responsible for releasing immediately.
Communicate before drilling. Know your partner's experience level with this position.