Butterfly Ashi Garami — Defending
Defending butterfly ashi garami in no-gi — elevation is the control. Get your weight back to the mat, post wide, and the position degrades on its own.
Adapted from InGrappling, Butterfly Ashi Garami — Defending. System Games did not invent this curriculum.
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Butterfly ashi from the defending side. The attacker has a butterfly hook under your leg and an ashi structure on it, and the hook is doing something specific: taking your weight off the mat.
Elevation is the control here. A leg the attacker is carrying is a leg you cannot base on, cannot post with, and cannot easily withdraw.
That also names the escape. Get the weight back down and the position degrades on its own.
Elevated RiskButterfly Ashi Garami (Defending) is an elevated risk technique. The ashi structure makes the standard outside-line finishes available — the straight ankle lock and the outside heel hook. Elevation adds a fall risk during the escape if the defender pulls the leg free without controlling the descent. Serious injury can occur Medium. The elevation has to be maintained, which costs the attacker something and gives you a little room..
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.