Outside Ashi Kneebar
The kneebar from outside ashi garami in no-gi — the outside-line kneebar and the one most people learn first. Entry from outside ashi, reverse guard and outside sankaku.
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The kneebar taken from the outside line — outside ashi garami primarily, and from the reverse guard and outside sankaku that share its geometry. This is the kneebar most grapplers meet first, and the one the word usually means.
Outside positions put the attacker beside the leg rather than under it, which is the natural place to extend from. The knee line runs away from you and the hip slots in behind it without any rearrangement.
It sits alongside the outside heel hook rather than behind it. From the saddle the kneebar is a conversion; from here it is a first-class option that a defender has to account for from the moment the position lands.
Elevated RiskOutside Ashi Kneebar is an elevated risk technique. Straight hyperextension loading the posterior cruciate and the joint capsule. The outside position gives the defender slightly more room to feel it building than the saddle does, which is a margin rather than a safeguard. Serious injury can occur Short once the hip is behind the knee. The extension is the tap cue, not the pain..
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.