Outside Heist — Defending
Defending the outside heist in no-gi — the entanglement that passes instead of finishing. Keep a connection, contest the come-up, and stop defending a submission that is not coming.
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The outside heist from the wrong side: the attacker has cleared your leg from outside ashi and is coming up, and you are being passed with a leg still involved in the entanglement.
There is no submission here, and that is exactly why it gets underrated. The graph marks it standard safety because nothing is going to break — but a defender being heisted is losing the position comprehensively, and the differential says so.
The mistake is reading “no submission threat” as “not that bad”. What is being taken here is the whole exchange.
Elevated RiskOutside Heist (Defending) is an elevated risk technique. No submission mechanic — the heist is a positional come-up rather than an attack on a joint. The risk is a knee loaded awkwardly during the scramble if the defender resists the come-up with the trapped leg still committed. Serious injury can occur Not applicable as an injury clock. The positional clock is short: the come-up either completes or it does not, usually within a second or two..
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.