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Friday, November 13, 2009

Single leg finish - Take Back Option (from knee down)

Action: You go for single leg, knee down and opponent sprawls back.

Reaction:
Step 1. Keep constant pressure with head on opponent's abdomen area and pull in opponent's legs diagonally backwards while circling to the outside.

Step 2. Place your near leg, knee-down behind opponents leg.

Step 3a. Get your head out and take the back.

or

Step 3b. Wrap opponents knee with hands and pull inwards while driving forward.

Important points:

(Step 1)
  • Keep head up. dont curl up like a ball. Be more like a stable table.
  • Make sure you drive your shoulder in to your opponents leg and pull his leg in tight.
  • Your position should be adjacent to opponent
(Step 2)
  • Own leg is placed parallel to opponents leg.