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MAKE YOUR HEEL HOOK ATTACKS STRONGER, FASTER AND BETTER:
In this section
I will try to explain a common problem with a basic heel hook attack.
I will tell you right now I do not really like this attack as a
submission even though people get it all the time. This is a
common heel hook attack which is shown and illustrated in the pictures
below. You will commonly see this attack being used in the UFC,
NHB and submission fighting tournaments. The heel hook is still
not used in BJJ tournaments. Here is a
quick breakdown of how the move is normally done: (not how I would do
it:)
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The
fighter on the bottom shoots one leg through.
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Then
he wraps the leg around the standing fighters leg
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He puts
pressure with the grapevine leg to turn the top fighter and expose
the heel
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He
then pressures the top fighter to fall and finishes the heel hook.
The
problem with this method is shown in picture number 4 below....It is
easy to escape. As the bottom fighter puts pressure the top
fighter exits and escapes through the hole. (by turning with the
pressure and escaping his knee) This
escape is used both standing and on the ground. Often you will
see fighters spin out of the heel hook on the ground. BJJ fighters
often will spin out and put there free leg on their opponents ass to
push out. This method of escaping has certain problems to.
Here are the little details to make this technique
stronger, faster, tighter and more effective:
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In
picture (1) you will notice that not only have I shot my free leg
through but I have:
a. trapped his foot with my left arm;
b. placed my other foot on his hip and made;
c. maintained control (if possible) of one of his arms;
d. grapevined my leg onto his hip;
NOW THE MOST IMPORTANT DETAIL
e. In picture (3) you will notice that my right hand has released
his hand and shot in behind his knee. That is right I have
trapped and am controlling his knee with my right arm preventing him
from executing the escape in picture (4)
f. Now I am putting pressure on his hip with my right
leg/thigh or knee to accomplish the takedown. After the
takedown [ picture (5) ] my right knee becomes the most important
part of the move. If I turn him with my left arm and his heel
he will roll out of the move. So my right knee goes left while
my arm controlling his heel goes right and hopefully they meet in
the middle and he goes tap, tap, tap.
Now
for the escape it really becomes easy. I cannot let my opponent
control my knee. By freeing my knee the heel hook move is over.
(That is why I don't like this move that much it is a simple escape) So
when I feel my opponent has thrown on a heel hook I must make sure my
knee exits through the hole before he can control it with his arm or
leg. Good
luck, have fun training this move and the escape. If you would
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