Lachlan Giles teaches the outside-control entries to 50/50 and outside Sankaku — the layered hierarchy (closed guard → De La Hiva → Reverse De La Hiva), the standard K-guard entry from closed guard, the modified K-guard entry from De La Hiva, and the full defensive playbook against every common counter the top player will throw at this position.

developingUpdated 2026-05-12

Distilled from the verbatim transcript. Every concept is preserved; verbal filler, partner demos, and repetition are not. Each section header links to the exact moment in the Bilibili video. Volume 06 is the K-guard chapter — and unlike the prior volumes, it is densely problem-solving: every section after the basic entry walks through what the top player does to counter, then how to counter the counter. The last section is a live coaching drill that adds two more defenses (Toriendo and backstep) that aren't covered standalone earlier.

Part I — Hierarchy and Core Mechanics

The three-layer hierarchy: closed guard → De La Hiva → Reverse De La Hiva · 0:00–3:13
K-guard fundamentals: sit up first, hands together late · 3:13–5:01
De La Hiva and Reverse De La Hiva against a standing opponent · 5:01–7:42

Part II — Standard K-Guard Entry

The standard K-guard entry demonstration · 7:42–10:36
Getting partner's hips up from closed guard · 11:01–14:25
Finishing from K-guard: force the knee down · 14:25–18:23
Outside positioning vs. partner on the knees · 18:23–19:44
K-guard when partner stands in closed guard · 19:44–24:53

Part III — Solving Standard-Entry Problems

Blocked outside leg: swing under, hook behind the knee · 24:53–27:09
Straight ankle defense during entry · 27:39–29:26
The K-guard elevation drill: lift with legs alone · 29:26–31:21

Part IV — K-Guard from De La Hiva

De La Hiva: top-player options and the underhook target · 31:21–33:43
De La Hiva control: hook tension and knee-bar prevention · 33:43–37:14
Underhook De La Hiva to the modified K-guard entry · 37:14–39:03
Right leg positioning and defending the leg drag · 39:03–40:41
Defending the step-over to headquarters · 40:41–41:27
Defending the double-unders pass: keep the shin vertical · 41:27–43:23
Defending the run-away: deep grip and distal control · 43:23–45:35

Part V — Defending Counters to Modified K-Guard

Counters to the modified K-guard — overview · 45:35–48:08
Two hands on the far leg: shoot up to the hip · 48:08–51:00
One-hand grip and knees-together defenses · 51:00–53:00
North-south pass defense: ball up and recover · 53:00–55:55
Far-leg block: invert head through to 50/50 · 55:55–57:48
Berimbolo defense and drill recap · 57:48–1:06:23

Part I — Hierarchy and Core Mechanics

1. The three-layer hierarchy: closed guard → De La Hiva → Reverse De La Hiva

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The goal: make the guard hard to pass while continuously attacking. Position management runs in layers.

Layer 1 — closed guard / double outside control. Partner is furthest from passing. Feet on the outside, no underhooks, closed-guard or just-opened closed guard. Best distance-management position. Work to get underneath, attach to the leg, reach K-guard entry → 50/50 or outside Sankaku.

Layer 2 — De La Hiva. Partner stands up; closed guard is no longer accessible. Outside hook on the standing leg. Still excellent distance management. Target the underhook De La Hiva — underhook the leg, shoot through, capture the leg, work for the heel.

Layer 3 — Reverse De La Hiva. Partner steps over the leg the other way. One leg inside now — partner closer to passing the guard, especially with good grips. Many entries to the legs and 50/50 from here.

Falling back when no immediate entry. Always work back toward the position that gives the most chance to recover. From Reverse De La Hiva → back to De La Hiva. From De La Hiva → if partner drops to a knee, work toward closed guard. Only commit to entries when one is immediately available; otherwise retreat to a stronger layer.

2. K-guard fundamentals: sit up first, hands together late

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Sit up first — don't reach sideways. When going under the leg, the first action is the sit-up, not the reach. Lifting partner's hips and trying to go sideways lets partner step back and exit easily. Sitting up rolls into a much better angle, and allows switching sides if partner steps.

Same principle against a standing partner with a two-on-one. Foot past the hip, sit up, reach for the leg. Step back? Switch sides.

Common mistake: hands connect together too early. Once under the leg, the hand should keep space until the legs get in. Hands together too soon → partner cross-faces, space dies, slow sprawl out, position lost.

The cue: keep the hand framing until the knee is in front; then hands together to secure the grip strongly.

3. De La Hiva and Reverse De La Hiva against a standing opponent

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Against a standing partner, target De La Hiva first. Reverse De La Hiva is the answer when partner pushes back across.

Catching De La Hiva. Fight the hands. With good hand control (a two-on-one or even just elbow), put the feet up toward the shoulder. This threatens a triangle — partner has to posture back. Outside hook, grab the ankle — De La Hiva caught.

Hand-control alternative. Partner keeps hands away. Reach outside the knee to the ankle, swing the hips up over the top.

Critical guard-retention principle: never take the knees away from the chest — that's where partner opens up. Don't try a De La Hiva by stretching out. Keep the knees at the chest. Fall to the side, slight angle, knees still at chest, lift them up, shoot through into De La Hiva. Almost rolling over on the elbow.

Reverse De La Hiva entry. If partner pushes back and starts coming across, immediately get the foot in front of the shoulder — the frame first, possibly before the hook itself.

Don't go to Reverse De La Hiva without the shoulder frame down. Without the frame, partner has a good knee-cut. Block the shoulders, fall, look for the frame, then the hook. Get a similar shape if available, but the frame matters most — without the Reverse De La Hiva hook, recovery is still possible, but without the frame and in there, danger even with the hook.

Part II — Standard K-Guard Entry

4. The standard K-guard entry demonstration

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This is the entry to drill first if learning K-guard.

Closed guard. Lift partner's hips. Reach under the leg. Knee inside the leg.

Hook on the outside, knee on the inside. Hands connect. Other foot crosses the armpit, or under the far armpit as an X. The X shape is useful because partner often presses forward to defend — the foot can off-balance through their pressure, posting their hand on the mat, or step on the armpit to push away.

Once under the leg, pull the knee on top of the chest. Knowing this means it's caught. Two finishing options:

Option A — over the top (preferred). Shoot the leg over the top, catch the heel hook. Ends in a belly-down heel hook, hardest to defend.

Option B — feed across. Reach for the leg, pull across, catch 50/50 here. Easier for partner to start hiding the heel.

Lachlan's preference is consistently over the top.

Sequence. Hips out, reach under, knee inside, hook. Other leg makes distance. Push — get partner's hands toward the mat, or postured backwards (makes the leg light). Pull knee onto chest. Knee on chest → shoot the foot over, spin through. The leg shoots all the way in front of the far leg, up and through. Hooked in.

Once hooked, catch the heel from over the top, or in the no-other-option case, knee up, reach through underneath the ankle, pull across.

5. Getting partner's hips up from closed guard

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Partner's hips have to come off the ground for K-guard to be available. Several ways.

Submission threats. Make partner post a hand on the mat — threaten a prone armbar. Hips out, knee underneath already. As partner pulls the arm away, there's a gap to reach under the leg.

Won't work flat-footed. If partner sits on their heels, no gap. Be willing to open the legs — you don't enter K-guard with the legs locked. As reaching, kick out, get the knee underneath.

Knee-shield combo. Attach to an arm, attack it, top leg as a knee shield, bottom knee toward the ground.

Pull the knees to the chest. Hand-fight a bit, pull knees to the chest. Partner's hips come up. As soon as they do, frame the head (otherwise partner grips the head — can't get to the leg). Block, frame, reach under, turn the hips underneath.

Common problems.

Partner pressures down. Be active with the right grip on the shoulder blade, open the elbow, frame. Partner grabs the head and sprawls the leg away. Have to come through and under — up, through, and under. The right leg lifts and pushes too. Don't get the right leg in front of the chest or over the top kicking — that makes it worse.
Partner sprawls and is heavy. Ball everything in. Try not to balance against the heaviness — push away, redirect the force out to the side. Curl up.
Pull an arm across as going. Nothing immediately blocking. Reach under the leg as deep as possible — elbow-deep, not just the hand. Frame, hip out, get the knee in front.

The hip-out cue: put the foot on the mat to do it. With shin pressure only (no whole foot), push away a little, ball in, off-balance to the side.

6. Finishing from K-guard: force the knee down

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Once partner is off-balance and the knees come up on the chest, swing the right leg behind the knee. Adjust the hip angle, then swing the leg over the top.

Grip while shooting through. Keep the grip on the leg tight. Partner stuck. Shoot the right leg deep, capture the knee line. Even if the knee line is free, if the grip is tight, extend the back, lock a triangle, feed the foot up, dig the heel.

Two catching paths from over the top.

Catch directly from here if the knee is caught.
If the knee is more free and partner pushes, go under your own arm, sit up a lot to force partner down, catch the heel.

If the knees are already caught, simpler — float and swing here or over the top.

The roll-defense. When the leg is fed over, a very common reaction is partner rolls. Keep the foot inside — in front of the stomach, not out in 50/50. If sitting forward into a 50/50 position with the foot outside, partner hand-fights and everything is missed. Foot stays in front of the stomach. Kick this tight until the legs have full position. Then loosen on partner's leg to work the finish.

The two finishing options recap.

Come underneath, lift the leg, shoot over. If partner rolls, follow with the foot, cut across, finish.
If partner stays, jam the knee up, bend it, climb the knee. Claim the knee line, lock a tight triangle of feet, push the foot up, catch the heel. The foot must be dangling, not at the ribs — dangling feet let the elbow strike the top of the toes.

The knee-down detail. Force partner's knee to the ground. Shooting through kicks the knee up — wrong. The shoot-through should force partner's knee to the ground. With or without the knee line, the knee must be down. Then the right leg locks it down. With the knee down, wedge up well — push down with the right leg, lock it. The triangle and back-heel aren't going anywhere.

If the knee is up and pushing a bent knee with a straight leg: doesn't work. Partner runs. Downward pressure with the knee is required.

7. Outside positioning vs. partner on the knees

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Partner on knees. Control one side of the arm — two-on-one is good. Put the foot next to the hip. One hand keeps the arm; the other hand starts pulling and getting the knee underneath.

Chase left and right — partner often steps away. Switch sides, get deep under the leg.

Lachlan prefers controlling the cross-side arm. Foot on the hip, start stretching out. Holding the arm makes cross-facing hard. Work under, or if partner really backs away, transition to closed guard to mix up attacks.

8. K-guard when partner stands in closed guard

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Partner stands in closed guard. The feet are still inside (not on the outside of the knee like double-unders), positioned next to the hip. Good positioning for K-guard.

Two leverage points. Elbow as deep as possible, down near the ankle. Other hand chops just behind the top of the calf, pretty much at the knee. Hands link — gable or S-grip — shooting on the knee.

Why this exact grip. Partner standing will try to turn the knee outward to defend. With this grip, even attempts to turn the knee out fail. Without the grip — partner turns the knee out, swinging over and catching the knee line gets very hard.

The elbow position is critical. Elbow flared open, not down by the side. Forearm chops behind the knee. Even without the grip connected, the elbow pressure should make turning the knee out hard. With the grip connected, drop the elbow — hands like turning up.

If partner tries to run. This is the most threatening counter — be very quick to catch the distal control: heel + lower leg against the chest. Elbow deep. When partner runs, lock — the forearm blocks the heel, chest tight, pushing into the leg. Feed the leg over, triangle, continue.

S-grip vs. gable grip. S-grip gives more leverage for tall partners — elbows can spread further. Gable grip works for shorter partners. The more the elbows pinch, the less control; further range = more control. Short-armed players often need S-grip.

The motion. Lift the hips. Inside hook pendulums. Swing the right leg over the top. Pull the knee line in — force the knee to the ground. Triangle, catch the heel.

Why the hips drive down. Hook in front of the far thigh, hips around. Dropping hips and straightening the leg levers the knee down to the ground. The hook plus dropped weight talks the knee down onto the mat.

Part III — Solving Standard-Entry Problems

9. Blocked outside leg: swing under, hook behind the knee

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A common problem: partner blocks the outside leg from coming over.

Swing the leg under instead and hook behind the knee. The left knee must be under and shooting through to tilt partner forward — knee knocks partner forward.

Critical: the same grip from §8 becomes the leverage here. As the knee tries to knock partner forward, scoot the hips out to the side — that really tilts partner over.

The wrong way: go to the shoulder. If on the shoulder, knocking partner forward goes nowhere — no rotational pressure on the body or knee.

After the swing-under and rotation, shoot the leg over, lock a triangle. Tight grip, the heel's caught, partner can't run away. Catch the finish.

The cue when doing this: elbow lifts up. Twist well, grip stays tight, this works.

10. Straight ankle defense during entry

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As the K-guard entry starts, partner may grab the foot for a straight ankle lock.

Don't let partner's feet onto the hips. Without feet on the hips, finishing the straight ankle is hard. Partner may sit down into it — don't turn the foot (that turns it into an Aoki lock, which is strong).

Keep the foot turned. Block partner's legs from coming through. Trying to bring the legs over — block, move, even reach under the leg.

Belly-down option. Once partner's legs are blocked and there's a good kick on the stomach, turn more belly-down. Rotate until the heel slips out. Hard for partner to get the Aoki with this — push-pull, push-pull, slip the heel.

Once free, grab the leg, spin through, recognize this — it's the entry to outside Sankaku.

Sequence: block legs from coming through → get underneath the leg → step → lift hips → rotate → slip the heel → look through, roll over the top, get onto the leg.

11. The K-guard elevation drill: lift with legs alone

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A foundational concept, also a useful drill.

Setup. Feet up nice and high. Elevate partner's shoulders by pushing up with the shins and pulling the knees to the chest. Partner's hips come forward and up — room to come underneath.

Knees together. As partner elevates, knees come together. With knees apart, partner pummels under and gets the underhooks. Knees together stops the pummel.

The drill. No hands. Pull forward with just the legs. Lift partner up. Right knee inside, left foot in armpit. With leg tension alone, pull with the left leg flaring out and chop with the right — partner comes forward.

Switch sides. Left knee down, right leg up, fully meant — elevate the hip.

When this works without hands, then the hands can frame and reach for the K-guard entry. When the legs don't elevate, just reaching under the leg goes nowhere.

Part IV — K-Guard from De La Hiva

12. De La Hiva: top-player options and the underhook target

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From De La Hiva, the target is underhook De La Hiva, then either straight up to the hip (regular K-guard) — or, more commonly, partner is blocking the leg, so a different entry is needed: knee to the inside, foot down next to the leg. Slightly different positioning, same finish.

What the top player tries.

Push down on the shin to release the hook. Should be dealt with immediately.
Pressure in, knee in, near-side knee-cut — partner clears the right leg out of the way and knee-cuts forward.
Leg drag — pull the leg across and pressure across.
Step over the leg into a headquarters-style position.
Come underneath the leg — under-the-leg style pass.

Counter-counter strategies follow.

13. De La Hiva control: hook tension and knee-bar prevention

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Hook tension stops the knee bar. Stepping back to knee-bar by pulling the leg through should be hard — the De La Hiva hook is around the outside, so the hip stays reasonably close to partner's foot (at least at first). The hook pulls the knee toward the chest. Holding the ankle, when partner tries to turn and run, the hook assists by pulling — active tension back. Knee at the chest = no space for the knee bar.

Sequence to get to underhook De La Hiva. Holding the ankle. Right hand hooks just behind the knee on the inside (not the outside).

Why inside, not outside: when partner turns to run, the body turns that way — an outside grip slips. Inside grip works against the run.

Ankle inside the knee, pull the elbow up tight. Try to run away now — stuck. The De La Hiva hook isn't needed once this is set; this grip holds partner.

Getting the underhook. Hips out so the knee is in line with the ankle. Don't underhook here (too tight); hips out first, then the underhook threads through. Fully elbow-deep, not just forearm. Think about the forearm catching the heel — common: partner runs again, and if just forearm-deep, the heel is missed every time.

Sit up, get the good underhook, hips out to the side, deep underhook all the way through. Work to the K-guard position from here.

14. Underhook De La Hiva to the modified K-guard entry

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From underhook De La Hiva, partner is usually holding the foot/shin — can't get the foot up to the hip. Instead, free the knee to the inside.

Right foot stays active keeping distance. Don't worry about the leg drag — it actually helps reach the K-guard entry.

Mechanic — block the knee with the underhook hand. Lift the hips out to the side. Driving against partner's hand helps the hips lift — go into the shoulders. Knee goes inside the shoulder onto the ground; foot right on the outside of the knee. Remember: this is what the foot did when partner was standing — now the foot is doing it from this position.

Connect the hands to reinforce the foot. Partner tries to push the foot off — really difficult.

Once locked, the right leg shoots over. Pull tight with the heel hooked here, drag the foot in. Position locked — finish.

15. Right leg positioning and defending the leg drag

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The right leg. Lachlan prefers it free and back — not trapped. Some players let the leg get trapped to work toward sweep positions; that's a separate game.

Keep the leg free and back, ready to make distance if partner pressures forward. The knee up, foot up — hard to step over.

Defending the leg drag. As partner leg-drags, it actually helps the invert and pull around to the corner. With smooth transition to the modified K-guard entry, the leg drag becomes an assist.

Sequence: partner starts to leg-drag → block → shoot the foot inside → catch it → the leg drag has helped. Leg drag is only effective if partner can keep the trapped leg locked here, but stopping the knee from coming inside is hard. As partner pulls, the knee shoots inside; leg drag becomes a non-opportunity. Shoot through, capture the heel.

16. Defending the step-over to headquarters

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Partner tries to step over to headquarters.

If the leg is kept back and up, partner can't step easily — partner has to over-commit, which gives time to start the entry to the opposite side or kick to off-balance and reset.

If the foot drops down, partner can step over and jam the leg with their legs — bad.

Keep the leg back and up. If partner over-commits, kick to off-balance, reset.

17. Defending the double-unders pass: keep the shin vertical

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Partner tries to go under the legs (double-unders pass). Bad scenario: partner gets the knee down toward the chest — then everything collapses.

The key cue. Keep partner's shin vertical. If the shin stays vertical, the knee can always drive underneath. Partner can't stop the knee going under with a vertical shin.

Mechanic. Partner tries to drive forward — keep the shin vertical. The knee chops underneath. Right leg chops behind, K-guard entry available.

18. Defending the run-away: deep grip and distal control

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The hardest counter: partner just runs and kicks the leg free.

Sitting up, reach for the ankle, lock elbows tight with chest forward. This grip stops the run.

The harder version. Partner pressures forward, the defender blocks, then partner switches to running. The hand has to either block or hook behind — if partner fakes one way and goes back to running, that's the toughest.

Tactic. Read it. Usually the first time partner runs, they succeed — the run is a reset, so partner returns to De La Hiva and the attempt resets. Better to block the first time; if partner runs, note it.

The next time, focus on getting the grip really deep, elbow tight. If partner runs, pull as quick as possible. Even partial grip works.

If partner is a runner, modify entry up higher. Start higher up on the leg. If partner starts running, there's more time to regain the traction and catch the heel. Starting too far down the foot has too little time. Nice and high, link the hands. When partner runs, shoot the legs through and catch.

Part V — Defending Counters to Modified K-Guard

19. Counters to the modified K-guard — overview

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With the modified K-guard set (knee on the inside from De La Hiva, hands linked, good positioning), partner has a catalog of counters that try to lock the entry.

The catalog:

Two hands on the same leg (aiming to stop the leg from coming over).
One hand on each leg.
Both hands peel the near leg (aiming to remove the inside knee/shin pressure).
Backstep — work to a position where the legs are partially controlled.
Berimbolo / shin-behind-shin — advanced; partner jams a shin behind both knees and works to pry the leg free, possibly into leg drag or Berimbolo.
Pummel through to north-south.
Knees together — partner puts knees together to prevent the foot from going between.
Block the far-leg hook (late-stage defense) — partner blocks the hook from getting in front of the far leg.

Each gets its own defense.

20. Two hands on the far leg: shoot up to the hip

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Partner uses two hands on the far leg to stop it from coming over.

The downside for partner: they're no longer blocking the near leg. The reason for the modified K-guard was the near-leg block; now that block is gone — shoot straight up to the hip.

Mechanic. Once at the hip, hand off-balances partner. Foot at the hip, knee behind partner's knee. Twist. Hands on the mat. Shoot over the top — back into the 50/50 entry.

With momentum, much better. Hold the ankle so partner can't run. Swing the hips out to the side, force partner's knee down to the mat, get the heel hook.

21. One-hand grip and knees-together defenses

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One hand on each leg. With just one arm trying to control the swinging leg, swinging wide makes that hard. Come up and around, drop behind the knee. Get position.

One-hand strip technique. Strong opponent, one-handed grip. Swing the foot inside and kick up against the forearm — strips the grip. The angle: open out, pull the heel to the butt, outside of the foot to the inside of the wrist. Stomp upward — partner can't hold the shin, grip is free. Shoot over the top.

Two hands clear the near leg. Partner focuses everything on removing the inside foot. Counter: other hand reinforces the foot. If partner does clear it, replace it with the right leg — the same position. So while partner focuses there, the right-leg chop becomes the same pressure. Should be able to pull through and get position.

Knees together. Annoying — can't shoot the foot between the legs.

Counter: try to collect both legs at once. Slightly modified positioning. Free the right leg, work for distance management. Grab the far leg — partner can't pull the knees apart. Scoot under. Shoot the left leg through, catching both. Lock the legs together. Heel hook from here, or feed the foot through into regular 50/50 / outside Sankaku.

22. North-south pass defense: ball up and recover

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Partner reaches the left hand onto the shin, the other onto the other shin, and runs around toward north-south.

While partner is trying to do that, pummel and work over the top — chopping kills the attack.

If partner gets to north-south. Push the legs off. If flexible enough, pummel the feet outside and back in — back to K-guard.

Otherwise — ball up. Keep the knees bowled up as much as possible. To pass, partner has to push the shins away and commit weight forward. As soon as that commit happens, hands up near the knee, shoot forward, get partner's hands to the mat.

Hip out, get the leg over the top.

Variants. Sometimes a big sit-up and bringing partner forward, knee on belly — partner can't control the legs as they recover.

If half-stuck (legs can't come back in): get up on the hand, scoot back, get up for a takedown or shoot over the top again once up.

23. Far-leg block: invert head through to 50/50

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Late-stage defense: partner blocks the leg from hooking in front of the far leg. Remember, that hook is what gets the leverage to force partner's knee down.

Partner may also be pushing the near leg off at the same time.

The fix — invert on the spot. The head goes through in front of the leg. Shoot up to 50/50 on this side instead.

Mechanic: shoot over, bring the head in front of the leg. The elbow must be open — room for the head to go through. Head in front, leg shoots up into 50/50 on this side.

24. Berimbolo defense and drill recap

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Berimbolo / shin-behind-shin. Advanced counter. Partner — a Berimbolo player — jams a shin behind both knees, forces to the side, grips the hips. Aim: pry the leg free into leg drag or Berimbolo.

Counter: the renake-choke grip. Already set up via the underhook — lock it tight as soon as partner jams the shin. With the grip locked in tight (elbow locked to ribs), partner cannot take the back, cannot free the leg, can kick all they want.

As partner tries to free, feed the feet through to catch the hip. Single-leg-X / outside Ashi shape. Feed across into 50/50.

Live drill — additional defenses.

Setting up the underhook. From De La Hiva ankle grip, sit up more for the angle. Pummel the underhook deep. Block the knee, push hips out and up, free the knee to the inside, foot outside, elbow up, blocking partner's ankle.
Step-over, leg drag, double-unders. Keep the leg back and up. Step-over forces partner to over-commit. Leg drag — knee inside, shoots over. Double-unders — keep partner's shin vertical, drive the knee under.
Pressure-in defense. Block the knee — never let the shin pass vertical. Hands connected against the leg, drive the knee in.
Two hands on one leg vs. one hand each. Two hands → shoot up to the hip, knee inside, scoot hips out, shoot right leg over. One hand each → pummel, open out, come back tight against the forearm with the outside of the foot, kick to strip.
Two hands clear the near leg. Replace with the foot.
Toriendo defense (new). Partner gets behind and starts to pass — ball up a lot. Drive the knee to partner's belly. Enter from there.
Half-stuck recovery. If half-stuck and legs can't get up — get up on the right hand, get to the feet or re-enter.
Backstep → X-guard (new). Partner backsteps. Go to X-guard, bounce partner, get to the feet.
Single-X aside. Never shoot the leg across while the inside leg is still inside — partner blocks and starts to pass. Always have the right leg across as the cross-side leg first. Never let the inside leg be the cross-side; always have something at the cross-side or sprawl is available.
Berimbolo / shin-behind practice. When partner jams the shin, immediately grab the renake-choke grip. Lock the elbow tight to the ribs. Partner can try to free but can't with the grip locked. From there, pummel the feet for positioning, kick at the chest to make space, shoot to single leg X. Or: shoot the left foot in front, right knee behind partner's knee (not at the hip — at the knee, because at the hip partner can pummel back in). Roll for the back take.
Run-away catch. If partner runs from this position, lock a little higher. Elbow tight. Pull to chest as best possible. As partner turns, the lock catches. Shoot the right leg through, lock feet, back-heel strongly, feed the leg across into the heel hook.
Blocked far-leg hook. If partner blocks the leg from hooking the far leg, take the head through, invert in front of the leg, shoot to 50/50.

High Percentage Leg Locks — Volume 06: Outside-Control Entries and the K-Guard System

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