
Wrestling
Lesson 8 – High Crotch – Bad Position Escapes & Finishes
Warm Up (5min)
Line Drills (5min)
Partner Drill (5min)
- Stance & Motion
- Side to side movement in stance, touch the floor each direction change.
- Wrist Fighting
Lesson (25min)
High Crotch Bad Position
- Sprawled Position
- Your opponent is sprawled on top of you and looking for the go behind
- You have their leg and head out between their arm and hip
- Hurdlers
- Your opponent hooks you leg, in turn you hook his ankle with your foot.
- Sit backwards into reverse side control, and turn your toes up lifting their leg
- Change hands and keep their knee lifted, the other elbow goes on the floor
- Note: The direction o sit back is important, you are sitting on the same hip the your leg is trapped
- Sitting Into Them
- As they spin to go behind,
- Sit onto your far butt check, then roll onto the other butt check, turning into them
- Reach across and take the double rolling on top.
- The Egg Roll
- They attack the far ankle
- Grab their wrist and pull it into your hip, removing their post
- Continue your turn into them rolling them across your back
- Move your inside leg back, and your outside knee under them
- Finish in reverse side control is recommended.
- Don’t Be There
- Arm inside is dangerous in BJJ / MMA, as it can be caught in an Armbar or trapped by the legs.
Live Rounds (25min)
- 2 x 3min Flow
- 5 x 3min Hard