High Crotch
Takedown · Standing
Takes you from open distance to side control by attacking one leg high with the head outside. Use it when they stand tall with that side open, after an inside tie and a high fake. Change levels with the knees and step your lead foot between their feet, back straight; put your head outside their hip, ear tight to their side. Wrap the near leg high at the thigh: the back arm deep between their legs, the front arm around the outside, your hip to their hip. Keep driving: turn the corner and take them down to the side. A head in the middle sits under their chest for a guillotine, and a low grip lets them sprawl. If they sprawl, cut across to a double leg.
How to do it
- Win head position and an inside tie on the side you attack. From distance, fake high so they stand tall and that side opens.
- Change levels with your knees and step your lead foot between their feet, back straight and head up.
- Put your head on the outside of their hip, ear tight to their side.
- Wrap the near leg high at the thigh with both arms: the back arm deep between the legs high on the thigh, the front arm around the outside of the leg, your hip to their hip.
- Do not stop after the grab: turn the corner, stepping around and driving them down to the side, or cut across to a double leg.
Key details
- Head outside, never in the middle: in the middle it is under their chest and ready for a guillotine.
- High on the thigh, hip to hip: the higher the grip, the closer their hips are to yours and the harder it is to sprawl.
- Win head position and an inside tie on that side before you shoot.
- Back arm deep between the legs high on the thigh, front arm around the outside of the leg; ear tight to their side, head up.
- Keep driving after the grab. Main finishes: turn the corner, run the pipe, or cut across to a double.
Common mistakes
- Head inside. — With the head inside, under their chest, they catch a guillotine. — Head on the outside of the hip, ear to their side.
- Grabbing low at the knee. — A low grip leaves their hips free, so they can sprawl out easily. — Hug the thigh high, close to the hip.
- Standing still after the grab. — They whizzer and hop away on the trapped leg. — Keep moving: turn the corner.
If they defend
- They whizzer. → Run the pipe: drop the leg and turn to the outside.
How to drill it
Penetration steps with the head outside 3 × 10, then 5 full finishes each side.
Safety
Turn them down, do not slam. Keep your head up and outside to protect the neck.
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