Straight Ankle Lock from Butterfly Guard
From butterfly guard, elevate the opponent and kick a leg out to place the foot on the hip, then open the knees to threaten the sweep — when the opponent hops over the foot to kill your leverage, flow into a belly-down straight ankle lock.
6 steps
· save to drill into each- 1Place one hand on opponent's armpit0:06
- 2Elevate opponent and bring the other hand to the other side of the frame0:08
- 3Kick one leg out and place foot on opponent's hip0:15
- 4Keep knees together, lift butt off the mat, then open knees to get the sweep0:26
- 5Bring foot over and tuck feet down as opponent hops over0:39
- 6Go belly down and arch back to finish the straight ankle lock0:43
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