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Purple Belt · Leg Locks

Kneebar from a Leg Entanglement

Purple beltNo-Gi0:30Teaching demo

From the top of a leg entanglement, control the partner's knee line, ride the roll-through scramble without losing the leg, and finish draped over the isolated leg in a kneebar position. The clip runs the sequence twice in 30 seconds.

The breakdown — piece by piece

STEP 1 · 0:00–0:05

Top control of the knee line

The partner is on his back with his legs entangled around the instructor's lead leg. The instructor, in white pants, kneels over the entanglement, holds the partner's leg, and points at the knee/leg position while he sets his weight — controlling the leg above the knee before anything moves.

STEP 2 · 0:05–0:08

Roll-through scramble, leg kept

The pair roll through together, legs in the air, the partner inverting as they turn. The instructor keeps his grip on the leg through the whole roll instead of letting the entanglement come apart.

STEP 3 · 0:08–0:16

First finish: leg isolated on the mat

They land with the partner's leg isolated and extended between them, the instructor on the mat holding and controlling it with both arms while the partner lies inverted with his head low by the mat. The position is held briefly, then the pair untangle and reset.

STEP 4 · 0:16–0:30

Second run: re-enter and drape over the leg

After sitting back up and resetting to a seated guard facing each other (about 0:17–0:19), the partner re-entangles the instructor's leg from the bottom. The instructor steps in, falls across, and finishes fully draped prone over the partner's extended leg — chest and hips over the thigh, head low by the partner's hip, arms wrapped around the lower leg — holds it, then releases and stands off to end the clip.

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