Outside Ashi

Also known as: Outside Ashi Garami · Cross Ashi · Outside Sankaku (variation) · Double Trouble

The attacker’s legs control the opponent’s leg from the outside, both of the attacker’s feet on the far hip or triangled outside. It is the home of the outside heel hook and a common landing spot when an opponent tries to slip the single leg X.

No-gi · Category: Leg Entanglements

What can you do from Outside Ashi?

Attacking player (positional score +5/10)

Submissions

• Outside Heel Hook — The heel hook’s original form: from outside ashi, the heel turns outward (away from their center line), torquing the knee from the opposite direction of the inside version.

Defending player

This side of the position is about defending and rebuilding — see the escapes and transitions from the other role.

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