Cross Leg

Words I Like - “When in doubt, pass the leg and create angle.”

Outlier Mat Minute: Cross Leg

Passing the opponent’s leg across our body opens up a lot of opportunities. Here are some of them.

• Outside Passing: If we pass the leg across our body before wrestling up, we get outside the feet and can work our outside passing right away.

  • Pawel Jaworski example

• Back Exposure: We can stay on our back to transition into crab ride or wrestle up toward the rear body lock. Chasing the back is usually best when the defender is building height.

  • Crab ride example

  • Rear body lock example

• Leg Locks: If they stay on a hip, look to spin the leg to attack a heel hook. If they build height, use an inside spin

  • Spin the Leg Example

  • Inside spin Example

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P.S. You can search #crossleg on the Outlier Database to see more examples.