Ladder-up comes from the Basic Movement of begining in closed guard and walking your legs up your opponents back till they are behind his head[your knees up in his armpits] Eddie just pulls his leg up. This leaves Eddies hips still down near his opponents hips[thus knee injurys] Ladder up and your legs control your opponent's upper body and base, but your hips are in a stronger position higher up on his body, needing less flexibility.
Then do the attacks.
Pretty basic stuff that has been around for years at Gracie Barra in Brazil. Nino and Roleta are best known for it. Roleta has used invert the most, Nino the Rubber/Ladder up guy. As they say in Cali, "Its been around for Days! bro".
This is a page from my first book in 2002
Here is an example of backing out so you dont get stacked up like with all the rubber stuff. Try scootin back while in the rubber, it really breaks down their base further, and you dont need to be so flexible.
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Just throwin this page in for fun
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