Karo Straight Ankle Counter

[b0b]

Just watching this, it seems pretty weird. He calls it a kneebar, but I have never seen it before.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qISRQw2dMs&search=submissions

Anyone use this effectively?

 

[Half Boston Crab]

Well, it's a knee lock anyway, a knee compression. It works and if you don't get the tap, you'll probably at least escape the ankle lock. If I can I prefer to use another leg lock to counter the ankle lock though.

 

[phenomfan1529]

interesting

 

[Foolkiller]

I've got that off single legs before. I saw it in an old puroresu match but it does work.When I set it up I triangle my legs. Obviously you can do that in this case because your leg is already trapped.

 

[vitor3000]

CalfCruncher???

 

[hamoom]

yeah its a calf slicer.. ive seen it before but i have trouble making people tap with it. seems like a pain tolerance thing

 

[Half Boston Crab]

You've gotta slide your forearm all the way past his calf muscle and cut it into his kneepit in order to make it a kneelock. Otherwise the risk is that you'll only squeeze his calf and then it is all about pain tolerance.

 

[Spoonman7]

Yeah, you have to get your forearm in there and dig the bone and turn it to really make that a nasty move, that move has many names, knee crusher is one of them.

 

[Max Shane]

I go for this move alot, but as a counter to a failed kneebar. It's pretty succeptable to high pain tolerance unless you have it real good; I don't really think I could get a tap using Karo's way.

 

[scorcho]

Looks more like a calf compression, actually. Like short arm scissors, except on the leg. Nice technique.

 

[GrapplingDummy**]

It's not a knee bar, it's a calf crush. A purple belt in my school who likes to do leg attacks showed this to me before.

 

[thecas]

Wont your penis or balls get squashed by the foot? [referring to the vid]