So the leg drag is killing me... would this work?

[Anthas]

90 per cent of the time I get my guard passed is by leg drag... I've watch a ton of videos with counters, I'm trying a kneebar from it, and in my search for answers I also found this... What do you guys think?



also the kneebar I've been trying...

 

[Uchi Mata]

If you're too the point of being leg dragged such that your leg is already across his body, you fucked up a long time ago. If you're getting leg dragged a lot the answer isn't to learn a bunch of leg drag counters, it's to play off your back less and do a better job of controlling the passer's sleeves and legs such that they can't get the leg drag started. If you're ever laying on your back with no grips and your legs extended for even a second a good guy is going to leg drag you every time.

 

[Anthas]

Yep, but sometimes you just get put there.... that's why I was looking for some kind of escape. I'm guilty of fundamental mistakes while on my open guard, mostly because when I play seated guard I feel so vulnerable to knees and kicks that I obviously don't feel confortable there, and also because while I have my back on the ground I don't like to rely too much on gi grips and no gi grips are something you have to be working on constantly, and are not as static as gi ones, so sometimes I just loose the gripfighting battle... I know it is an strategic flaw to lie there without grips and my back on the floor, so I usually just stand up to a single or go shin to shin to single leg x... but still, leg drags can happen in transitions or scrambles and I can't find a really good counter...

 

[Dirty Holt]

Knee slicer is my first option if the guy completely has me leg dragged and a single leg recovery isnt an option.

However, I dont know how well versed the guy in the video is in knee slicers. He uses IMO, the wrong arm in. You cannot get any leverage on the slice with an inside arm through, especially if he manages to get his knee low. Also, you give up your single leg transition if he bails on the leg drag because of the slicer. Using the outside arm is key. Its easier to grab, you get way more torque, and you have viable sweep options if your opponent high tails it out because of the slicer.

 

[BJJArsenal]

When I'm that deep into a leg drag I try and invert into 50/50. It's the closest thing I have to success from that position.

 

[Anthas]

Ok, thanks for the advice guys!

 

[lechien]

I am assuming you are getting leg drag from de LA riva.
Your de LA riva have some fundamental weakness which you need to fix.
Otherwise when you know you lost the position: sit up guard or reverse de LA riva.