ankle lock
Leg joint attack
An ankle lock is a submission hold in wrestling and martial arts that hyperextends or twists the ankle joint to force an opponent to submit.
The attacker controls the leg and applies pressure to the ankle, threatening damage to ligaments and tendons: He tapped out to a tight ankle lock.
Common in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, catch wrestling, and mixed martial arts.
- grapplingClose-quarters combat technique
- submission holdRestraint forcing capitulation
- heel hookFoot technique using ankle
- Achilles tendonCord linking calf to heel
- submissionYielding to another's will
kneebar · wrestling · hold · torque · fibula · sambo · control · tibia · escapes · counters · pain · martial arts · grip · opponent · defense · tendon · sweep · mat
- grapplingsubmission hold, chokehold, wrestling match, arm bar, freestyle wrestling
- MMAMMA, mixed martial arts, UFC, octagon, cage
- MMA Techniquesarmbar, guillotine, rear naked choke, triangle choke, takedown
- fighting movespunch, uppercut, kick, jab, elbow strike
- kicking techniqueaim, target, balance, form, timing
- wrestling movessuplex, powerbomb, piledriver, clothesline, dropkick
ankle lockneck crank
Submission via cervical torque
guillotine choke · rear naked choke · wrist lock · armbar · kimura
ankle lockrear naked choke
Blood-restricting neck submission
guillotine choke · triangle choke · blood choke · sleeper hold · choke
lock, locked, unlock, locks, ankle, locker, ankles, locking, anklet