Heel hook
Control the leg in an entanglement, cup their heel in the crook of your elbow, keep their knee pinned between your legs and rotate your whole body. Apply it slowly and let go at the tap: the knee gives before it hurts.
6 free YouTube videos from 6 channels, filed on the Position Map under leg entanglement (top).
Free lessons on YouTube
- How to Do a Heel Hook. ヒールホールドのやり方 · 格闘技オタク MMA OTAKU · Beginner · Japanese
- Heel Hook Finishing Technique | With BJJ Black Belt Dean Lister · Gold BJJ · Intermediate
- 澤田伸大「ヒールフック入門」セミナー Nobuhiro Sawada “Heel hook” seminar · トライフォース柔術アカデミー / Tri-force Jiu-jitsu Academy · Intermediate · Japanese
- Heel Hook Breaking Mechanics · Holy Grail BJJ · Advanced
- Heel Hook Finish: Flared or Closed Knees? Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kilda - Melbourne · Advanced
- Jiu-Jitsu -chaves de pé - o retorno da chave de calcanhar para o no gi pela IBJJF - Marcos Schubert · Schubert Jiu-Jitsu - Gracie System · Advanced · Portuguese
See it in competition
- Heel Hook Analysis with Kade Ruotolo VS Mica Galvao at ADCC 2022 · Kade Ruotolo · ADCC 2022 · Breakdown
- Heel Hooks Unleashed At IBJJF Dallas Open | Highlight · IBJJF Dallas Open · Match
- Tezos WNO Submission of the Night: Sophia Cassella :35 HEEL HOOK · Sophia Cassella · WNO · Match