Heel hook escape
Hide your heel, fight their grip, then clear your knee past their legs before you turn. Never spin against a heel hook that is already locked.
9 free YouTube videos from 8 channels, filed on the Position Map under leg entanglement (bottom).
Free lessons on YouTube
- Defesa da Chave de Calcanhar (Heel Hook) - Fundamentos e Princípios do Jiu Jitsu · Aprenda Mais Jiu Jitsu · Beginner · Portuguese
- How to Escape from a Heel Hook · Stephan Kesting · Beginner
- Heel Hook Defense · TeachMeGrappling Coach Brian · All levels
- If I Could Know Only One Thing About Defending Heel Hooks · Absolute MMA St Kilda - Melbourne · All levels
- Heel Hook Escape (Saddle Entry Optional) - ZombieProof Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu / Nogi Techniques · ZombieProofBJJ · Intermediate
- Reilly Bodycomb - Heel Hook Escape · Rdojo - A Combat Sports Think Tank · Intermediate
- The Heel Hook Escape That'll Make Your Opponent Burn His Rashguard · Stephan Kesting · Intermediate
- The Secret Grip That Craig Jones Uses To Defend Heel Hooks And Leg Attacks · Bernardo Faria BJJ Fanatics · Intermediate
- Two BJJ Heel Hook Defense Demos from Inside/Outside Ashi Garami · BJJake · Intermediate
See it in competition
- Garry Tonon Heel Hook Escape - ZombieProofBJJ (BreakDown) · Garry Tonon · Breakdown
- Late stage outside heel hook defense - technique demonstration and match analysis · Breakdown