No-gi Advanced
Four K-guard attacks in a short clip, covering the main finishing and sweep paths from the hook.
Submissions
Heel Hook
Rotating the heel to twist the knee from the saddle, 50/50 or outside ashi. Devastating, and only legal in no-gi and at brown/black belt in most rule sets.
Also called inside heel hook, outside heel hook, heel hooks.
Where it shows up
- Single Leg X-Guard · Single Leg X Bottom · Leg Attacks
- K-Guard · K-Guard Bottom · Leg Lock Entries and Attacks
- Leg Entanglements · Ashi Garami (Straight Ashi) · Submissions
- Leg Entanglements · Inside Sankaku (Saddle / 4-11) · Submissions
- Leg Entanglements · 50/50 · Submissions
- Leg Entanglements · Outside Ashi and Cross Ashi · Submissions
Related techniques
Shorts
No-gi Intermediate
Escape knee-on-belly and immediately attack a kneebar or heel hook depending how they turn.
Finishing Mechanics for the Outside Heel Hook from Irimi Ashi Garami and Outside Ashi
Fox Den Martial Arts YouTube
Finishing mechanics for the outside heel hook from irimi ashi and outside ashi, which also shows the entries.
YouTube videos
No-gi Advanced
John Danaher clip on flowing from X-guard into a leg entanglement and the heel hook when the sweep is defended.
No-gi Intermediate
How to properly finish an inside heel hook without turning it into a reckless crank.
No-gi Advanced
Crevar's backside 50/50 heel hook, the exposure of the heel once you win the hip fight.
No-gi Intermediate
Gordon Ryan's no-gi leglock overview, including the saddle finishes he uses at the highest level.
No-gi Intermediate
Brian Glick on K-guard to leg attacks: saddle, 50/50 and the finishes that follow the inversion.
Lachlan Giles 50/50 Heel Hook - A Completely Different Entry Concept: Outside Sankaku
Bernardo Faria BJJ Fanatics YouTube
Giles on a different 50/50 heel-hook entry via outside sankaku, and the hip position that wins the entanglement.
No-gi Intermediate
Jason Rau on perfecting the outside heel hook finish, including how you arrive in outside ashi.
No-gi Intermediate
Jason Rau's heel hooks from standing 50/50, a higher-level look at the same entanglement.
No-gi Advanced
Crevar on finishing leg locks once the entanglement is on, not just collecting positions.
No-gi Intermediate
Knight Jiu-Jitsu's K-guard submission essentials, covering the saddle entries and the finishes from there.
No-gi Advanced
Kesting from setup through the heel hook so the roll is not just a cool entry with no finish.
No-gi Intermediate
Lachlan Giles on the inside heel hook: setup, safety and the control that has to exist before you crank anything. Also the best short explanation of how the position injures.
No-gi Intermediate
Giles' back-step to top saddle and heel hook: entering the saddle from a passing exchange, not only from K-guard.
No-gi Intermediate
Giles teaching the heel hook from 50/50, including the come-up that scores the sweep in points matches.
No-gi Beginner
The basic outside heel hook explained clearly, a good first video for the position.
No-gi Intermediate
Oliver Taza via Giancarlo Bodoni on four beginner mistakes with outside heel hooks.
No-gi Intermediate
K-guard to 50/50 for the inside heel hook, a common path when the opponent turns away from the saddle.
50/50 Inside Heel Hook
Tarik BJJ YouTube
Inside heel hook from 50/50, the standard no-gi finish from the position.
No-gi Intermediate
Rau on beating the heel slip from outside ashi: the control that makes the outside heel hook tight.
No-gi Intermediate
K-guard to the saddle (honey hole) for the inside heel hook, plus the double-trouble finish when they hide the heel.
No-gi Intermediate
K-guard into backside 50/50 for the heel hook: the transition when the saddle is not there.
No-gi Intermediate
Inside heel hook finishing mechanics from the saddle, explained slowly.
No-gi Advanced
Craig Jones shows the direct route from X-guard to a heel hook when the opponent stalls the sweep. Short seminar clip.
Written instruction
Written overview of inside and outside heel hooks, with safety notes.