Key Takeaways
- A two-part BJJ bundle offering Firas Zahabi’s advice on the two best Ashi Garami variations.
- Features Zahabi’s overview of the outside and cross Ashi, along with sweeps, passes, submissions, and back-take combos.
- 3+ hours of heel hooks, Aoki locks, Estima locks, and ankle locks, and ways to finish them even against high resistance.
- BJJ World Expert Rating: 9 out of 10.
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Since everyone knows what Ashi Garami is these days, the question is not how it works, but rather, which variations work the best. It’s a subject that is reminiscent of the endless debate on what guard works best, with one key difference — with Ashi, we have clear winners.
The Ashi Garami Made Simple Firas Zahabi DVD Bundle is made for those who have no idea what leg locks and Ashi Garami are, as well as for seasoned submission artists who suffer from too much information on the subject. Reducing the clutter will help both, and with Firas Zahabi doing the delivery, even the trial class guy is going to figure it out fast.
Firas Zahabi’s Unique Legacy
If I could pick who to learn Jiu-Jitsu from, I’d always opt for a lighter-weight grappler or a female grappler — they’re just so technical. That said, if I had to pick one person to train with today, Firas Zahabi would surely feature among the top three on my list.
He ticks the super-technical grappler box and also has knowledge to offer about any position, principle, concept, or strategy in Jiu-Jitsu you can think of. He’s been around the grappling block more than a few times and has been grappling for the better part of 30 years.
Firas, a Danaher black belt himself, has produced plenty of super high-level MMA fighters and grapplers out of his Tristar MMA gym in Montreal. He constantly looks to innovate, introduce novel methods and moves to his game, and evolve his teaching style — even more reasons to check out his Ashi Garami DVD bundle.
Complete Ashi Garami Made Simple Firas Zahabi DVD Bundle Review
If you want to be a solid leg locker, you don’t need tons of material — the Firas Zahabi Ashi Garami Bundle will do just fine. It covers the two best positions and 4–5 top submissions, which is more than enough to tap most folks out.
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Subject Matter:
First up in this Firas Zahabi Leg Locks bundle is the outside position, a.k.a. Outside Ashi. Heel hooks feature more than anything else, but Firas does spice things up with lots of outside Ashi-based movement and point-scoring tactics as well.
Key Points Covered:
The Ashi Garami Made Simple Firas Zahabi DVD Bundle kicks off with a chapter on safely practicing leg locks. I don’t think that we need it at this point, but it is still good to hear how to best set up your Ashi drills.
Firas first talks finishes, explaining the mechanics of outside heel hooks, straight ankle locks, and Aoki locks. Those are the go-to finishing moves that are at the center of everything in this DVD.
Speaking of follow-ups, Zahabi shows plenty of ways to use outside Ashi for back takes, sweeping, and passing — all from the same position. He also covers leg lock entries and solutions to common counters such as the limp leg and hop-over escapes.
Technical DVD Specifications:
Three volumes deliver all the information in this Firas Zahabi DVD, with the material spread fairly evenly — about 30 minutes per instructional, leading to a total of an hour and a half.
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Subject Matter:
Part two of the Ashi Garami Made Simple Firas Zahabi DVD Bundle is similar in name, structure, and delivery to the first part, with one significant difference — the way the leg entanglement is set up. The much more powerful Cross Ashi Garami is the star here, offering super-tight inside heel hooks.
Key Points Covered:
Kicking things off is yet another disclaimer on leg lock safety in training. This time, it’s more important, given the inside position of the entanglement. The mechanics of the position come up first in this one, with key principles of attachment and details on positional recovery.
Zahabi then launches into an exploration of the double trouble concept and how you can attack with it from the 50/50 position. This sets the stage for finishes, in the form of inside heel hooks, Aoki locks, and the Estima lock, along with some great tactical advice on optimal use of the position.
Technical DVD Specifications:
This second part of the Firas Zahabi Ashi Garami Bundle is also the last. It provides three more volumes of instructions on using the inside Ashi Garami, with the material requiring just under two hours of your time to go through.
Leg Locks Should Be Simple(r)
The first Danaher instructional on leg locks blew everyone’s minds. However, not many people in the world finished the entire thing, and even fewer managed to understand and use the entire system outlined in it. Not to mention, we got two takes of the same instructional.
I was one of the few who not just got through it, but did it at least a dozen times during my hunt for leg lock perfection. It was not easy, and if I had to do it all over again now, I’d give up after volume two.
It’s not that the instructional is not useful — it’s world-class — but rather the fact that there’s no need for so much darn information. DVDs like those in the Firas Zahabi Bundle deliver all the instructions you need in a fraction of the time.
Let’s face it, you barely manage to get open mat, let alone find dozens of hours per week to devote to watching a BJJ DVD. Opt for simpler — it makes all the difference.
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All About the Ashi!
Ashi is here to stay, but you don’t have to use every Ashi Garami variation out there to have a strong leg-locking game. I’d say you only need one, but with two, you’re guaranteed success after some practice. The Ashi Garami Made Simple Firas Zahabi DVD Bundle is obviously exactly what you need — a simple yet versatile way to learn leg locks, fast!
