Key Takeaways
- A No-Gi DVD on teaching you how to kill any Ashi Garmi and disrupt leg lock breaking mechanics.
- Contains early, mid and late-stage defenses to inside and outside Ashi Garmi.
- Goes deep into the techniques and mindset for defending and escaping late-stage heel hooks.
- BJJ World Expert Rating: 8 out of 10.
GET OFF MY LEGS GRINGO CRAIG JONES GET HERE:
Time to shed a different light on leg lock defense. Luckily, this is one that will work, as it is delivered by one of the best leg lockers of modern times, Craig Jones. It also features one of his crazy systems that throw a wrench into big chunks of BJJ, so much so, that you can even claim leg locks don’t work after getting through this instructional.
The Get Off My Legs Gringo Craig Jones DVD offers everything you’ll need to figure out how to stay calm in Ashi Garami positions and how not to panic when people try to finish heel hooks, toe holds, and ankle locks on you. It works because it is simple, and it’s simple because it only addresses key points of leg locks. Read on!
‘Mexican’ Leg Lock Defense
I don’t know if there’s anything really Mexican about anything that Craig Jones does, but since he took the term to define his ‘ground karate’ we’re gonna stick with it. Since the approach Craig offers to defend leg locks has little to do with what people commonly teach, it’s safe to say that this Get Off My Legs Gringo Craig Jones DVD is a classically unorthodox Craig Jones DVD.
Understanding leg lock defense rests in understanding two key aspects of it – you need to deal with the braking threat and you need to deal with the Ashi Garami. If one of these is lacking, then you can figure out a defense yourself.
But when you’re up against a seasoned leg locker, you’ll need both, and there’s no particular order to them, so you’ll have to develop an understanding. Craig’s approach helps you get this understanding by addressing both these aspects, covering early, mid, and late-stage solutions to whatever threat you are facing.
As expected, the DVD has some crazy stuff, most of which is probably there just because Craig likes to troll. I remember that Jeff Glover’s Darce DVD was so filled with this stuff that only half of it was useful. Craig shows more restaing with his trolling content though, so this one is definitely going to be a useful DVD for you.
Craig Jones’ Best Work
Mr Troll is back with another instructional, and this time offers defense tips instead of attacks. While uncommon for Craig, I must admit that I was a lot more excited about this DVD than all his leg-lock-attacking ones put together.
As far as I am concerned, Craig Jones’s defensive-oriented BJJ DVDs so far have been his best work. Granted, he is a submission machine, and he was particularly nasty with leg locks when he was actually competing actively. And that’s exactly why he’s so good at defense – because he knows what people are looking for.
As we brace for another edition of CJI, this time in a team format that now includes a Gordon Ryan-free New Wave team as well, we get to enjoy some of Craig’s handy work. The Get Off My Legs Gringo Craig Jones DVD will add to your BJJ, even if you’re one of the “leg locks don’t work” bunch.
Get Off My Legs Gringo Craig Jones DVD Review
The Get Off My Legs Gringo Craig Jones DVD contains 6 volumes, each with a considerable amount of material. With a total running time of almost 6 hours, this is one of the most comprehensive No-Gi leg lock defense instructionals out there:
Part 1 – Calm Down Mate
First up, Craig outlines the most important thing about leg lock defense, and it’s not what you think. He just asks everyone who’s stuck in a leg lock to ‘calm down’, and I couldn’t agree more.
The first hour of the Craig Jones Off My Legs DVD is all about basic leg lock defense concepts that start with tapping out – intelligently dubbed ‘the fear of the Rousimar’ by Craig when you let someone finish you slowly to see how far you can take it. Then it’s time to get to some actual defending.
Focus on the hips provides both security in terms of injury risks and a solid base to build on for defense. Jones covers different ways of moving your hips to free up the pressure on your leg. He also covers the basic positioning aspects, such as inside and outside, and what the knee line concept is.
A bit of hand fighting appears towards the end, along with the very useful principle of height, one which I had never thought of using in terms of leg-lock defense before.
Part 2 – Heel Hook Escapes
When most people in BJJ think of leg lock escapes they think of escaping heel hooks. Well, there has not been a better method to deal with them since Eddie Cummings pioneered the heel slip, which Craig shows in great detail here.
As the second part of the Get Off My Legs Gringo Craig Jones DVD unfolds, Craig also goes over the double trouble principle and what to do when both your legs are tangled by an experienced leg locker. Outside slips, using height to help your case, and a bit of last-ditch hand fighting also feature in this volume.
Part 3 – Deep Cross Ashi Defense
If you want to figure out how to defend a fully locked leg lock format deep Cross Ashi Garami, then this is the volume for you. Craig takes a look at the most dangerous Ashi positions here, offering ways to render attacks from them useless until you can create an opening to get out.
In part 3 of the Get Off My Legs Gringo Craig Jones DVD, you get an overview of how to take effectiveness away from the double trouble, and ultimately defeat it altogether. He also offers some Cummings trap countering details, extending into inverted cross-Ashi positions.
Toward the end, Craig treats us with a very cool misdirection-based defense that is probably the star of this entire instructional. There is also some counter-back takes in this part, which are better left unwatched.
Part 4 – Dealing With Shallow Ashi
You get a bit more breathing space in part four of the Get Off My Legs Gringo Craig Jones DVD, as Craig lokes into some earlier stage defense against the Cross Ashi, although we’re not at prevention level yet.
The opening portions address common entries that are difficult to counter because the attacker is already almost into the cross ashi. These include the popular back steps and Kani Basami (leg scissors) Ashi setups.
Almost three-quarters of this volume focuses solely on the 50/50, as shallower cross-Ashi, basically countering Lachlan Giles’ giant-killing leg lock system. There is information here on just about everything, from how to cross your feet, to hand fighting and ‘the lesser of two evils’.
Part 5 – Defending Outside Attacks
This is essentially the part of the Off My Legs Craig Jones DVD where Craig covers all other Ashi positions except for the Cross Ashi. he dedicates about 10 minutes to each of the Straight Ashi, Split Squat Ashi, Seated Ashi, and even Standing Ashi versions. He wraps it all up with details on dealing with knee reapers.
Part 6 – Leg Lock Prevention
Another part of the Get Off My Legs Gringo Craig Jones DVD that makes this instructional a must-have in everyone’s library. Here, Craig addresses how to stop leg lockers from getting into threatening positions in the first place.
he talks a lot about kneeling and standing and categorizes entries into outside and inside to make it easier to understand. It works, as you know have less specific Ashi positions to think about.
Common misconceptions also feature, as do details on beating common launch-pads such as the butterfly, half, closed, and reverse X guard. The chapter I found most useful myself was the one on submission chains, and how to think about them in terms of principles.
Leg Locks Don’t Work
Yeah they do, I am just messing with you. But they’re only as good as the other person’s defense is bad. So, don’t be that person and make the most out of the Get Off My Legs Gringo Craig Jones DVD.
I always point people toward mastering a submission they’re asking me how to defend first. That is a proven formula that works great, arming you against whatever it is you want to defend, but it does take a very long time. The problem I’ve found with shortcuts such as using defense-specific instructionals is the test shortcuts tend to fail when it matters the most – on the mats.
With leg locks though, you might get away with the right instructional and the right mindset. You have the best DVD lined up already, and the mindset to accompany it is not to try and defend or get out of any leg lock you get caught in, but rather make that leg lock not work. If there was ever a quick way to stop tapping on leg locks it has to be this.
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Get Off!
Next time you see someone reaching for your legs, don’t go into panic mode trying to get your leg free. Instead, use the stuff in the Get Off My Legs Gringo Craig Jones DVD to force the other person off your leg! It’s a much better feeling when they are forced to let go because their Ashi and/or braking mechanics just don’t work!
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