This is Part 2 of a 4 part article my friend "Ausgepicht" aka Joe Siliva wrote on finishing the Single Leg Takedown.
You can find the other parts here:
- If you missed part 1, you can click here to read.
- To read part 3, check it out here
- For part 4, please click here.
Enjoy part 2 which is on the "Running the Pipe" finish of the single leg!
Excerpted from http://www.spladdle.com/forum/
A proper 'Running the Pipe' Finish
by Joe Silvia aka Ausgepicht
From base camp, and since most people are left foot forward and that is
the leg you will shoot on, it'll be his left leg that is trapped/pinched
in this example. You are facing "North" for purpose of describing
angles.
1.
Base camp, base camp, base camp. If you don't have base camp, you will probably fail.
2.
Take a small step laterally with your left foot. This will
release your pinch and free his leg so all subsequent actions need to be
fluid and fast.
3.
Swing your right foot behind you in an arc, so you are now
facing East proper. He is facing West. If you go past this you may allow
him an opportunity to take your back. Though we have options if he
does.
* Drop to the floor, come out the back door shucking his right leg by. Take his back.
4.
3 pressures. The reasoning behind the angle, footwork, and facing is
to line up the triangle point. Your left foot and his right foot ate the
BASE of the triangle. His weakest point of balance is at the apex of
the triangle.
That is the direction you must drive or
pressure him to the floor.
It is a "living", fluctuating point, so you must pay attention to where
that point is moving, and alter your path of pressure.
5.
You have to drive him into that point diagonally downward. In other words, drive him down and forward. The second pressure is with the
seal
you have formed with your chest and his thigh. No seal=broken base
camp. This seal means that wherever your chest and it's projected
energies go, so will his thigh. Where his thigh goes, so goes his hips,
where his hips go, so go his upper body, etc. We want the momentum of
his falling bodyweight
to assist us. Optionally we can drop our right knee to the ground for
added pressure. I know of no man on earth that can have one foot off the
ground with a full grown man attached to it and dropping his weight to
the ground and yet hold him in the air.
6.
The only way for him to stop or slow his falling bodyweight, or for
anyone to stop their falling bodyweight they need to post. His only post
that matters is his left foot. Since you have stepped, spiraled, and
facing a new direction, and you have his leg trapped between your hands,
he doesn't have any post except his left hand....which means he's on
the ground and we
want him to post with that hand anyway as you'll see later.
7.
The third pressure is a 'Tug of war' pressure with your hands on his calf. You want to
throw his calf between your legs and behind you.
If all of these elements are spot on, you have your success with getting
him to the ground. As you can see it's a lot of variables and one of
the reasons I only show it to more intermediate or advanced wrestlers.
For MMA anyhow. Yet, we haven't finished!
8.
Once he is sitting, you will either be standing or also on the
ground. Intentionally or otherwise. If you go to the ground with him and
did everything right, you should have an easy time passing. 2 options
for completing:
- You can use the above shuck and take his back.
-
Underhook his right leg and pull it onto your left trap. If he is
posting with his left hand, rise up a little with his leg on your trap,
so he has to place a LOT of weight on the post. With that arm occupied
we are free to pass in that direction. With his leg on your trap, you
are not only forcing more weight on his post, but you are blocking his
underhook on that side. As with any time you pass, you need to shut down
his underhook on that side so he can't take your back. This follows
that golden rule. You are also following the golden rule of having your
underhook.
At the same time you rise with your underhook, you want to baseball
slide your left knee and shin across his kneecap area. Pinning it and
distracting him with pain. Otherworldly pain. Ask any of the Hematoma
gym guys how it feels to be "surfed". I know people have had nightmares
about being "surfed". This pain will get his mind off of defending or
launching an offense.
Once you've passed him will either scramble away, try to turtle (which
you can allow if it's your game), or lay on his back which places him
under side mount. I always suggest allowing him to turtle because as I
pass I capture his head and slap on a FNC, FHL, dingleberry/Peruvian
necktie, Guillotine, etc.
Next post, I'll discuss other takedowns. Much simpler ones!
