How to shut down and pass the Single Leg X Guard even if he’s trying to leglock you and take your opponent’s back. By Stephan Kesting, from https://www.grapplearts.com/rollingbacktakes

If you’re caught in a fully applied heel hook you should tap, but IF you catch it early, hide your heel, and strip the grip off your foot you can hit him with a sweet rolling backtake and choke him out! From Rolling Backtakes for Everyone, available at https://www.grapplearts.com/rollingbacktakes

Countering heel hook escapes, from Cutting Edge Leglocks https://www.grapplearts.com/cutting-edge-leglocks. The 411 position (aka the saddle, the cross ashi, and the honey hole) with the inside heel hook is one of the most powerful leglock attacks in no gi grappling, but unfortunately, as it’s become more popular people are getting better at defending it. Here are 3 competition-proven ways to shut down that escape and finish your opponent no matter how he tries to squirm out of your submission!

0:00 – Counter Number 1, the Rolling Dig
07:05 – Counter Number 2, Inverting to Backside 50/50
11:56 – Counter Number 3, Connecting to the Hip

The 411 (also called the ‘Honeyhole’, the ‘Saddle’ and the ‘Inside Sankaku’) is the most powerful position in leglocking. Here’s a clip from https://www.grapplearts.com/modern with BJJ black belt Matt Kwan showing how to defend and escape it!