Alias · Standing
Crotch lift
Also known as High Crotch — the canonical term used on this site.
Training background: refers to the inside arm position
Names the lift from the high crotch
Crotch lift is a descriptive name for the high crotch — naming the lift the position generates once the inside arm is in deep.
Etymology. “Crotch lift” describes hoisting the opponent off the mat from the high-crotch grip; the label foregrounds the finish over the entry. It is blunt, descriptive vocabulary for the same single-leg variant.
Mechanics. The lift drives destabilisation all the way to the hips, and destabilisation that reaches the hips is a takedown rather than a mere off-balance; lifting from the high crotch removes the opponent’s base entirely, leaving them nothing to post on as the attacker turns them down.
Cross-reference. “High-C” and “Inside leg” are sibling aliases. Full mechanical coverage on High Crotch.