Alias · Standing
High single
Also known as Single Leg Entry — the canonical term used on this site.
Training background: shoulder-in-the-hip variant
Single leg taken high at the hip
High single is a variant name for the single leg — naming the version that captures the leg high, near the hip, with the head up.
Etymology. “High” describes where the leg is held: up at the thigh or hip rather than down at the ankle. The label distinguishes this variant from the low single by the height of the capture.
Mechanics. Finishing the high single depends on controlling the opponent’s free, secondary leg as the captured leg is elevated; with the support leg blocked or run past, they cannot hop or post to recover, and the destabilisation completes into the takedown.
Cross-reference. “Single leg takedown,” “Single,” and “Low single” are sibling aliases. Full mechanical coverage on Single Leg Entry.