Positional Game · GAME-LEO-03
Outside Ashi, Shotgun Grip — Close to Sankaku
Rung three of the outside-position leg-entanglement ladder. The attacker starts in outside ashi with the shotgun grip and must close to outside sankaku or finish the outside heel hook.
Start position
POS-LE-OUTSIDE-ASHI
Round length
2:30 rounds
Reset rule
Reset when the attacker forces a tap or holds a sealed outside sankaku for five seconds, or the defender frees the leg to neutral or counter-entangles. Role rotates after each reset.
Top wins by
Force a lower-limb tap — the foot-and-ankle line, or the knee line where heel hooks are agreed — or close to outside sankaku and hold for five seconds.
Bottom wins by
Free the leg to a neutral 50/50, or counter-entangle to your own one-sided control.
Game Description
The third rung. The attacker has outside ashi garami — the single-hook outside control — with the shotgun grip. It is the working outside position from which the finish is earned: the rung asks the attacker to seal the triangle to outside sankaku or finish the outside heel hook from where they are. This is the outside line’s equivalent of the gripped saddle.
How to Run This Game
Setup: Attacker in outside ashi, shotgun grip on the leg, hips facing the same way as the defender’s.
Top wins by forcing a lower-limb tap (the foot-and-ankle line, or the agreed knee line), or by closing to outside sankaku and holding five seconds.
Bottom wins by freeing the leg to a neutral 50/50, or counter-entangling to their own one-sided control.
Score: One point per win condition. Role rotates. Default: no heel hooks unless agreed with established tap-release reliability.
Coaching Notes
The rung trains the seal: outside ashi without the triangle lets the defender rotate the hip and clear; sealing to outside sankaku fixes the leg line for the finish. Reward the close, not the early grab at the heel. Elevated tier: outside heel hook geometry is live.
Progressions
Down the ladder: butterfly ashi with a shotgun grip — the butterfly hook threading to an ashi. For the full ladder, see reverse phase progression and the phase-ladder library.