Kneebar from Berimbolo

Kneebar from Berimbolo is a transition between related positions built around a handful of repeatable controls. Attacker is mid berimbolo when the opponent attempts to enter a kneebar or roll into fifty-fifty to defend. Another common starting shape: bottom player is mid-berimbolo when the opponent attacks the exposed leg with a kneebar or 50/50 entry, threatening to invert the position. The ideas that hold it together are change frame to escape the entanglement, crab ride neutralizes 50-50, and knee angle is the key to denying the leglock counter.

The kneebar chain is a sequence of small controls, not one athletic burst. Recognize the opponent's leg crossing as a kneebar or 50-50 entry. Pull the entangled leg through and free the knee from the threat. Climb both legs around the opponent's near hip into the crab ride. Establish seat belt grip and look for the back take. Block the opponent's far leg first by opening the knee slightly to prevent the kneebar line. Switch the controlling hand from the pants to the shin and push the shin away while threading the foot under the knee. Use the foot to drive the opponent's knee toward his face and grab the drawstring with the free hand. Strip the opponent's grip on your leg, secure his sleeve, and climb to the back with the crab-ride hook. Attacker has switched to a crab ride on top of the opponent's hips, neutralizing the leg entanglement threat.

Later in the kneebar, sleeve break frees the leg for the back climb tend to decide whether the position stays on track. Watch for these mistakes: Continuing to spin into the entanglement instead of switching positions. Releasing grips while transitioning. Allowing the knee to align with the leg attack, exposing the kneebar. Failing to strip the defensive grip before climbing, getting dragged back into 50/50. The high-percentage version of kneebar from berimbolo is the one you can still chain when the next position is contested.