Body Lock Pass from Leg Drag

Body Lock Pass from Leg Drag is a passing sequence that clears the legs built around a handful of repeatable controls. Top player on the knees facing a butterfly guard player with no upper-body control yet. Another common starting shape: top player is finishing the leg drag and the bottom player is hip escaping to create space to recover the knees. The ideas that hold it together are body lock is a low-risk first test of the partner's hooks, hip switch + head switch finishes the leg drag, and dive forward instead of track.

The body lock pass chain is a sequence of small controls, not one athletic burst. Dig both arms under the partner's armpits and lock hands with a gable grip. Suck the hips in rather than driving forward, pulling the partner's heels close to their butt. Bring one knee to the centerline of the partner's tailbone and drop the same-side hip down to elbow. Step the lead leg over the partner's near knee, switch the head and hips to the other side, then bring the trailing knee under the partner's legs to lock hip control. Drop both hands to the mat across the hips and dive chest forward. Look to connect hands behind the lower back for a body lock. Even without connection, ride the bottom player's escape attempts with chest pressure. Top player has body-locked the hips, switched the hips through and finished into a leg-drag style position with the partner folded sideways.

Later in the body lock pass, body lock as anchor tend to decide whether the position stays on track. Watch for these mistakes: Driving forward instead of sucking the hips in, getting elevated and swept. Trying to step the leg over while square instead of dropping the hip first. Hesitating and giving them space to free the knee. Reaching with one arm only, getting framed off. The high-percentage version of body lock pass from leg drag is the one you can still chain when the bottom player recovers a hook.