If you watched ADCC 2019 and immediately started trying to heel hook every big dude in your gym, you were probably inspired by Absolute Division bronze medalist Lachlan Giles. The guy knows his leg locks and proved it against some of the competition’s most elite “giants.”
If you’re having considerably less success with this submission, your grip may be to blame. In this clip, Giles demonstrates how to fix your grip on a heel hook so you can improve your success rate… and maybe even make it to ADCC.
