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Crab Ride
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Also called: cartwheel, crab hook, crab position, crab ride, crab ride entry, crab ride escape counter
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8channels
8 gi · 8 no-gi
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No-Gi Crab Ride Compendium by Ariel Tabak
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Study Crab rides in depth.
- Control with crab-ride hooks
- Connect leg-entanglement entries
- Follow reactions into submissions
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5- Back MountWhen: kick opponent forward and they land between your legs
- Leg DragWhen: lift hips, shoot across, lock in far hip pin
- Back TakeWhen: turn towards opponent, insert foot for back take
- Back MountWhen: continue rolling and establish hooks
- 50 50 GuardWhen: if opponent plants foot and rolls onto back
This counters
1Built on
4Reached from
8- Heel Hook Backside 50 50When: opponent escapes with knee, transition to crab ride
- BerimboloWhen: berimbolo fails or loses height of opponent's hips
- X GuardWhen: from x-guard control
- Leg Drag PassWhen: opponent inverts and escapes hips
- De la RivaWhen: create angle with lapel grip and move to crab position
- Single Leg X GuardWhen: establish matrix hook and chop in to crab ride position