The Merge Ep. 49 - Nicky Ryan's Double Leg to Body Lock Pass - 2021 Road to ADCC

This past July, Nicky Ryan went head-to-head with fellow ADCC veteran, Dante Leon. Nicky put on a wresting clinic both from his feet as well as wrestling up from the bottom position. Michael breaks down Nicky Ryan's arm pop double leg takedown and explains the benefits of Nicky's "S-Grip" in Jiu Jitsu. Finally, Michael highlights key details behind Nicky's body lock pass that secured him a five point lead.

0:00 - Intro
0:25 - Arm Pop Setup - How & Why?
1:00 - Nicky's S-Grip - Benefits in Jiu Jitsu
2:51 - Nicky's Body Lock Pass
4:44 - Outro

Wrestling for BJJ - Double leg takedown and double leg finish in BJJ. This video also covers a body lock pass to side control by Nicky Ryan.

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[clonetrooperN-]

Great stuff! Love to see this kind of wrestling content for jiu jitsu

[josephbreza-grappling]

Thanks for the content.
Ok, now I get why people clasp their hands, and you do a great job of explaining that…it prevents the full guard.

I’ve got to be honest, as someone who was a Div 1 wrestler and wrestled international competition, I cringed when people taught this. And I am skeptical that it would be difficult to penetrate that deep on anyone good and get my hands clasped…well at least on anyone who knows how to sprawl and use their hands and head as defense. In college, I ended up relying more on a high crotch to double, since I found it difficult to get a straight in double or work without getting him to commit his leg forward and pray I could turn that high crotch into a double or crack down. I’m sure you understand the struggles of wrestling at that level. I read your bio. We didn’t wrestle far away from each other, actually. I’m just a bit older and was in another conference.

I tried it out with one of my training partners, and no doubt that once the hands are locked it’s tough to break. Getting there on someone good might be hard, but now I definitely understand why they do it. I just thought they had lost their minds, lol. Thanks again for clear content. Best of luck, brother