When you do this, you'll find it's a pretty fluid transition. This is the knee-on-chest position from the side. That allows me to put all my weight down on that right knee while I lift my left leg up and over his legs to come to rest at my left side. I then reach a kneeling position with my right knee on his stomach or chest. As I'm doing this, I slide my left leg out from under his legs. My preferred follow-up to this technique is to sit up towards him while leaving my right leg on top of him. Again, you can look them up on google to find videos showing the techniques. Probably the quickest grappling maneuver to achieve from this position is a knee bar or a heel hook. There is an elevated risk of knee injury to the one receiving the throw.
If you don't succeed, you'll end up falling to the ground in a potentially vulnerable position.Īnd a quick warning: Kani Basami has been banned in competition Judo. The scissors-kick or Kani Basami (judo) is often done in case one of the throws you tried failed. (If not, you can turtle up and defend until the ref stands you up.) In judo, the match is hopefully over with an ippon. It doesn't always matter what happens after you finish throwing with kani basami. One solid option from the saddle (etc.) or even just the finished-kani-basami position itself is to immediately attack the legs with a heel hook or toe hold. Whatever you call it, it should be quite near from where you find yourself after executing a leg scissor throw. The idea is to keep your legs mostly where they are, possibly upgrading to the most over-named position in BJJ: the leg entanglement known variously as the saddle, honey hole, 411 (four-eleven), cross-ashi-garami, or inside-sankaku. The simplest option leaves your legs mostly in place, and because it requires the least additional movement it is often the fastest choice.
My other main choice from this position is to not stop here at all, but immediately transition to a kneebar on their near leg after I've come up on top. I find it primarily useful as a temporary pin to make sure they don't scramble away after the throw. A foot-facing mount offers some submission and transition options. Reverse mountĪfter finishing the throw, it's possible (as long as your bottom leg can be freed) to come up to this odd top position directly. From there you play your normal top game. But if they don't, it's feasible to pull your top knee to the mat as you turn and face the opponent chest-to-chest.
It requires some flexibility and dexterity, and your opponent can make it difficult, especially if they can grab your pant leg or shoe. Taking back your top leg is the most obvious but most complex follow-up to kani-basami. I usually choose between the following options.