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As Lachlan Giles says, he has a Ph.D. in physiotherapy, focussing on the knee. The specific technical content is Giles’ own interpretation of the modern positional leg lock game. Before Scott Sonnon’s Saddle concept, Ryan Hall’s 50/50 positional game and John Danaher and his incredibly successful “death squad”, leg locks were pretty much a matter of diving in, grabbing a leg, holding on for dear life and hoping you could crank something before your terrified opponent managed to wiggle out of it or kick or push you away.Danaher and, now, Giles, work the game from the traditional BJJ mantra “Position before Submission”. This by necessity makes it much more technically complex, but it also makes it much safer, not just for the person applying the lock, but also for the person on the receiving end, since , once you have the leg locking position secured, you can now create pressure on the joint in a controlled manner, not an “all-or-nothing-power-snap”.So, in these dvds, Giles starts from the broader principles of control and movement underlying his game, to a more technical “ihe does this, I do that, but if instead he goes this way, I do something else, like so…”This allows you to experiment with his sequences and splice them into your own grappling game structure. I also like how he analyses some of his own grappling matches for us, commenting on both the good and the bad.The sales writing off the website, with the usual marketing hyperbole:“In one of our most anticipated releases ever, Abu Dhabi giant killer Lachlan Giles – & one of the most popular teachers in our store- shows the heel system he used to beat three world-class black belts even while giving up a hundred pounds. As always Lachlan is incredibly throughout and well ordered in his approach to teaching across 8 volumes, learn the hidden details and secrets behind the legendary performance that earned Lachlan a bronze medal in the ADCC absolute division, on the podium with Gordon Ryan and Buchecha. As a PhD himself, Lachlan is suited to teaching like few others in the world plus the Aussie accent makes him sound even smarter! –  Lachlan explains, step-by-step, every detail you need to know to attack and finish the heel hook from his trademark outside sankaku position and 50/50. With every position, attack, and counter covered, this is everything you need to know to become a heel hook machine.So What’s On This Series:Volume 1• Chapter 1: General Leg Lock Concepts, Attacks And Counters• Part 1: Introduction And Overview• Part 2: Leg Lock Concepts• Keeping The Knee Line• Reclaiming The Knee Line• Controlling Rotation• Part 3: Heel Hook Finishing Mechanics• Part 4: Defending The Heel Hook• Prevention• Counters• Linking The TechniquesVolume 2• Part 5: Countering The Defense• Beating Early Defense• Beating Late Stage Defense• Bringing It Together• Part 6: Strengths and Weaknesses of Different Leg Lock Positions• Chapter 2: 50/5 and Outside Sankaku• Part 7: Concepts For 50/50 and Outside Sankaku• Part 8: 50/50 Seated• Introduction to This Section• Staying Safe• Keeping The Position• Upgrading to Outside Sankaku• Upgrading to Outside Sankaku Via 80/20• Upgrading to Outside Sankaku Via Outside Ashi• Unlocking The Legs• Finishing once Unlocked• Linking The techniques From 50/50Volume 3• Part 9: 50/50 Non Heel Hook Attacks• Part 10: Outside Sankaku• Strategy And Positioning• Digging The Heel• Double Trouble• Miscellaneous• Linking The Techniques• Part 11: Reclaiming The Knee From 50/50• Part 12: Distal Control Sequences• Leg Across Body• Leg On Near Side• Linking The TechniquesVolume 4• Part 13: 50/50 Vs Standing Opponent: Heel Hook Options• Concepts• Offense• Troubleshooting• Bringing It Together• Part 14: Sweeps And Backtakes From 50/50• Concepts• Additional Attacks• Bringing It Together: 50/50 Sweeps• Part 15: 50/50 Top And Disengaging• Disengaging The 50/50Volume 5• Part 16: Countering The Traditional Game: Saddle, Outside Ashi, Reap• Saddle• Reap• Outside Ashi• Chapter 3: Entries• Part 17: Getting to 50/50 And Outside Sankaku From Traditional Leglock Positions• Part 18: Entries Bottom: Concepts And Strategy• Getting To The Legs• Inside Positioning Entries• Part 19: Butterfly/Seated Guard• Part 20: Shin to Shin• Part 21: Single X• Linking The Techniques From Inside PositioningVolume 6• Part 22: Outside Positioning Concepts And K Guard Overview• Part 23: K Guard From Open Guard• Kneeling Opponent• Standing Opponent• Important Drill• Part 24: De La Riva• Overview• Underhook DLR• Shallow K Guard• Bringing It TogetherVolume 7• Part 25: Reverse De La Riva• Overview, Concepts, And Positioning• Entries And Transitions• Leg Entanglement Entries• Bringing It Together• Part 26: Inversion Entries• Part 27: Entries From Top• Leg Drag• Backstep• Miscelleanous• Part 28: DrillsVolume 8:• Part 29: Narrated Rolling• ADCC Trials RD 1• ADCC Trials RD 2• ADCC Trials Final• Narrated Roll 1• Narrated Roll 2• Narrated Roll 3• Narrated Roll 4• Narrated Roll 5”https://bjjfanatics.com/products/leg-lock-anthology-50-50-by…Marketing blah blah aside, this is an excellent series for anyone looking to up their leg lock game, because he explains everything so thoroughly and well!