Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Knee Bar

Leg locks are match winner  Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu techniques used by its performers. Leg locks are of several types and these types are used widely with strict guidelines and exceptions. One such type is Knee-Bar. The Knee-Bar technique is used for leg and is analogous to juji-gatame armbar technique in various respects.

A Knee-Bar also known as straight leg bar, is a leg lock which over extends the knee joints. The basic Knee-Bar technique is similar to that of arm bar technique. In this, the attacker holds the legs of the opponent between his legs and arms such that the knee joint of the opponent points towards his body. Knee-Bar technique takes a little bit help of hip lock technique in the forward movement of the leg. Attacker moves his hips forward to straighten the legs of his opponent. The further development in this performance overextends or hyper-extends the knee of the opponent.

You can notice a similar variation in the ar, as noticed in the case of arm bar. But instead of holding the legs with the hands, the opponent's foot is held backward with the help of armpit. By backward and forward movements of shoulder and hips respectively, a greater amount of force is applied to the knee, it becomes very difficult to bear the lock. Again there are different types of Knee-Bar techniques. Basic Knee-Bar, foot pull Knee-Bar, rolling Knee-Bar and uchi-mata Knee-Bar. It is used in Brazilian jiu-jitsu commonly.