The Calf Slicer & Calf Crusher - Technique Breakdown

[@SonnyBrown]

The Calf Slicer or Calf Crusher is a compression lock that drives your shinbone into the calf muscle of the opponent. In this study, I analyse its use in MMA. Subscribe🔔: bit.ly/2GEyeDo The Calf Slicer is known by a few other names like the calf crank, calf crusher, leg slicer or thigh slicer and all work on the same principle of driving the a done into the muscle of an opponent to cause them extreme pain and discomfort. The theory by Mike Piekarski on the damage that can be caused by a calf slicer can be found here: bit.ly/2D4l5Uj. Thanks to Vlad Koulikov of Sambo Fusion (instagram.com/sambo_fusion/) for helping me find the examples of the Calf Slicer being used in Sambo Competition. Also thanks to Mike Piekarski or Doctor Kickas as he is known on Instagram : instagram.com/doctor_kick.... 🙌Leave any feedback or questions you have.🙏 👍LIKE 🔗SHARE 🔔SUBSCRIBE 💬COMMENT. ▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂ 👣 FOLLOW ME: Website: www.sonnybrown.net Facebook: www.fb.me/sonnybrown Instagram: instagram.com/sonnybrown Twitter: twitter.com/sonnybrown Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/sonny_brown Subscribe: bit.ly/2GEyeDo ▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂ 🔎 MMA BREAKDOWN VIDEOS: The Spladle: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6OwpHp9rteAb8U Bulldog Choke: kzbin.info/www/bejne/op3dZqV5jrWlqac Chuck Liddell: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2achoyud552i9k Pulling Guard: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3u8h6mMgs6Egbs Karo Parisyan: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGrSlZ-FbN5sg8k Demian Maia: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qX_HZqVvqL6Df5Y Suloev Stretch: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oai2ZWChqNGooLM Renzo Gracie: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKi2mZ2Qp899aKc Lyoto Machida: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKWVeoZjaL2sl8U Randy Couture: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6StaoWMgZV6eck Hard Sparring: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJTOh3Sfg6ipbNE Fedor Emelianenko: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKWVeoZjaL2sl8U Khabib Grappling: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rp3cqXp5gdaLoqM Khabib Takedowns: kzbin.info/www/bejne/onK5gWepbcqibrc Khabib Wrestling: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmK9mpmphNZohLM Inverted Kneebar: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaLWgWOLhraWe8U Leg Clamp: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHLdpIminNl1iZo ▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂ 🎧 MUSIC: DJ Le Nonsense - Chihiro's Summer Dream: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKq9hoCdnJJ9kNE DJ Le Nonsense Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/lenonsensebeats ▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂ 📚 REFERENCES: Chan, J. (2012). More Leglocks: The Calf Crush / Calf Slicer in MMA and BJJ. Retrieved from jiujitsuvortex.com/2012/01/31... Moskatelo, D. (2018). Calf Slicer & How to Make it Your Best Leg Lock - BJJ World. Retrieved from bjj-world.com/calf-slicer/ Piekarski, M. (2017). Calf slicer: pain move or ligament ripper?. Retrieved from facebook.com/doctorkickas... Charles Oliveira calf slicer: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJW9haucibCqppo Matt Gaffney vs. Cody Garness: kzbin.info/www/bejne/paiumnaDgL1_r5I Ivan menjivar vs Joe Lauzon fight: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJ2nZqiPiNB2aJY Oliveira's Reverse Calf Slicer (Gracie Breakdown): kzbin.info/www/bejne/maaxqWejZcSlgbM OFC22 Josh Hilliard vs Zach Cook: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKGsaWSDmteNeck CALF SLICER! Mike Palladino Combat Wrestling Team: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqCvfph4dqaXg7M Dutch Sambo open 2018 Calf crush: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHfIh4eBYtJgpqM Valor 41 Fight 14 NIck Gehrts vs Latral Perdue: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKrdZ4evaZqJatk Rumina Sato '佐藤 ルミナ' MMA and Submission grappling highlight: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaSkemB9epWbeLM Kaged Kombat 23 Noah Hughes vs Karl Nemeth: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZycfX-MnZWtp80 FC IMORTAL 6 Rafael baraka Correia vs Marcos Vina: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJzFkoyqbtB2p5I Georgi Stoyanov V Jack Grant: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYm8g5SwrcuCoNk The Dreaded Calf Slicer in Friday Finishes on "Inside MMA": kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3KZgqaDlrCcns0 Nate Clark vs Christopher Nix: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3TKiYmtrrqVa80 Heroes Gate 17 Kozma vs. Vostrý, závěr zápasu: kzbin.info/www/bejne/haqZqX2rh7ClqpY Damien Lapilus - Rakhman Makhajiev: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6ebd6Zsi8dkiKc Wild Bill's Fight Night 37 - Jerrid Burke vs Chris: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gauVnmmcedaql7s Ben Pittsley wins via CALF SLICER: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHvXhn-Ge8eSkKc Max Bohanan vs Leonard Simpson - Ring Of Combat 50: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXnbind5grhkers STFC:34 Guilherme Da Costa vs Edwyn "Ox" Jones (Calf Slicer): kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqizi5KVeMqInqM Human Weapon Sambo - Calf Crush: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGSsZpeEa7WJiq8 Ovince St. Preux vs. Ombey Mobley: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaOuaopoo82arNU Jiu-Jitsu Magazine #7 - Discovering the Twister: The Crotch Ripper: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKLIk4WCqq18eqs

[@28fabianz1]

Works great. Used this at the grocery store this morning

[@chienbanane3168]

My MMA coach is a former SAMBO player, this is the second submission he taught us after the rear naked choke!

[@zaidflowers1828]

Sounds awesome

[@lennybogart]

Very interesting video. It’s a great counter to the single leg takedown. I think this is something that *Wonderboy Thompson* should add to his repertoire.

[@SonnyBrown]

Glad you enjoyed it 🙏

[@bronsondeliac2625]

Really good video, lots of footage ive never seen before

[@ugurkaraalioglu2813]

Awesome analysis

[@SonnyBrown]

Cheers mate!

[@Funkyfm9]

Awesome video dude - can you please do a video on back control & guard passes in BJJ/MMA please? Thanks

[@benjaminholman2643]

Most painful submission ever. Those who practice jiu-jitsu and catch know this.

[@SonnyBrown]

Sure hurts! 🙏

[@Makelokh]

I don't think its low percentage. I think it's just that most people aren't even looking for it.

[@SonnyBrown]

Maybe!

[@thos1618]

Even the top specialist at it, Geo Martinez only has 5 recorded BJJ victories via Calf Slicer.

[@Wushutigercranekungfudragon]

Its the smooth jazz background.yess

[@SonnyBrown]

haha thank you!

[@romanmrenka5430]

great video sonny i love taking knowledge from ur videos, im creating also something similar for sport of mma

[@aqdjbcr]

I’ve been needing to add this to my repertoire for a while. Definitely going to add it when I get back in a week or so from my broken hand

[@rickt9569]

I was learning this right before the gym got shut down for quarantine

[@MAYH3M0NE]

If you have to bail on the calf slicer because it isn't working (a rarity) you still have the option for other leg locks.

[@thos1618]

Not really.

[@LuistrAmalgo]

Why is this move not allowed for beginner BJJ practitioners? I once got it by mistake on one of my rolling partners and we got separated.

[@OdinMMA]

Brilliant

[@nicorepetto5781]

A study of Judo vs wrestling in MMA? Personally a very interesting topic for me but I get it if it's too niche

[@nicorepetto5781]

What I mean is how they interact with each other. There's a theory that Judo can be used to counter wrestling

[@SonnyBrown]

Thanks mate, I get what you mean it would be an interesting study between push - pull dynamics.

[@mpforeverunlimited]

Judo isn't widely used in mma because mma is largely western. In korea and Japan judo programs exist in school similar to how wrestling is in the US, but not many fighters come from there

[@DanielDiaz-by7fc]

Nico Repetto @sonny brown this an interesting idea. I think in theory judo can counter wrestling but in practice in current MMA, the rules heavily favor wrestling. For example in the ufc there is a cage, a solid wall, so if I’m a powerful wrestler I can just run through my double leg and keep going keep going until my opponent is pinned against the cage. (See: Khabib Numogomedov, Cormier, etc) With Judo, I need space where I’m going to throw you, so it doesn’t work as well against the cage (see all the fights where people grab the cage to prevent getting thrown or tripped and it’s NEVER penalized). Also Judo is very high risk high reward rbecause if I try to throw you into open space and I slip (more on this later) then often times I will give up my back which is a disaster in a 3 round fight as you May automatically lose the round if you can’t reverse the position Wrestling on the other hand is relatively low risk. Once you get past the initial risk of running into a knee or kick or power punch, you’re probably not going to take a lot of damage if your takedown is unsuccessful As another person mentioned another problem is there just isn’t a lot of tape on good judo players in MMA because it’s not as popular as BJJ or Wrestling. You have Ronda Rousey, and Yoel Romero (though he mostly does trips), and after that you have to go way way back to the old days with Karo Parisyan to see Judo in MMA. Also a lot of the Judo techniques rely on using the opponents Gi to grip which you obviously can’t do in MMA. I could be wrong but I don’t even think there’s a no gi judo competition, so there aren’t many people developing new techniques for MMA There is ONE era where you can actually see a compelling Judo vs Wrestling debate and that was in the classic Pride Fighting. Pride fighting had some interesting rules that actually leveled the playing field against wrestlers. 1) you could kick and knee downed opponents in the face. Now the penalty for missing a takedown is super high because you can get sprawled on then soccer kicked in the face (see Chute Boxe highlight reel). Also they had ropes on the edge of the ring so wrestlers couldn’t use the edge of the ring to limit opponents mobility. Also strangely you had the option to wear a gi , so there were a lot of weird throws and chokes being done. Last but not least, an under appreciated rule in Pride was you couldn’t elbow a downed opponent. Nick Diaz famously explained why this was great for BJJ vs wrestling. He said this rule prevented wrestlers from taking you down, and then holding you down and just throwing elbows to score points. the space the top player needs to create to throw a meaningful punch is the same space the bottom player needs to hip escape, threaten submissions, etc. Hopefully there will be a renassaince in MMA Judo techniques but I’m not holding my breath. Another interesting paradigm shift that Sonny Brown could cover is the old school vs new school jiu jitsu. In no gi competition the trend has completely shifted away from the traditional Brazilian jiu jitsu and is now very leglock heavy and this is making its way into MMA (see Ryan Hall). It’s really interesting to compare how Demian Maia and Kron Gracie use jiu jitsu vs how Ryan Hall does

[@TheRoot2944]

I love calf slicers

[@Gogoplatad1900]

Way to go Jack Grant. SKINNY POWER.

[@SonnyBrown]

🙏🙏🙏

[@nicorepetto5781]

Fantastic KZbin channel

[@oceanlindgren9540]

It may be a tall order but what about a series of studies on the lady GOAT megumi fujii?

[@tukolo5408]

I don't go for it much because it almost seems like cheating or might not work if someone really can take pain. I will instead pass it up for the back or twister. There is also the knee vaporizer which is off of the lock down variation called stoner control, the one Eddie got on Royler. It can actually do damage to knee.

[@hodu0701]

3:18

[@SonnyBrown]

Good timing!

[@benjaminholman2643]

It hurts so bad!

[@SonnyBrown]

Ouch!

[@daddad462]

I think ovince st preaux got this in ufc too

[@SonnyBrown]

Maybe? I would have to look it up.

[@patrikod9339]

Krajalnica cielęca i kruszarka do cieląt w MMA - podział i analiza XD

[@SonnyBrown]

🙏🙏🙏

[@tukolo5408]

Only sub I've got on a black belt. (I was purple at the time)

[@TheDanielmeeks]

This music sounds like it came straight out of japanology.

[@SonnyBrown]

Hope you liked it!

[@TheDanielmeeks]

Sonny Brown very much so!

[@LilHoss4k]

i want to use this on my dad

[@SonnyBrown]

Yikes !

[@LilHoss4k]

@@SonnyBrown I forgot this comment even existed

[@garretgean9971]

j got hit w this about an hour ago, currently in bed icing my whole leg

[@SonnyBrown]

Yikes! I hope it healed! 🙏

[@maxrr555]

Did you forget about the vaporizer?

[@SonnyBrown]

Hmmm, Can you think of examples of its use in MMA ? Might re visit this topic.

[@maxrr555]

@@SonnyBrown not sure if anyone hass hit it in mma :(

[@SonnyBrown]

@@maxrr555 I did plan on doing another video on twisters and banana splits. Maybe I will mention it in those.

[@maxrr555]

@@SonnyBrown kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJeXiZ5rhbOpha8 here is one in mma.

[@kaiceecrane3884]

Calf slicer can break a shin

[@audreyadkins1549]

Can u brake some leg like that

[@ffnovice7]

Eggscellent

[@iknowilookdumbwhenisaythis5593]

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