Okay, so first off let me apologize for recording this video while chewing gum, I’ll try not to do that again in the future! I found it pretty annoying in the editing.

Let me sum up the key points of this video:

–>The inside sankaku position (411, saddle) is relatively secure and safe from strikes, so long as we control the far leg. If we can stabilize the position we can finish with the inside heel hook, BUT, only if we can stabilize the position long enough – because it is a multi-step sequence to isolate the defending leg from the target leg and execute the dig and break mechanics of the inside heel hook finish. This is why the inside heel hook is often more challenging to learn than the outside heel hook.

–> “Once you pop, you can’t stop!” Once the position becomes familiar you will find that it is impossible to stay away from, and you’ll see why this is such an important node in our game.

There are several ways to sweep to this position when your opponent is stopping you from finishing your sweep to a top position, and there are also several ways we utilize this position in our takedown game So it is really potentially a position that can connect every part of the game and help make it a more continuous whole that flows.

–> The Inside Sankaku is both a backup system for the checkmate trap and a prep position that we can build up to the checkmate trap from.