Control
Knee line, hip and foot positions that keep the opponent's leg trapped in ashi garami and outside ashi.
Also called holding ashi garami, ashi control, keeping the leg in ashi.
5 resources
MMA Leech YouTube
A guided tour of the main leglock positions: ashi garami, saddle, 50/50 and outside ashi, and how they connect when the opponent turns or hides the heel.
Brian Glick's ashi garami 101: the basic mechanics, control drills and entries for getting into straight ashi in no-gi.
Glick on getting more control in ashi garami off the first grip, so the opponent cannot pull the leg out.
Ashi garami explained as a control system, not just a submission: knee line, hip position and why the opponent cannot stand up.
Rau on beating the heel slip from outside ashi: the control that makes the outside heel hook tight.