For those not understanding why this works, it makes your grip-shoulder distance longer and gets your head and shoulders further away from his hips, diminishing the power of his sprawl and giving you the extra movement needed to rebuild and hit your next move.
This works like magic. I'm a beginner but had great success against experienced wrestlers thanks to the S-grip and I first learned about it here on youtube.
Since you did the Woodley video, I've been using this technique for Jiu Jitsu to wrestle up off the bottom. It's been a solid addition to my game. Thank you for the breakdown.
Yhanni locks up that S-Grip, he’s getting that leg too. He was the first one that I realized was using this technique. 4xer that could get away with taking a bad shot and getting extended, but still suck that leg up. However, as the vid shows many more were doing it before and after. Brilliant breakdown as always. EYG gang gang. 🙏🏼
I always used s grip for shot recovery but their is actually a better way John Smith teaches an other grip I tried it out and it works for me even better.
I do a very similar grip when I'm extended with very good results. Rather than one palm up and one down to make the s grip, my left hand (outside arm for this purpose) will be palm down and my right hand will reach around and grab my left hand perpendicular to my right hand and I'll be covering my fingers/knuckles and pull it into the leg. It doesn't require as much flexibility in the hands and forearms as the s grip when fully extended.