[Image/GIF] Wrestler’s absolutely insane way to avoid a single leg trip

This move is always amazing when you see it. In American folkstyle,Cary Kolat is probably the first we have video of Old Flip

In this gif though, watch the Iranian get the single leg. He gets both hands on the single with the initial shot but because of the whizzer he is forced to drop to the low ankle and elevate so he can try to "finish high." The Russian feels it, knows that the only finish that the Iranian has when he elevates that much, that quickly, with both hands committed to holding low on his leg, is a hard sweep. He feels it coming, takes two small hops to time the sweep and get his balance right, and then he uses the momentum from the sweep and the Iranian's awkward balance during the sweep to help bring himself all the way around and reach for the leg. This isn't a random scramble and somebody throwing a Hail Mary. That is ALL technique and experience.

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