Title: Calf Slicer: Steps, Key Details & Mistakes | DARCE

Canonical: https://darce.app/techniques/bjj/calf-slicer

> Calf Slicer. Wedge your shin behind their knee, fold their lower leg over it and pull to crush the calf into the bone.

# Calf Slicer

- BJJ
- Slicers
- advanced
- Leg entanglement
- 3 steps

Wedge your shin behind their knee, fold their lower leg over it and pull to crush the calf into the bone. Also known as the Calf crush or the Knee slice (leg). Here is the exact breakdown from the DARCE app: 3 steps, the details that make it work, and the mistakes to avoid.

## When to use it

Use the calf slicer from the truck or a leg entanglement when the opponent’s leg is bent. Wedge your shin high behind their knee before you fold. Apply it only where your rules and training partners allow it.

## Step by step

1. 01

   ### Control the leg

   Secure a leg entanglement and slide your shin behind the back of their knee.

2. 02

   ### Fold over the wedge

   Bend their leg so the calf folds tightly over your shin, your shin acting as the fulcrum.

3. 03

   ### Pull & compress

   Hug their foot to your chest and pull to drive your shin up into the calf muscle. Apply slowly.

## Key details

- Place your shin high behind the knee so the fold is sharp.
- Pull the foot toward you to close the joint over the wedge.
- The bite is bone-on-muscle. Keep your shin, not your calf, as the wedge.

## Common mistakes

- A low wedge near the ankle that only stretches instead of compressing.
- Letting their leg straighten and slip off the shin.
- Cranking fast. Calf slicers are extremely painful and quick to injure.

## Common counters

Opponents straighten the leg, turn out of the entanglement, or push your shin away. A low wedge only stretches the leg. Keep the shin high behind the knee.

## How to drill it

From a leg entanglement, wedge the shin and fold slowly while your partner taps early, five reps on each side. Then do two rounds of one minute of entanglement work with no finish.

## Related techniques

- [Guard Pull BJJ From standing grips, sit down and pull the opponent into your closed guard to start the bottom game.](https://darce.app/techniques/bjj/guard-pull)
- [Bicep Slicer BJJ Wedge the blade of your forearm into the crook of their elbow and curl their wrist to crush the biceps against the bone.](https://darce.app/techniques/bjj/bicep-slicer)
- [Kneebar BJJ Straighten the leg and bridge your hips against the back of the knee to hyperextend the joint.](https://darce.app/techniques/bjj/kneebar)

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