Thread: Fireman's Carry

When I wrestled years ago in high school I had a great success with the fireman's carry so much that my team mates called me fire chief. I have had really good success with it against jiu jitsu players because most of them only use single leg takedown, double leg takedown, and maybe ankle picks and aren't expecting a fireman's carry. It catches them off guard and allows you to quickly follow up with something such as a mount position or something else such as an arm bar of some type because you still have a hold of thier arm from doing the fireman's.

There is some risk when you execute the firemen's carry. When your arm extend between your opponent's legs and try to reach one of his legs, he can use the other leg to jam your extended arm at the elbow joint. All he needs to do is to twist his body. Someone did this to someone long time ago, it ended with a group fist fight after that.

You can see that at 0.03, his right elbow joint is so close to his opponennt's left knee.

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You don't have to catch right on your opponent's elbow joint. The moment that his hand touches your leg, any contact point on his arm will have the same effect (of course the elbow will be the best contact point). This is the "cracking" that I was talking about in another thread. Since not many people use it in today's environment, some people may think it doesn't exist.

If one spend time to train it, he may be able to use it someday. Nothing is impossible in combat. It's not very common used and I'm not sure it will be even allowed in sport. I do believe it's not allowed in Judo.

I just love those "illegal moves" more than those "legal moves".

Originally Posted by Tant01

How to do a Fireman's Carry Judo Style | ExpertVillage Videos

Hey Hardball,

There is a Jujitsu version (like almost everyJudo throw) from a cross arm grab that if you catch them right you get a nifty armbar across your shoulder.

The combat SC firemen's carry version requires to throw your opponent while both of your feet are straight and together. This way you will raise your opponent's body to the maximum height before you drop him. You then continue your body rotation into a low bow-arrow stance and send your opponent's head straight down to the ground (as airplane crashing with head down first).

A SC guy likes to keep the upper body vertical straight up and only use the legs muscle to lift his opponent (from the bending position to the straight position). This way, the chance to hurt the low back will be reduced.

My dad showed me how to do a fireman's carry when I was just a little kid, he learned it while he wrestled for Eastern Illinois University back in the 50's. (my dad's 73). When he was 68 he threw my 215lb sod laying friend from my highschool wrestling team with his version of the fireman's carry. The key, is snatching a the lead wrist hard, (don't grab it like a girl) and then snatching a handfull of nutz (hard, like a pissed off girl). When you get a handfull on junk, while shooting in, it makes your opponent come up on his toes and makes loading him onto your shoulders soooooo much easier, no one sprawls when you have a handfull of their crotch. They stand straight up on their toes and are super easy to pick up off the ground.

Now, if you are in an event where acctually grabbing the nutz is not allowed, when you shoot and jerk the wrist over the back of your neck, instead of taking a handfull, slam your radial bone into the crotch as your penetrating (like you do with a crossface) and that will make them load themselves onto your back, then catch the crotch in the crook of your elbow. Too many people try to be nice about the move, you really have to jerk on the wrist hard and come straight UP into the crotch even harder. Once you learn how to come up through the crotch hard it makes the firemans carry a dangerous offensive weapon.