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The prone rear mount (belly-down back mount) is a back control variant where the opponent is flattened face-down (prone) on the mat while the attacker maintains back mount with hooks in from on top. [...
The Supine Rear Mount subfamily covers the rear mount position where the controlling fighter is lying on their back with the opponent on top of them, face up, with hooks or body triangle maintaining c...
The Prone Rear Mount is a back control variation where the opponent is face-down (prone) with the attacker mounted on their back — creating a devastating control position used in MMA ground-and-pound ...
The Standard Seated Rear Mount establishes full back control with the controlling fighter sitting upright behind the opponent, hooks or body triangle secured, seatbelt grip established, with the oppon...
The Standard Supine Rear Mount has the controlling fighter lying on their back with the opponent face-up on top, hooks or body triangle locked in, and seatbelt grip secured. [1] From this position, th...
The Seated Rear Mount subfamily covers the rear mount position where the controlling fighter is sitting upright behind the opponent, with the opponent in front and typically flattened or leaning forwa...
The Rear Mount family covers the fully established back control positions where the controlling fighter has both hooks or a body triangle secured from behind the opponent. [1] Rear mount is the ultima...
The Back Position group encompasses all positions where one fighter has achieved control from behind the opponent, considered the most dominant positional category in grappling. [1] Back positions are...
The Hook Back Control subfamily covers back control positions using hooks — feet inserted inside the opponent's thighs from behind — as the primary lower body control method. [1] Hooks are the traditi...
The Rear Mount Escape family covers all techniques for escaping back control when the opponent has established hooks (feet inside the defender's thighs) or a body triangle from behind. [1] Rear mount ...
The Back Position Transition family covers techniques for transitioning to and maintaining back control — the second-most dominant position in grappling (after mount in some hierarchies, or the most d...
The Back Control family covers the various methods of controlling an opponent from behind, using combinations of hooks, body triangles, and upper body grips. [1] Back control is defined by having the ...
The Ezequiel Choke from the Back applies the Ezequiel (Sode Guruma Jime) choking mechanism from the back control position rather than the traditional mount. [1] The attacker threads one arm under the ...
The Double Hook back control inserts both feet inside the opponent's inner thighs from behind, creating two points of lower body control that prevent the opponent from turning, sliding down, or bridgi...
The mount is the most dominant ground position in grappling, where one fighter sits astride the opponent's torso with knees planted on either side, applying gravitational pressure and controlling the ...
The Mount Escape family within the Back Escape group covers techniques for escaping when the opponent achieves mount from a back-control transition — addressing the specific challenge of an opponent w...
Cross lapel rear chokes are back control strangles where the attacker reaches across the opponent's neck to grip the far-side lapel, then feeds the collar across the throat to create a cross-collar co...
The triangle choke from mount is applied when the mounted attacker isolates one of the opponent's arms and swings a leg over the head while maintaining the mount position, then transitions to the tria...
The triangle choke from back control is applied by the attacker who has back mount and threads one leg across the side of the opponent's neck while locking the other leg behind the knee to form the tr...
Chokes and strangles are submission techniques that restrict either blood flow (strangles) or airflow (chokes) to force a tap out or render an opponent unconscious. [6] The distinction between a choke...
The Seatbelt Escape family covers techniques for breaking the seatbelt grip (over-under arm control from behind) — the most critical first step in any back escape, because the seatbelt grip enables th...
The Alcatraz Escape is a 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu mount escape technique — a specific escape method developed within Eddie Bravo's system for escaping mount using the 10th Planet positional framework. [1...
The bow-and-arrow choke is a powerful back control strangle where the attacker grips the opponent's collar with one hand and their pants or far leg with the other, then extends the body to create oppo...
The cross collar choke from back control is executed by inserting one hand deep into the far-side collar with the wrist blade rotated toward the carotid artery, and the other hand gripping the near-si...
The armbar (juji-gatame) is the most fundamental elbow lock in grappling, hyperextending the elbow joint by controlling the opponent's wrist and pressing the hips upward against the back of the elbow....
The triangle choke (sankaku-jime) traps the opponent's head and one arm inside a triangular leg configuration — one leg across the back of the neck, the ankle locked behind the opposite knee — creatin...
Guard passing encompasses all techniques used by the top player to navigate past the bottom player's legs and achieve a dominant position — it is the yin to the guard's yang and arguably the most comp...
The Fundamental Guard Pass family covers the core guard passing techniques that form the foundation of every grappler's passing game — the essential methods for navigating past the opponent's legs to ...
The one-wing collar choke combines an underhook through the opponent's armpit ('wing' control) with a cross-collar grip on the opposite side to create an asymmetric strangle from back control or mount...
Shoulder locks are submissions that attack the glenohumeral joint (shoulder socket) by forcing the arm into extreme internal rotation, external rotation, or abduction. [1,2] The shoulder is the most m...
The Monoplata is a shoulder lock submission similar to the omoplata but using only one leg to control the opponent's arm — applied from mount, side control, or back control rather than from guard. [1]...
Leg chokes are submissions that use the legs — primarily the thighs and calves — to compress the neck and restrict blood flow or airflow. [1] The triangle choke (sankaku-jime) is the defining techniqu...
Position Escape covers techniques for escaping from specialised control positions that don't fit within the standard mount, side control, or back escape categories — addressing unique positional chall...
The triangular strangle (sankaku-jime) is the primary triangle choke — the attacker locks a figure-four with the legs around the opponent's head and one arm, squeezing the thighs together to compress ...
The Position class encompasses all distinct body configurations and spatial relationships between fighters that define the tactical landscape of grappling and striking combat. [1] Positions are the fo...
Side control is a dominant ground position where the top player lies chest-to-chest across the opponent's torso, perpendicular to their body, using a combination of crossface, underhook, and chest pre...
Elbow locks are joint lock submissions that hyperextend or hyperrotate the elbow joint, attacking the ligaments and tendons that hold the forearm to the upper arm. [1] The armbar (juji-gatame) — isola...
The mounted triangle applies the triangle choke from the mounted position, where the attacker transitions from mount to a triangle configuration by isolating one arm and threading the legs around the ...
The Back Escape group encompasses all techniques for escaping when an opponent has achieved back control — one of the most dominant and dangerous positions in grappling. [1] Back control gives the att...
The Standard Shoulder Walk alternates pressing each shoulder into the mat and sliding the body downward, using the shoulder as a pivot point while the hips shift incrementally toward the escape direct...
The Hand Fighting Escape subfamily covers back escape techniques that prioritise defending against the choke through hand fighting while systematically working to clear hooks and turn to face the oppo...
The Body Triangle Escape subfamily covers techniques for escaping when the opponent has secured back control with a body triangle — legs locked in a figure-four around the defender's torso rather than...
The Shoulder Walk Escape subfamily covers back escape techniques where the defender walks the shoulders along the mat, sliding downward and out of the attacker's back control by incrementally shifting...
The Standard Body Triangle Escape addresses the body triangle lock by turning into the locked side (toward the leg on top of the triangle), then using hip pressure and leg positioning to pry the trian...
The Scoot And Turn Escape subfamily covers back escape techniques where the defender slides the hips downward and sideways while turning to face the attacker, using the scooting motion to create the s...
The Peel And Rotate escape combines grip stripping with rotational hip movement to escape back control while defending the choke. [1] The defender peels the attacker's choking arm by gripping the wris...
The Leg Pump Escape addresses the body triangle by using a pumping leg motion to create space within the locked triangle. [1] The defender pushes the top leg (the one over the body triangle lock) down...
The Short Shoulder Walk uses quick, short alternating shoulder slides to make incremental progress downward out of back control, prioritising speed of each individual shoulder shift over distance cove...
The Standard Scoot And Turn slides the hips downward along the attacker's body while simultaneously turning toward the bottom hook side, working to slip below the attacker's control and turn to face t...
The Two On One Hand Fighting escape uses both hands to control the attacker's choking arm, creating a two-against-one advantage on the most dangerous arm while working to clear hooks and turn. [1] The...