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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 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 Crucifix Back Control subfamily covers the extreme back control position where the controlling fighter traps both of the opponent's arms — one arm with the legs and the other with the arms — leavi...

The Standard Chair Sit Position is the base-level execution of the chair sit, with the controlling fighter seated directly behind the opponent, both hips on the mat, legs wrapped loosely around the op...

The Body Triangle Back Control subfamily covers back control positions where the controlling fighter locks the legs in a figure-four configuration around the opponent's torso instead of using standard...

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 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 Seatbelt Back Control subfamily covers back control positions defined by the seatbelt grip — an over-under arm configuration from behind where one arm goes over the shoulder and the other goes und...

The Single Hook back control uses one foot inserted inside the opponent's thigh while the other leg is positioned differently — typically wrapped around the waist, posted on the mat, or in transition....

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 Standard Crucifix establishes the full crucifix position by trapping one of the opponent's arms between the legs (using a figure-four leg configuration) and controlling the other arm with both han...

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 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 Strong Side Seatbelt positions the choking arm (the arm that will apply the rear naked choke) over the opponent's shoulder, which is the preferred configuration for attacking the RNC. [1] The stro...

The Weak Side Seatbelt positions the choking arm under the opponent's armpit rather than over the shoulder, which is further from the direct RNC finishing position. [1] The weak side requires an addit...

The Under Body Triangle positions the locking leg underneath the opponent's body, typically threading beneath the hip and locking on the far side. [1] The under configuration provides a different cont...

The Over Body Triangle positions the locking leg (the leg that crosses over to complete the figure-four) on top of the opponent's body, typically across the abdomen. [1] The over configuration creates...

The Safe Haven is a 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu back escape concept — a defensive position or escape technique within Eddie Bravo's system for surviving and escaping back control. [1,2]

The rear neck crank from back without hooks is a cervical-spine submission applied from a partial back position — chest-to-back contact established, but no hooks or body triangle. [1] Rather than rely...

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 crab ride is a transitional control position where the attacker is face-up behind the opponent, hooking insteps behind the opponent's knees, used to expose the back or achieve top position. [1] Fi...

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 Drop Overhead Back Kick is a dramatic technique where the practitioner drops forward while kicking the heel overhead and behind, striking a target above and behind them in a scorpion-like motion. ...

The backstep pass is a guard pass where the passer rotates their hips 180 degrees away from the opponent while maintaining weight on the trapped leg, converting a stalled knee-cut or half guard positi...

The Standard Rear Body Lock positions the attacker behind the opponent with arms locked around the waist, hands clasped with a Gable grip, S-grip, or butterfly grip. [1] The attacker presses their che...

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 wrestling-entry twister accesses the twister submission through a traditional wrestling back ride transition rather than the truck position commonly associated with 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu. [1] The ...

The Standard Seated Arm Drag executes the fundamental seated arm drag where the attacker, sitting with butterfly hooks or in seated guard, grabs the opponent's wrist with one hand and the tricep with ...

The Standard Reclined Butterfly positions the guard player leaning back at approximately 45 degrees with both butterfly hooks in the opponent's thighs, using the angle to create pulling leverage on th...

The Neck Lock family covers joint lock submissions that target the cervical spine through cranking, twisting, or compressing the neck beyond its normal range of motion — among the most dangerous and c...

The Omoplata (Portuguese for 'shoulder blade') is a shoulder lock submission applied from the guard where the attacker uses their legs to isolate the opponent's arm and rotate the shoulder beyond its ...

The twister from back ride is applied when the attacker has a back ride position with one hook controlling the opponent's far leg (the 'truck' entry) and threads an arm under the opponent's chin from ...

The Chair Sit family covers the back control position where the controlling fighter sits behind the opponent with both fighters' hips on the mat, the controlling fighter's legs wrapped around the oppo...

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 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 ...

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 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 Re-Pummel subfamily covers the technique of swimming the arm back inside after the opponent has secured an underhook, re-establishing inside position and denying the opponent their underhook contr...

The truck is a back-control position developed by Eddie Bravo in the early 2000s as part of his 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu system, where the attacker uses a figure-four leg configuration to pin one of the ...

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...

The Duck Under To Back Take subfamily specifically uses the duck under to achieve a rear body position, from which the attacker can complete a body lock takedown, mat return, or rear lift. [1] After d...

A backfist delivered from a stationary position without spinning, using a snapping motion of the wrist and elbow to strike with the back of the knuckles.

The Inside Heel Hook Entry covers the specific pathways used to enter inside sankaku (saddle) ashi garami for the inside heel hook — the most dangerous submission in modern grappling. [1] Entries incl...

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 Half Guard subfamily covers the basic half guard configurations where the guard player controls one of the opponent's legs between theirs from a side-lying or flat-on-back position. [1] T...

The calf slicer (also called calf crush or calf compression) works by placing a hard fulcrum — typically the shin or forearm — behind the opponent's knee and folding the lower leg back, crushing the c...

The Leg Ride Control family covers the technique of using the legs to ride and control the opponent from behind — a wrestling-based control system where the top wrestler threads one or both legs betwe...

The Standard Russian Tie Drag executes the fundamental two-on-one drag where the attacker secures a Russian tie on the opponent's arm, pulls the arm sharply across the body and past the hip, then foll...

The classic rear naked choke is the standard figure-four configuration of hadaka-jime, where the choking arm wraps around the opponent's neck under the chin, with the bicep and forearm targeting the c...

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...