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The Head-And-Arm Control family covers clinch positions where the attacker simultaneously controls the opponent's head and one arm, creating an asymmetric control that limits the opponent's ability to...

The Head Control Clinch group encompasses all clinch positions where the primary mechanism of control is managing the opponent's head position, using collar ties, headlocks, front headlocks, or framin...

The Headlock Control subfamily covers clinch positions where the attacker wraps one arm around the opponent's head while controlling the arm on the same side, creating a secured head-and-arm clamp. [1...

The Standard Headlock Control wraps one arm around the opponent's head from the side, securing the head against the attacker's ribcage, while the other arm controls the opponent's near arm to prevent ...

The headscissors from side control is applied by the top player who isolates the opponent's head and threads the legs around the neck while transitioning from a side control pin. [1,2] The attacker ty...

A head-and-arm choke variation applied from side control. The attacker traps the opponent’s far arm across their neck while lowering the shoulder and chest beside the head, applying strong lateral com...

The Standard Front Headlock Turtle positions the attacking fighter in front of and over the turtled opponent, with one arm wrapped around the head and the other controlling the near arm or reaching un...

The Front Headlock Turtle subfamily covers the attacking position where the top fighter controls the turtled opponent from the head side, using a front headlock (head-and-arm control) to break down th...

The wrist choke from front headlock is a species of the wrist-control-assisted front choke family where the attacker uses the bony edge of their own wrist as the primary choking surface against the op...

The Snap Down to Front Headlock pulls the opponent's head downward using collar tie control, immediately transitioning into a front headlock for choke threats or go-behind options. [1]

The Kesa Gatame Escape family covers techniques for escaping the kesa gatame (scarf hold) position, where the opponent controls from the side with one arm wrapped around the defender's head and the ot...

The Standard Kesa Gatame wraps one arm around the opponent's head, controls the near arm with the other hand, and turns the hips to face the opponent's head, with the near hip pressing against the opp...

The Collar Tie family covers clinch positions where the attacker places one or both hands behind the opponent's neck, gripping the back of the neck or base of the skull to control the head and posture...

The Sprawl Front Headlock subfamily covers the front headlock position established after sprawling on an opponent's takedown attempt, where the attacker has driven their hips back and down to stuff th...

The Attacking Turtle family covers positions where one fighter is on top of or behind a turtled opponent, seeking to break down the turtle, take the back, or execute submissions. [1] Attacking the tur...

Noogie Control uses the knuckles pressed into the opponent's temple or forehead from guard to create discomfort and force posture changes that open submissions. [1] Eddie Bravo developed this as an MM...

A side-control kata gatame finished with a full or partial sprawl. The attacker drives shoulder and chest pressure beside the defender’s head while sprawling the legs back to load weight through the r...

The Crossface Control subfamily covers clinch positions where the attacker drives a forearm across the opponent's face or jaw to turn the head and control posture, while maintaining arm or body contro...

The side headscissors applies the leg-based head squeeze from side control, where the attacker is positioned perpendicular to the supine opponent. [1] The attacker captures the opponent's head between...

The Standard Crossface Control drives the forearm bone (radius/ulna) across the opponent's jaw or cheekbone, using the rigid bone structure to turn the head while the other arm controls the opponent's...

The Standard Sprawl Headlock executes the fundamental sprawl-to-headlock sequence where the defender sprawls on a takedown attempt, drives hips to the mat, and secures the opponent's head under the ar...

The nelson neck crank from front headlock is applied by threading one or both hands behind the opponent's neck from the front headlock position and driving the head downward into cervical flexion whil...

The Kesa Gatame subfamily covers the scarf hold variation of side control, where the controlling fighter wraps one arm around the opponent's head and the other controls the near arm, with the hips tur...

The Stoner Control Arm Triangle applies an arm triangle choke (kata gatame / head-and-arm choke) from the Stoner Control rubber guard position, using the unique leg positioning of the rubber guard to ...

The Dirty Boxing Clinch is an MMA-specific clinch position where one hand controls the opponent's head via a collar tie (cupping the back of the neck) while the other hand delivers short punches, elbo...

The Spladle is a unique submission hold that originates from wrestling and functions as a compression lock/stretch submission — the attacker traps the opponent's head and one leg together, then forces...

The North-South Escape family covers techniques for escaping the north-south position, where the opponent controls from head-to-head with their chest on the defender's chest, facing the opposite direc...

The Crossface Side Control uses a crossface — driving the forearm across the bottom fighter's face from jaw to shoulder — as the primary upper body control from side control. [1] The crossface turns t...

The Underhook Side Control uses an underhook on the far arm as the primary upper body control, with the other arm controlling the head or near hip. [1] The underhook provides strong control of the bot...

Ta Then Kham Fak (Old Man Holds the Melon) is a clinch technique where the fighter secures the opponent's head (the melon) and delivers knee strikes while controlling posture. [1] It teaches head cont...

A no-gi guard variation of the arm triangle where the attacker first immobilizes the opponent’s arm via wrist control (pinning the wrist to the mat or across the chest). With the wrist anchored, the a...

The Standard Front Headlock Position secures the opponent's head under one armpit, with the controlling arm wrapping around the neck so the hand reaches the far side of the opponent's head or chin. [1...

An arm triangle variation applied from S-Mount. The attacker raises one knee high beside the opponent’s head and swings the other knee across their chest, creating the “S” shape. This tightens control...

The Kuzure Kesa Gatame (modified scarf hold) is the variation of kesa gatame where the controlling fighter underhooks the far arm instead of wrapping around the head, providing different control dynam...

A side-control kata gatame finished with one knee pinning the near-side hip and the opposite leg posted (knee-on-belly–style base). The knee-hip pin blocks shrimping and guard recovery while the poste...

Standard clinch lock techniques are the foundational standing submission methods applied from basic clinch positions — underhooks, overhooks, collar ties, and body locks. [1] These include standing gu...

Front headlock chokes are submissions applied from a front headlock position — where the attacker controls the opponent's head and one arm from the front, typically after a sprawl or snap-down. [1] Th...

The Standard Dirty Boxing Takedown subfamily represents the fundamental takedown sequence from a dirty boxing clinch, where the attacker uses collar tie and head control to off-balance the opponent be...

The Head Clinch to Takedown transitions from Muay Thai head control directly into a takedown, pulling the opponent's head down while sweeping or tripping the legs. [1]

Headlock Throw is the family of wrestling throws executed from a headlock position, in which the attacker wraps one arm around the opponent's head or neck and uses hip rotation, lateral dropping, or r...

The Front Body Lock Takedown family covers all takedowns executed from a front-facing body lock position where the attacker's arms encircle the opponent's torso from the front. [1] The attacker typica...

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...

The power nelson crank from front headlock is a cervical flexion attack where the attacker drives the opponent's head downward using a nelson-style arm placement combined with aggressive downward forc...

The Collar Elbow Clinch is the most fundamental clinch position in wrestling, where one hand grips the back of the opponent's neck or collar (the collar tie) while the other hand controls the opponent...

The cradle neck crank combines a wrestling cradle — where the attacker links the opponent's head and leg together — with cervical flexion pressure. [1,2,3] The attacker clasps hands connecting the hea...

The Front Headlock family covers clinch positions where the attacker controls the opponent's head from the front, wrapping one arm around the head and neck while the opponent is in a bent-forward post...

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...

A classic Kata Gatame sequence begun from mount and finished from side control. The attacker sets the head-and-arm choke from mount, then “slides off” to the side while maintaining the lock. The angle...

The Chest-To-Chest Side Control emphasises maximum chest pressure against the bottom fighter's chest, using bodyweight compression as the primary control mechanism while the arms control the head and ...

The two-on-one choke from the front headlock uses both hands controlling the same side of the opponent's neck to concentrate the choking force. [1,2] The attacker wraps the neck from a front headlock ...