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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 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 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 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 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 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...

Back control chokes are submission techniques applied when the attacker has secured a position behind the opponent, typically with hooks (legs wrapped around the torso) or a body triangle for control....

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 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...

This is the most complex kick variant: a spinning, dropping, downward-arcing high hook kick that combines multiple directional changes in a single technique. [1] It requires elite-level body control a...

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 Standard Kiss Of The Dragon executes the fundamental version of this technique by establishing reverse De La Riva guard, inverting between the opponent's legs, and threading the head and shoulders...

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 Crab Ride is a back-taking transition where the attacker establishes control from behind the opponent by placing both feet on the opponent's inner thighs (like riding a crab), using this hook conf...

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 Rear Neck Crank From Back Without Hooks is a neck crank submission applied from a back-control position where the attacker does not have hooks (feet inside the opponent's thighs) — instead maintai...

The attacker secures back control using double hooks and seatbelt grip. One lapel is fed under the opponent's chin to the far hand, while the other hand crosses over gripping the opposite lapel. By ro...

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 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 Truck Position is a 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu back-body entanglement where the attacker controls the opponent from behind with a calf hook (leg threaded between the opponent's legs hooking the calf), ...

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 Standard De La Riva Sweep executes the fundamental DLR guard sweep by using the DLR hook to stretch and off-balance the opponent backward, controlling the ankle of the hooked leg while pulling the...

A subset of back control chokes where the attacker uses a cross-grip baseball bat configuration on the opponent’s lapel or collar while maintaining back control. [1] The arms rotate around the opponen...

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 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 J.J. Back Escape recovers half guard from back control using a specific hip slide and leg hook technique, named after Jean Jacques Machado. [1]

The 10th Planet Escape family covers escape techniques for positions unique to Eddie Bravo's 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu system — addressing the specific challenge of escaping the Truck, Twister Side Contro...

The Seatbelt Turtle subfamily covers the attacking position where the top fighter controls the turtled opponent from behind using the seatbelt grip (over-under arm configuration from behind). [1] The ...

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 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 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 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 Goes Guard is a specific open guard configuration from MMA grappling where the bottom player hooks one leg behind the opponent's knee while controlling the same-side sleeve or wrist, creating a dy...

The Berimbolo family covers the berimbolo technique and its variations — a spinning inversion from De La Riva guard that uses an under-the-back rotation to take the opponent's back or achieve a sweep....

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 Goes Guard Push Sweep uses the Goes Guard configuration to push the opponent backward over the hooked leg, leveraging the sleeve control to prevent the opponent from posting. [1]

The Standard Berimbolo Technique executes the full berimbolo from De La Riva guard by hooking the DLR leg deep, gripping the opponent's belt or pants, inverting by pulling the hips overhead, and spinn...

The rear triangle applies the triangle choke from back control by locking the legs in a figure-four around the opponent's neck and one arm from behind. [1] The attacker, established on the opponent's ...

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 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 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 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 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 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 ...

Sliding lapel rear chokes involve gripping the opponent's collar from back control and sliding the hand across the neck to tighten the strangle progressively. [1,2] The sliding collar choke is the pri...

The Standard Seatbelt Turtle establishes the seatbelt grip from behind the turtled opponent, with one arm over the shoulder and the other under the armpit, chest pressed against the opponent's back. [...

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...

The sleeve wheel choke (judo's sode-guruma-jime, also known as the Ezekiel choke in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) threads one arm behind the opponent's head, feeds the gi sleeve of that arm across the neck wit...

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...

From a standing backpack control the attacker feeds the near lapel under the opponent's chin to the far hand, secures a cross-grip on the far lapel, drops the chest and rotates the wrists in a basebal...