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The Side Control Escape family within the Submission Escape group covers techniques for escaping submission attempts that are initiated from the side control position — combining submission defence wi...
The Fundamental Side Control family covers the core side control variations and techniques for maintaining chest-to-chest control, attacking with submissions, and transitioning to more dominant positi...
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 Twister Side Control subfamily covers the side control variation specific to the 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu system, where the top fighter sets up the twister submission (a spinal lock) from a modified ...
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...
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 triangle choke from side control is applied by the bottom player who creates space from underneath the side control pin, threads one leg across the opponent's neck, and locks the triangle by trapp...
The Bridge And Roll Side Control subfamily covers side control escapes where the defender bridges explosively and rolls the opponent over, reversing from bottom to top position. [1] The bridge and rol...
The Standard Side Control subfamily covers the basic lateral side control position where the top fighter lies perpendicular to the bottom fighter, using chest pressure and arm controls to maintain the...
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...
The Side Control family covers the dominant top position where the controlling fighter lies perpendicular to the bottom fighter, chest-to-chest, having passed the guard to achieve a lateral pin. [1] S...
The cradle neck crank from side control is applied by the top player who locks a cradle grip — connecting the hands behind the opponent's head and under one leg — from the side control position, then ...
The Standard Twister Side Control establishes the specific body positioning and grips needed for the twister submission, with the top fighter controlling the bottom fighter's far leg and head in a way...
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...
The Bread Cutter Choke is a gi-based submission applied from side control where the attacker reaches across the opponent's neck to grip the far collar, then drives the blade edge of the forearm across...
The side triangle from side control applies the triangle choke while maintaining the perpendicular side control position, with the legs wrapping around the opponent's head and arm from a lateral angle...
The Step-Over Choke is executed from side control by stepping the far leg over the opponent's head while maintaining a collar grip, creating a choking mechanism that combines collar pressure with leg ...
The crossface cradle from side control combines a crossface forearm drive with a cradle leg hook to fold the opponent in half, generating extreme cervical flexion stress. [1] The attacker drives the c...
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 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]...
The arm triangle choke (kata-gatame) is a family of blood chokes that use the attacker's arms in combination with the opponent's own trapped shoulder to compress both carotid arteries. [1,2] The defin...
The head-and-arm choke subfamily encompasses all arm triangle variations where the attacker traps the opponent’s head and one arm together, using the trapped arm as a wedge against one carotid artery ...
The reverse triangle from side control locks the triangle choke in reverse orientation — the attacker's legs wrap around the opponent's head and arm from the opposite direction compared to the standar...
The Von Flue Counter is a guillotine escape that converts the defender's position into a counter-submission by passing to side control while the attacker maintains the guillotine grip, then applying s...
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 Spinning Armbar to Kimura is a combination technique where a spinning armbar attempt that encounters defence transitions directly into a kimura grip. [1] Ribeiro demonstrates this chain as a funda...
A choke where the opponent’s arm and head are trapped against the attacker’s shoulder, restricting blood flow to the brain via carotid arteries. Can induce unconsciousness if held.
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 monoplata is a shoulder lock applied from top position (mount or side control) where the attacker traps the opponent's arm under their armpit using a single leg, then sits down to hyperextend the ...
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 Baseball Choke is a gi-based collar choke that uses a distinctive split grip — one hand gripping the collar palm-up and the other palm-down in opposite directions — creating a powerful rotational ...
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 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 gift wrap lapel choke uses a controlling position where the attacker wraps the opponent's own arm across their head or body and pins it there, then feeds the lapel around the neck to create a stra...
The Kimura lock (gyaku-ude-garami / double wristlock) is a shoulder lock where the attacker grips the opponent's wrist with one hand, threads the other arm under the opponent's elbow, and clasps a fig...
The crucifix rear strangle is applied from the crucifix position, where the attacker traps one of the opponent's arms with their legs (typically threading the far arm between the legs and locking it) ...
The One-Sleeve Spider Guard uses the spider guard on one side only — one foot on the bicep with sleeve control — while the other leg is positioned differently (on the hip, in DLR, or on the mat). [1] ...
The Near Side Knee On Belly positions the knee on the opponent's near side (closest to the controlling fighter) with the posted foot on the far side, creating the most common and mechanically stable k...
The Nelson neck crank uses a half-nelson or full-nelson position to drive the opponent's chin toward their chest (flexion) or force the head sideways, creating cervical spine pressure. [1,2] In the fu...
Smother locks are submission techniques that obstruct an opponent's breathing by covering the nose and mouth with the body — typically the chest, belly, shoulder, or arm — creating a seal that prevent...
Ude Gatame is a straight arm lock in judo and jujutsu where the attacker controls the opponent's arm in an extended position and applies pressure against the elbow joint using the hands, forearms, or ...
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...
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 Standard Knee On Belly subfamily covers the classic knee-on-belly position where the top fighter faces the opponent's head with one knee on the belly/midsection and the other foot posted for base....
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 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...
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 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...
A classic arm triangle choke variation applied from the mounted position. The attacker isolates the opponent’s arm against the head, driving shoulder pressure into the neck while lowering chest weight...