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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Guard Top family within the Guard Group covers the techniques and strategies for the top player when trapped inside an opponent's guard — maintaining posture, controlling grips, and working to bre...
The Guard Top group covers all positions, techniques, and strategies for the fighter on top when the opponent is playing guard — the offensive counterpart to the guard player's sweeps and submissions....
The Stack Triangle Escape uses forward pressure to fold the attacker's body by driving the defender's weight over the top, compressing the attacker and changing the triangle angle to relieve the choke...
The Kata-Gatame Arm Triangle Variation adapts the traditional arm triangle for MMA, incorporating strikes to set up the choke and maintaining top pressure throughout. [1]
A kata gatame variation against turtle where the attacker collapses the defender sideways to finish the choke. After threading under the near arm and feeding it across the neck, the attacker drives sh...
The High Mount subfamily covers the mount variation where the top fighter slides the hips up toward the opponent's chest or shoulders, creating a higher mounting position that increases submission acc...
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 D'Arce choke applied from the top half-guard position, where the attacker threads the arm under the bottom player's neck while they attempt to underhook or recover guard. This entry capitalises on...
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 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 ...
A head-and-arm choke (kata gatame) applied from knee-on-belly. The attacker pins the opponent with the knee ride, isolates the near arm across the opponent’s neck, and drives the shoulder and chest in...
The Standard S-Mount positions one leg swung up with the foot alongside the opponent's head, the other knee remaining by the hip, with the top fighter's hips angled to create the S-shape. [1] The stan...
A kata gatame (head-and-arm choke) applied from knee-on-belly using a **reverse finishing angle**. Instead of walking your chest toward the opponent’s head (standard finish), you rotate so your head a...
An arm triangle choke variation applied from the knee-on-belly position. The attacker drives the knee across the opponent’s torso to control posture, while isolating one arm against the opponent’s hea...
An arm triangle choke variation applied from the knee-on-belly position. The attacker drives the knee across the opponent’s torso to control posture, while isolating one arm against the opponent’s hea...
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...
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...
A kata gatame (head-and-arm choke) variation performed from a high knee-on-belly position, where the attacker slides the knee further up toward the opponent’s chest or shoulder line. This elevated bas...
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...
Closed guard is the most fundamental guard position in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, where the bottom player wraps their legs around the opponent's torso and locks their ankles behind the opponent's back, crea...
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 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 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 ...
The D'Arce choke (also called the Brabo choke) is a front headlock arm triangle where the attacker threads one arm under the opponent's armpit, across the neck, and locks a figure-four grip with the o...
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 Electric Chair Submission is a groin and inner-thigh hyperextension applied from the lockdown half guard position, where the attacker elevates the opponent's trapped leg upward and outward while s...
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...