Purple belt · Submission · Core
Armbar from back control when they defend the choke
You switch from the choke to an armbar when they defend with both hands. Use it when they two-hand defend your choking arm from back control.
Back control Submission
Step by step
- From back control, they grab your choking arm with both hands. Fall to the side of your bottom arm.
- Trap their top arm at the elbow, hugging it to your chest.
- Take your top hook out and put that foot on their hip.
- Push their hips down away from you while you shift your hips up toward their head.
- Swing your other leg over their face and fall back, their arm between your legs, thumb up.
- Pinch your knees and lift your hips slowly until they tap.
Details that make it work
- Their two-handed defense is the cue. They can't defend the arm and the neck at once.
- Hold the elbow tight the whole way. Space lets them pull it out.
Common mistakes
- Letting go of the seatbelt before the arm is trapped.
- Swinging the leg before you've moved your hips up.
Drill it
10 reps each side: partner defends the choke with both hands, you switch to the armbar slowly.
If it fails, or what comes next
- Triangle choke Submission · Closed guard
- Back control: seatbelt & hooks Control · Back control
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How to defend it
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