Purple belt · Back take · Core
Back retention: re-seating hooks when they slide out
You keep the seatbelt and follow with your hips to put the hooks back in. Use it every time they slide down and clear a hook during a back escape.
Step by step
- Keep the seatbelt tight and your chest glued to their back.
- When they slide their hips down and push a hook off, move your hips first: follow them down so your chest stays on their back.
- Put the cleared foot on the mat or their hip and push their hips back in line with yours.
- Slide the hook back in on the inside of their thigh, toes turned out.
- If they keep clearing hooks, lock a body triangle around their waist.
- If their shoulders reach the mat on your top-arm side, stop chasing and climb to mount.
Details that make it work
- Hips follow first, hooks second. A hook without your hips behind it comes straight back out.
- The seatbelt matters more than the hooks. Never give it up to chase a hook.
Common mistakes
- Crossing your ankles in front of them, which gets your foot locked.
- Reaching for the hook with your foot while your chest drifts off their back.
Drill it
3 rounds of 2 minutes: partner works the back escape, you keep the seatbelt and re-seat hooks.
If it fails, or what comes next
- Back control: seatbelt & hooks Control · Back control
- Back to mount Control · Back control
- Arm-trap rear-naked choke Submission · Back control
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