Back Control
Back control is the end goal of most modern systems. The attacker uses the seatbelt grip, hooks or a body triangle to stay attached while hand fighting for the neck. The defender protects the neck, fights the hands and works to get their shoulders to the mat. Everything about back control is about the hand fight.
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Also called the back, back mount, rear mount, back take, seatbelt, hooks.
Demonstrating a rear naked choke. U.S. Army photo by Timothy Hale. Public domain. Source
Back Control (Attacking)
You have the back. Stay attached, win the hand fight and finish.
- Maintaining the Back Seatbelt, hooks versus body triangle, following the opponent's movement and the straitjacket system. 11
- Submissions Rear naked choke, bow and arrow, sliding collar choke, short choke, armbar and the triangle from the back. 16
- Hand Fighting The hand-fighting sequences that turn a defended neck into a finished choke. 3
- Transitions and Recoveries Moving to mount or the armbar when the opponent escapes the hooks, and re-taking the back. 3
Back Control (Defending)
They have your back. Protect your neck, fight the hands and get your shoulders to the mat.
- Escapes Getting to the weak side, clearing the hooks, escaping the body triangle and the chair sit. 9
- Choke Defence and Hand Fighting Protecting the neck, fighting the choking hand and staying calm under a partially set choke. 3
- Survival Concepts Priorities under back control - neck first, hands second, hooks third - and the mistakes that finish fights. 2