Options from Side Control
From Side Control, you can:
- Submit with Americana (near arm bent up) — Figure-4 grip, pin the wrist and rotate the shoulder into a key-lock. Classic white-belt …
- Submit with Kimura (near arm low inside) — Figure-4 grip on the opponent's arm, rotate it behind their back to attack the shoulder. …
- Submit with Armbar (arm floats off mat) — Isolate one arm and extend the elbow joint against your hips or body. The most versatile …
- Submit with Arm Triangle (arm across neck) — Trap the bottom player's near arm across their own neck, then choke with shoulder and hea…
- Submit with Paper Cutter Choke (gi far collar) — Gi-only. Slide the far hand into the far collar, near hand chops down across the neck.
- Move to Mount (cross face knee drive) — Sit on opponent's torso, knees pinching their sides. Dominant position — submissions abun…
- Move to North-South — Walk the hips around the head; chest-on-chest from the top-of-head angle. Strong control,…
- Move to Knee on Belly (they frame create space) — Post one knee on the bottom player's belly, hand on collar and wrist. Mobile pin and subm…
- Try Back Take (they turn in underhook) — Gain an angle, secure one arm or seatbelt grip, and climb to the opponent's back. Availab…
- Submit with Crucifix (they turn turtle) — Trap one of opponent's arms with your legs, the other with your arms. Sets up choke or ar…