Also called Back mount, Taking the back, Rear mount
Back control means being behind the opponent with your chest on their back, usually with a seatbelt grip across their chest and your heels hooked inside their thighs. They can't see you or reach you and every escape is slow, which makes it the strongest position for chokes, above all the rear-naked choke.
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How to do it
- 1Get behind the opponent with your chest tight to their back.
- 2Lock a seatbelt grip: one arm over the shoulder, one under the armpit, hands clasped at their chest.
- 3Put your heels inside their thighs as hooks, without crossing your feet.
- 4Keep your head tight beside theirs and follow their movement with your hips.
- 5Fight their hands away from their neck and look for the rear-naked choke.
- Crossing your feet in front of them, which invites an ankle lock.
- Leaving space between your chest and their back, so they turn into you.
- Squeezing with the arms only and burning out before the choke.
Safety: Hook with the heels rather than crossing the ankles, and release any choke at the first tap.
Drills
Back-retention rounds: start with the seatbelt and hooks; your partner has a minute to escape while you keep the position, then switch.
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