Developing — Back Attack System
The back attack system — the RNC plus bow-and-arrow, arm triangle from the back, rear naked variants, and the dilemma that makes the back such a…
Adapted from InGrappling, Developing — Back Attack System. System Games did not invent this curriculum.
CurriculumDeveloping — Back Attack SystemThe back attack system — the RNC plus bow-and-arrow, arm triangle from the back, rear naked variants, and the dilemma that makes the back such a…
At foundations, the student learned the back position and the rear naked choke. At developing level, the back position becomes a system — multiple submissions, multiple control configurations, and a dilemma that forces the defender into any choice being a losing one. This page covers the back attack system at developing level.
The foundations stage 5 introduction covered the RNC as the only back-position submission. That was deliberate — one submission, drilled to competence, is the right scope for foundations. At developing level, the RNC stays central but is now one of several attacks that chain from the same control configuration.
The RNC/back attack system concept page provides the system overview. This page covers the curriculum sequencing.
Rear naked choke. The foundation. Still the primary attack; the system is built around threatening and setting it up.
Bow-and-arrow choke. Collar-style choke repurposed for no-gi — from seatbelt, cross-arm grip on the defender’s opposite lapel (no-gi version uses the shoulder line). Finishes when the RNC is defended chin-down.
Arm triangle from the back. When the defender successfully defends the RNC by turning into the seatbelt, the arm triangle becomes available.
Rear body triangle attacks. When the defender has defended the seatbelt and the body triangle is engaged — opens the rear bow-and-arrow and rear mounted triangle variants.
Three primary control configurations at developing level:
Seatbelt and body triangle. Control upgrade when defender threatens to clear hooks. Less mobile; harder to escape.
Double overs. Both arms over the defender’s shoulders with the hands joined in front — the one arm configuration genuinely distinct from the seatbelt, which the name harness also refers to. Trades the underhook’s control for a tighter upper-body squeeze and different finishing options.
The back position is a dilemma position. See back position RNC vs arm triangle dilemma. The core dilemma:
Defender tucks chin and frames — RNC is denied, but the frame opens the arm triangle.