Arm Trapped: Strangle or Free the Arm
Mat mode
3:00
Tell the roomStay chest to back and finish the strangle.
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TOP PLAYER
POSITION
Behind your partner, chest to back, seatbelt on (one arm over the shoulder, one under the armpit), both of you falling toward the underhook side. Trap their top arm with your top leg, knee right next to their shoulder; cross your feet or triangle, your choice. Your bottom hand controls their hand at the knuckles. Their head is trapped between your strangling arm and your own head, with the strangling arm about halfway across.
OBJECTIVE
Stay chest to back and finish the strangle.
CONSTRAINTS
A one-handed or two-handed strangle both count. While their arm is still trapped you keep attacking. The moment they free the arm, stop the attack and reset. Release the strangle the instant they tap.
WIN CONDITION
Finish the strangle (they tap).
BOTTOM PLAYER
POSITION
Back taken, falling toward the side of your partner's underhook. Your top arm is trapped under their top leg, they control one hand at the knuckles, and their strangling arm is halfway across your neck.
OBJECTIVE
Get the trapped arm out before they finish.
CONSTRAINTS
Freeing the trapped arm is your only win; until it is out, they keep attacking. Tap early on the strangle; your partner releases on the tap. Reset on either win.
WIN CONDITION
Get the trapped arm out.
Reference video
Open video · Dapto Jiu Jitsu
Coach Alvi (Dapto Jiu Jitsu, Dapto NSW, Australia), No-Gi Foundations Class: 6 Ecological (CLA) Games (free class video on the Dapto Jiu Jitsu YouTube channel, 30 Sep 2026).
Problem
Behind your partner, chest to back, seatbelt on (one arm over the shoulder, one under the armpit), both of you falling toward the underhook side.
Tell the room
Stay chest to back and finish the strangle. Get the trapped arm out before they finish.
Setup
Behind your partner, chest to back, seatbelt on (one arm over the shoulder, one under the armpit), both of you falling toward the underhook side. Trap their top arm with your top leg, knee right next to their shoulder; cross your feet or triangle, your choice. Your bottom hand controls their hand at the knuckles. Their head is trapped between your strangling arm and your own head, with the strangling arm about halfway across. Back taken, falling toward the side of your partner's underhook. Your top arm is trapped under their top leg, they control one hand at the knuckles, and their strangling arm is halfway across your neck.
Score
Finish the strangle (they tap). Get the trapped arm out.
Rules
- A one-handed or two-handed strangle both count.
- While their arm is still trapped you keep attacking.
- The moment they free the arm, stop the attack and reset.
- Release the strangle the instant they tap.
- Freeing the trapped arm is your only win; until it is out, they keep attacking.
- Tap early on the strangle; your partner releases on the tap.
- Reset on either win.
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