Back Arm Trap Finish

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Grapplers Collective, Back Arm Trap Finish. 3-5 min rounds.

Problem

Transfer an arm trap to the legs and finish without losing the back.

Tell the room

Start with straight-jacket control and both hooks. Attacker hands one arm to the legs, then closes a strangle with both hands free. Defender frees the arm or turns to face. Hold the finish for 2 seconds. Any tap ends the exchange.

Setup

Start from straight-jacket control. Attacker is chest-to-back with both hooks and straight-jacket wrist control. Defender's hands remain live.

Score

Control the finish for 2 seconds.

  • Attacker — leg controls one arm while a clean strangle is locked
  • Defender — frees both arms and controls the choking arm with two hands
  • Defender — turns chest-to-chest or gets both shoulders flat with attacker displaced

Rules

  1. Legs own the arm. A defender's arm must be leg-trapped when attacker scores.
  2. Free both hands. Neither hand may still control the trapped arm.
  3. Use clean strangles. No neck cranks, face pressure, or held non-taps.

Adjust

Easier

Start with the arm inside the leg trap; score when both hands come free.

Harder

Start from a seatbelt and build the straight jacket before transferring the arm.

If it stalls

If hands keep squeezing the arm, score the leg trap alone for one round.

Build a class from this

TOP PLAYER (ATTACKER)

POSITION

Attacker is chest-to-back with both hooks and straight-jacket wrist control.

OBJECTIVE

Attacker hands one arm to the legs, then closes a strangle with both hands free. Hold the finish for 2 seconds. Any tap ends the exchange.

CONSTRAINTS

Legs own the arm. A defender's arm must be leg-trapped when attacker scores. Free both hands. Neither hand may still control the trapped arm. Use clean strangles. No neck cranks, face pressure, or held non-taps.

WIN CONDITION

leg controls one arm while a clean strangle is locked


BOTTOM PLAYER (DEFENDER)

POSITION

Defender's hands remain live.

OBJECTIVE

Defender frees the arm or turns to face. Hold the finish for 2 seconds. Any tap ends the exchange.

CONSTRAINTS

Legs own the arm. A defender's arm must be leg-trapped when attacker scores. Free both hands. Neither hand may still control the trapped arm. Use clean strangles. No neck cranks, face pressure, or held non-taps.

WIN CONDITION

frees both arms and controls the choking arm with two hands; turns chest-to-chest or gets both shoulders flat with attacker displaced