Back Arm Trap Finish
Mat mode
3:00
Tell the roomStart with straight-jacket control and both hooks.
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TOP PLAYER (ATTACKER)
POSITION
Chest-to-back with both hooks and straight-jacket wrist control.
OBJECTIVE
Hand one arm to the legs, then close 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. Reset when the attacker locks a clean strangle with the arm leg-trapped and holds 2 seconds; when the defender frees both arms and controls the choking arm with two hands; when the defender turns chest-to-chest or gets both shoulders flat with the attacker displaced; or when anyone taps. 3-5 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Leg controls one arm while a clean strangle is locked, held 2 seconds.
BOTTOM PLAYER (DEFENDER)
POSITION
Defender's hands remain live.
OBJECTIVE
Free the arm or turn to face. Hold the finish for 2 seconds. Any tap ends the exchange.
CONSTRAINTS
Same legs-own-the-arm, free-both-hands, clean-strangles, and named reset rules. 3-5 min rounds.
WIN CONDITION
Frees both arms and controls the choking arm with two hands; or turns chest-to-chest or gets both shoulders flat with the attacker displaced.
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
- 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.
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.
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