Side Control

Perpendicular control of torso

Techniques (26)

Anaconda Choke

From front headlock, thread arm through armpit and around neck. Connect figure-four grip opposite t…

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Arm Bar

A fundamental joint lock that hyperextends the opponent's elbow joint by isolating their arm betwee…

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Assassin Choke

An innovative choking technique developed by Baret Yoshida that utilizes either the opponent's lape…

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Baseball Bat Choke

Named for the grip resembling a baseball bat. Both hands grip the same side of the collar with thum…

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Basic Cross Collar Choke

A classic choke utilizing both lapels of the opponent's gi in a crossed position. The practitioner …

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Buggy Choke

A leg-based blood choke attacked from the bottom of side control, credited to Austin Hardt and popu…

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Canto Choke

A gi choke, named for Brazilian judoka and BJJ black belt Flavio Canto, distinguished by threading …

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Crossface

A control technique where the attacker places their forearm across the opponent's face/neck, typica…

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D'Arce Choke

A no-gi arm-triangle blood choke. The choking arm threads under the opponent's near arm, across the…

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Ezekiel Choke

A versatile choke where one arm wraps around the opponent's head while the other arm's sleeve or ha…

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Farce

A far-side D'Arce choke variation, part of Jeff Glover's "Darcepedia" family of unorthodox D'Arce v…

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Fly Trap

A reverse-triangle choke attacked from the bottom of side control, popularized by 10th Planet black…

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Common Transitions

From here, you can go to

Transition
  • Back Control — Back Take from Side Control Top Attacker Gi & No-Gi
  • Mount — Knee Slide to Mount Top Top Gi & No-Gi
  • North South — Step Over to North-South Top Top Gi & No-Gi

You can arrive here from

Guard Pass
Submission to Position
Takedown
Transition

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