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Taught by:Adam FarnslerAndre GalvaoBernardo FariaCraig JonesGordon RyanJohn DanaherKeenan CorneliusLachlan GilesMarcelo GarciaMikey MusumeciNathan MerkleRob BiernackiRob ShifflerRoger Gracie
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About This Technique
Gift Wrap to Back Take from Mount
The Gift Wrap to Back Take is a strategic Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu technique that transitions from the mount position to gaining control of your opponent’s back. Perfect for creating openings and establishing a dominant position, this sequence allows for multiple submission opportunities once the back is taken.
Step-by-Step Instructions
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Establish the Mount:
- Begin in a solid mount position, maintaining stability and balance over your opponent.
- Keep your knees tightly clasped onto your opponent's sides, and ensure your weight is distributed evenly.
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Control your Opponent's Arm:
- Use one hand to cup the back of your opponent's head and the other to grip their wrist.
- Drive your opponent’s arm across their face with your chest pressure. This will often mean pushing the wrist toward their opposite shoulder.
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**Secure the Gift Wrap: **
- Slide the hand that was pressing their wrist behind your opponent’s head, reaching for their wrist with your other hand.
- Lock their arm in place, fixing their wrist under their neck, effectively creating the 'gift wrap'. This will limit their mobility.
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Transition To Back Take:
- Once you have secured the gift wrap, start to shift your weight to one side of their body and initiate the transition.
- Roll to the same side that you’ve captured the arm, using your grip on their wrist and head for leverage and direction.
- As you roll over, use your knees and legs to guide them, striving to keep your chest connected to their back.
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Establish Hooks and Secure Control:
- As you start to take the back, ensure you slide your bottom hook in first (the leg closest to the direction you are turning).
- Once the bottom hook is established, slide in the top hook, making sure both feet are secure.
- Adjust your position until you are comfortably seated with both hooks placed under their thighs.
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Achieve Finishing Controls (Optional):
- Once the back position is secured with your hooks, focus on controlling your opponent by adding a seatbelt grip.
- You may initiate submissions such as Rear Naked Choke or transition to other attacks based on your game plan.
Tips and Considerations:
- Maintain constant pressure: When transitioning positions, maintaining pressure will limit your opponent's possible escape.
- Smooth transition: Ensure that your movement from Mount to Back is fluid to prevent giving your opponent opportunities to escape.
Having control of the back places you in a superior position, granting access to various submissions and thus potentially ending the confrontation in your favor.
How to Execute
Gift Wrap to Back Take from Mount
Starting Position: Mount
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Establish Mount Control
- •Begin in the mount position on top of your opponent, ensuring your knees are pinched against their sides and your feet are hooked underneath their thighs to maintain stability.
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Create an Opening
- •Use your body weight to pressure your opponent, causing them to react. Often, they will attempt to frame against your chest or push on your hips to create space.
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Isolate an Arm
- •When your opponent extends an arm to push or frame, use your hand on the same side to quickly trap their wrist, pinning it to the mat.
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Cross-grab the Wrist
- •With your opposite hand, reach across your opponent’s neck and grab their wrist you've pinned, making sure your arm is deeply across their body.
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Secure the Gift Wrap
- •Pull their wrist towards their opposite shoulder, using your chest to apply pressure to their arm. Your goal is to make them turn slightly onto their side.
- •Your free hand should slide behind the opponent’s head, grabbing your own wrist to reinforce the grip.
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Shift Your Base
- •Maintaining the gift wrap hold, adjust your base by sliding your knee on the side of the trapped arm higher towards your opponent’s head.
- •Your other leg should remain stable, ready to support your transition.
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Open Space for the Back Take
- •Use your gift wrap control to encourage your opponent to turn further onto their side, opening the space behind their back.
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Insert Hook
- •As your opponent turns, insert your bottom hook (the foot on the same side as the gift wrap) by sliding your leg underneath their body.
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Pull to Back Control
- •Once the bottom hook is in, use your grip to pull your opponent towards you while you lean back slightly, creating leverage for the back take.
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Secure Second Hook
- •As you pull your opponent into back control, quickly insert your second hook by sliding your other leg over their body, establishing full back control.
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Solidify Back Control
- •Adjust your grips, releasing the gift wrap to establish a seatbelt grip: one arm over the shoulder and the other under the armpit.
- •Keep your head tight against theirs to prevent them from escaping.
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Finish with Control
- •Maintain tightness with your hooks and seatbelt grip, ready to transition to a choke or control position as needed.
By following these steps, you can effectively transition from the mount to a dominant back control position using the gift wrap technique. Practice each step to ensure smooth execution during live training.
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