This is a versatile and clever shoulder lock/neck crank submission or a painful position of control, depending on the circumstances.
This is a position that positions your opponent in a very compromising position of their arms outstretched while pinned on their back, in essence leaving your opponent extended and open to a multitude of attacks. A variation of this position was the key position that Brock Lesnar used in his brut...
In the following sequences, Erik demonstrates how easily multiple submissions may be secured within a moment's notice from the same position. Full disclosure: They ALL look painful!
The double top wrist lock is not what you might think it is. It in itself is not a submission (as we would call it in the jiu-jitsu community), but rather a difference in terminology used amongst the catch wrestling community to describe a grip in which you have a grip on your opponent’s wrist an...