Review of Back Control: Hooks, Body Triangle, and the Hand Fight

Overview
Back control is checkmate with admin. You need seatbelt control (one over, one under), hooks or body triangle, and the ability to win the hand fight for the collar or neck. Small errors mean big escapes.

Who benefits
- Everyone. It’s the highest‑value real estate in BJJ.

Pay‑off
You’ll refine chest‑to‑back glue, track hip lines with your heels, and finish clean rear naked chokes or collar chokes. Your awareness of shoulder line vs chin line becomes second nature.

Watch‑outs
- Crossing feet carelessly invites the ankle lock from bottom.
- Squeezing adductors without head control gets you shaken off.
- Body triangle is powerful—release if partner taps to pressure.

Try this round
- Isolation: 2 minutes per side starting with back take and seatbelt; bottom can only defend hands; top must finish or maintain.
- Collar sequence (gi): Seatbelt → feed near collar → trap arm with leg → bow and arrow finish.
- No‑gi sequence: Seatbelt → short choke threats → RNC when hand fight breaks.

Final word
Control the shoulders, win the hands, follow the chin. Back control is simple to describe and deliciously hard to keep—practise it often.

-Chuk