The Pit – A Tricky, Unorthodox Position

This is a funky position you can easily score off the flower sweep or a failed omoplata, when your opponent postures up super high. We restrain them by controlling their wrist and jamming our heel into their arm pit, while hooking their nearside ankle. This prevents them from turning into us, and they will be off balance. We can sweep multiple ways, leg lock multiple ways, triangle choke, omoplata, and more. It’s a neat little spot when you know the funk, but they don’t.