Head Scissor Neck Crank

Submission · Side Control

A catch-wrestling neck crank: his head is clamped between your legs and your legs and hips bend the neck sideways, loading the cervical spine rather than cutting the blood flow. It comes from side control or the top kimura when your leg is over his head and his head comes up between your thighs. Lock the legs around his head, the back of one knee across his neck, cross the ankles or close a figure-four, keep his near arm controlled, and squeeze the knees together while your hips stay low — very slowly. The head must be locked deep at the knees; at the ankles it slips out. If he pushes your leg off with a straight arm, take the armbar; if he lets go of the arm to fight the legs, finish the kimura. Neck cranks are illegal under IBJJF at every belt and in many other rule sets: only for experienced partners, with explicit agreement.

How to do it

  1. Hold the top kimura with your leg stepped over his head; his head comes up between your thighs.
  2. Bring the back of your top knee across his neck and lock the legs: cross the ankles or close a figure-four.
  3. Keep his near arm controlled with your hands and your hips low.
  4. Squeeze the knees together very slowly and stop at the first tap.

Key details

  • It loads the cervical spine, not the blood flow: there is no slow fade, only joint pain and injury.
  • Lock the head deep at the knees; at the ankles it slips out.
  • Keep his arm controlled so he cannot push your legs off.

Common mistakes

  • Squeezing hard and fast. — The neck is injured before he can tap. — Close in slow millimetres and watch for the tap.
  • Using it where it is not allowed. — It is a disqualification under IBJJF and many other rules. — Check the rules and agree with your partner first.

How to drill it

Only positional: lock the legs around the head with no squeeze, 5 reps each side, with an experienced partner.

Safety

A neck crank: illegal under IBJJF at every belt and in many other rule sets. Only with an experienced partner and explicit agreement, never in a scramble; close very slowly and release at the first tap or sound. The cervical spine can be injured before pain warns.

What comes next

  • Armbar
  • Kimura
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