Truck
Position
The Truck is a dominant back-angle control position where the attacker threads a leg between the opponent's legs (creating a lockdown/twister hook) while controlling from behind at an angle. It is a powerful transitional position used to attack with twisters, banana splits, calf slicers, and back takes.
Quick Reference
Key principles
- · The twister hook (bottom leg threaded between opponent's legs and hooking the far thigh) is the anchor of the entire position.
- · Upper body control through a seatbelt grip or harness prevents the opponent from turning into you and escaping.
- · Maintaining a perpendicular angle to your opponent's spine maximizes control and limits their ability to square up.
- · Keep your hips heavy and glued tight to the opponent's hips to prevent them from creating space to extract their legs.
- · When the opponent tries to roll away, follow their rotation and use it to transition to back take or submission.
Execution
- 1 Secure the twister hook by threading your bottom leg between the opponent's legs from behind, hooking over their far thigh with your instep.
- 2 Lock your legs together in a figure-four or lockdown configuration around the opponent's trapped leg to solidify the hook.
- 3 Establish upper body control with a seatbelt grip (one arm over the shoulder, one under the armpit) while positioning your chest against their back at an angle.
- 4 Keep your hips tight to theirs and use your top leg to post or adjust angle as needed to maintain the perpendicular position.
- 5 From this stabilized position, choose your attack: twister by controlling the head, banana split by spreading the legs, calf slicer by adjusting leg pressure, or transition to back control.
Common mistakes
- × Failing to lock the twister hook tightly allows the opponent to free their leg and escape or square back up.
- × Neglecting upper body control (seatbelt/harness) lets the opponent turn toward you, flatten out, and nullify the position.
- × Positioning too far behind rather than at a perpendicular angle reduces leverage for submissions and makes transitions harder.
Attacks & transitions
Offense available from Truck.
Banana Split
submission
Bow And Arrow
submission
Calf Slicer
submission
Truck Back Take
transition
Truck To Crab Ride
transition
1 less common
Escapes & defense
Getting out of Truck, or shutting it down.
How you get here
Techniques that land in Truck.
Calf Slicer From Truck
submission
Lockdown To Truck
transition
Stack Pass
pass
Truck Entry
transition
Chains & Sequences
Commonly taught paths through the graph that feature this technique.
Knee Shield Arm Drag to RNC
