Cruise Control: Top Arm Lock

From the cruise control position, you can execute a top arm lock. Here's how:

1. Start with a tight control of your opponent's tricep. Open them up with heavy shoulder pressure, a good clap on the head, heels down, and a grip on their belt.
2. If the bottom arm is in place, you can execute an arm bar. However, if the elbow positioning is off, you may not get the right torque on the elbow joint.
3. Use the friction on your opponent's body with your top leg to create a slip. Slip out and bring your knee to the ground, locking over the shoulder.
4. Keep the tricep control and let go to fish for the top arm. It doesn't matter if your opponent takes their arm off, as the pressure on the elbow joint will be too much.
5. When attacking a joint, it's always better if you have control of the joint above the one you're attacking and the joint below. In this case, you want to have a good control of the shoulder and the wrist to get the most torque.
6. If your opponent tries to stack you, they need to look into the joint that's being attacked. If their head is looking away, it's unlikely for them to be able to close the distance. If they look into the joint, open up and go over the head, over the face.
7. From here, you have control of the back of their neck and your other leg is controlling the front of their face. You can also attack the arm, but it's too much depending on their flexibility.
8. If your opponent looks into you to try to stack, extend, bite, and go for the wrist to finish.

Remember to keep the tricep control to use it as a lever throughout the technique.