Modern Back Attack System, Vol 3: Entries from Everywhere Else

Standing, 50-50, K-guard, half guard, deep half. Four families of entries that all converge on one structure: the crab ride, where the back exposes once you've got their knees over your shin. Includes the half-to-deep transition and the crucifix backup when the standard back take won't seat.

Flow outline

  1. Entries from Everywhere Else

    • Vol 2 lived in turtle. This volume covers every other place a back take starts.
    • The four entry families.
    • Standing: behind them on the feet. trip them down, then play Vol 2.
    • 50-50: split the legs, come on top, dive into the crab ride.
    • Half guard / deep half: under them. switch hooks, take the back from below.
    • K-guard: opponent attacks your leg. counter into the crab ride.
    • All four converge on one structure: the crab ride (knee behind their knee, drive their other leg to your shin) or the c-step from Vol 2.

  2. The Crab Ride

    • The shape every entry in this volume lands in.
    • Shin behind their knee, knee pointing toward their body.
    • Far hand catches their other leg (or hamstring), drag it onto your shin.
    • Both their legs trapped over your knee.
    • Extend your leg → their hip lifts → back is exposed.
    • If you can name the crab ride, you can navigate the volume. Every section ends here.

  3. Behind Them, Standing

    • You're behind them on the feet. Belly grip locked, they're about to break out.
    • Reads.
    • Eye on the opposite side of your gripping arm. never line up with their head.
    • Head close to their hip on the same side as the gripping arm.
    • If they're heavy, lift won't fire. trip patterns work better.

  4. Forearm Trip

    • Lightweight version. Faster than a lift.
    • Finger-to-finger grip across the belly.
    • Pass the forearm of the across-arm down next to their thigh.
    • Same-side ear on their lat.
    • Turn into the side, drop weight onto the planted forearm.
    • They land in front of you. third position from Vol 2.

  5. Lift, Knee Chop

    • The classic. Change levels first. straight-leg lift hurts your back.
    • Squat, gable grip across belly.
    • Lift through the legs, open the chest.
    • Use a knee to chop their leg as you put them back down.
    • Land them on their hip in third position.

  6. Jump to Crab Ride

    • They're driving forward, breaking your grip. If you stay on the feet you lose them.
    • Get close, head next to their hip.
    • Jump. ankle behind their knee, both ankles set.
    • As you land on top of them, extend the leg so you don't roll backward.
    • Push them away with the legs, underhook the same side, switch to seatbelt.
    • Higher risk. Use it when the alternatives are gone.

  7. 50-50 Bottom

    • You're tied up at the legs. The lock is the figure-four. Don't open it without the underhook first or you donate your heel.
    • Sequence: underhook the leg, control the toes, push them down, get the elbow under the knee.
    • Then unlock the figure four, point the toes outside, scoot in close, come on top.
    • Toe direction is the safety check. toes pointed at them = your heel is safe.

  8. Come Up, Land in Crab

    • You're now over the top of them, near their hip.
    • Don't drop the underhook. they take the back if you do.
    • Walk backward, shin behind their knee.
    • Hand on the front of their thigh.
    • Drag their other leg onto your shin. crab ride is set.
    • Extend, expose the back.

  9. Elevator (They Come Up)

    • 50-50 again, but they're faster. they come on top first.
    • Bridge the hip up off the mat.
    • Catch their foot with the c-grip, extend the leg.
    • Underhook from below, knee under their knee. elevator shape.
    • From here you can pin inside (back take) or push them above your head.
    • Elevator is the bottom-game answer when the standard come-up loses the race.

  10. K-Guard Counter

    • They're attacking your leg with K-guard. Stop the leg attack with a back take.
    • Catch their far leg as it swings in.
    • Drop all your weight onto them, post your hand on the mat.
    • Pin the leg you caught, float on top.
    • Bring your far knee behind their knee. crab ride.
    • Drive their other leg to your shin, push, take the back.
    • The thing they were attacking with becomes your handle for the back.

  11. Half Guard Bottom

    • Knee shield + framing arm. Job is to break their posture, then sit up to the underhook.
    • Knee in front of their chest.
    • Free hand on top of their head.
    • Frame elbow inside your own thigh so they can't smash.
    • When they re-post: slide the shin from biceps to elbow joint, sit up.
    • Sit up with forehead pressed to their neck, deep grip on the waist.

  12. Switch Hooks → Back

    • Underhook is in. Now flip to the back side.
    • Underhook the far leg.
    • Switch the hooks: top hook out, bottom hook in.
    • Drive the hip forward to keep them from waist-watering the knee out. crucial detail.
    • Open the ankle out.
    • Bring them across, end up in side-smash.
    • From side-smash: backstep, sweep the head, seatbelt, body triangle.

  13. They Backstep

    • They feel the back take coming and backstep to escape.
    • Bring your knee close to your chest before they finish the step.
    • Foot lands behind their knee.
    • Push their hip away, escape the head out.
    • Seatbelt + bottom hook + lockdown finish.
    • Cue: feel the leg shift. you'll know the backstep is coming because you're holding their leg.

  14. Deep Half

    • You went deeper. ear pinned to their leg, one extended leg, one knee on the floor.
    • Wrong shape and they jump your head, scramble to your back. don't drift.
    • Outside leg slots under their ankle.
    • Other leg stays on top to lock their leg before they whizzer.
    • Pass their leg in front of your thigh, underhook the leg.

  15. Deep Half to Back

    • Standard finish.
    • Connect hands behind the leg, push toward the side they extended.
    • They post a hand. small hipscape, outside leg traps their bicep.
    • Frame inside their knee, bring knee under their knee.
    • Extend, drop the tweezer hook, land on the back.
    • If the leg extends and the hook won't slot, slide your shin in front of theirs, bend the knee, then plant the hook.

  16. Deep Half to Crucifix

    • Backup line when the back take feels uncomfortable.
    • Same setup through the push and frame.
    • Don't open their leg with the frame. push it across instead.
    • Hook in, you land in crucifix.
    • From crucifix: switch hooks, heel close to their wrist, threaten the arm bar.
    • They post the foot to defend, you take the choke. shin behind the back.

  17. Back / Crab Ride

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