Head and Arm throw from the Japanese Headlock

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The head and arm throw is THE basic high school wrestling move. Pinned a few with this one over my wrestling career to be sure. In fact, I won my first match this way. But in this case, it’s the setup from the Japanese Headlock which makes this one a winner. It’s harder to block the throw from this tie-up.

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• Step 1

Here we start from out Japanese Headlock tie-up
• Step 2

From the tie-up we turn into our under-hook and pull the opponent forward putting his weight forward and on his left foot. Even if he has stepped up on his right the entry is still the same
• Step 3

With the opponents weight coming forward we change directions by coming in with a back-step pivoting our hips across and through. As we hip across or the throw we also slide our lock by pulling the under-hook down and our far arm towards out hip.

The lock from the tie-up is still secured and we never release it throughout the movement.

Pull the head across your hips with your lock and lift your butt up at the same time.

One point to watch for is your opponent trying to re-roll you on the landing so be prepared to have to post at the last second with your neck control arm if you feel him bridging.

Many say the head and arm position is a bad position or too dangerous for submission wrestling but I strongly disagree. If you can’t hold it then it’s simply because you don’t know it.