Top Position Control - Wrestling in Naperville, Aurora, St. Charles, Schuamburg

The following top mat position is called the "chest ride". This is because the point of contact and pressure on teh wrestler's opponent is applied from the chest of the wrestler, which is touching his opponent. The wrestler can apply pressure to his opponent's upper body by lowering his front hip.

To pull his opponent's hips to the mat, the wrestler should direct his force to his right near corner, through left and right front corners. Front hip pressure may result i the wrestler's opponent collapsing his front left corner support. If his opponent collapses his front left corner support, the wrestler should move his front hand to gain control of the near wrist. The wrestler should use his front arm as a lever to drive forward and collages his opponent to the mat. The wrestler should move the long axis of his body to a side position that pins his opponent's shoulder tot he mat. The wrestler should force his opponent's head toward the controlled shoulder with his knee, and pull him to his right hip to keep him on the mat and gain control of his arm.

At that point, the wrestler should change his hand positions to a waist lock and half-nelson pin. Many other arm bar and hammer lock combinations can be worked from these basic movements. If the wrestler's opponent's right front corner support collapses, the wrestler may do other actions. The wrestler should group his opponent's far wrist and use his body to drive tot he right front corner and collapse his opponent to the mat.

The wrestler should keep constant pressure through the opponent's near shoulder into his far shoulder. The action should not be rushed. The wrestler should then move his hips slowly around his opponent's arms to allow his opponent's shoulders to touch the mat.

On some occasions, the wrestler's opponent will move in the direction of the pressure applied by the wrestler. If this occurs, the wrestler should pull his opponent's hips to the mat with his rear elbow and secure a near wrist ride. An opponent who creates a strong base and does not fall readily into the aforementioned situations may present another opportunity.

The wrestler should create a situation where his force and weight go through his opponent's shoulder and into the far front support point. This will take his opponent's weight off of the near arm. When the wrestler feels the weight come off of his opponent's near front support, he should change his front hand position an sweep the near support into his lap.

At this point the wrestler may apply a far half nelson to a pin. The trapped arm should be kept in a  position that locks all joints of the arm. This provides a longer and stronger lever for the wrestler to use and puts his opponent's arm in a position where maximum use of his opponent's muscles is not possible.

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