The submissions work as an actual lock flow. This has probably been done before, but my training partner and me discovered it on our own and have used it ever since. It is a very simple chain of moves.
You are UNDER side mount. Your opponent is chest to chest with you. His feet are on the left side of your body. His head is on the right.
Typically, the top man's right forearm would be under your neck (Scenario #1) or his tricep touching the right side of your head (Scenario #2). Either way, it really doesn't matter. The lock flow will work just the same.
Let's start the scenario with the opponent's forearm UNDER YOUR NECK (Scenario #1). Remember that you are UNDER side mount. The steps are as follows:
1) Your left hand grabs the opponent's tricep area. Your right hand is placed near (or on) your opponents ear. This hand will be used to push.
2) Bridge up. Not on your neck! Just bump your hips up to create a bit of space. You will not roll the opponent over. You just want that bit of space.
3) As you bridge, you push your opponent's head toward your feet using your right hand. Bring your right leg over his head. THIS STEP IS VERY IMPORTANT! ---> Immediately triangle/Fig 4 your legs together trapping your opponents head. ***Sometimes you can trap the left arm also. This makes the triangle tighter but it is not necessary for taking the armlock being described***
4) At this point, you have your opponent's head secured. Keep steady pressure applied with your legs, pinching them together.
Lock #1
5) Now you want to take the armlock. The 1st lock in the chain is to go for a straight "hugging" armbar (aka Koala armbar). Do this by pushing your triangled legs away from you. The opponent's right arm (which was under your head) is guided into the straight position by your 2 free hands. Opponent's elbow is facing toward the sky. Get the opponent's arm out far enough where you can pinch down with your neck and shrug your left shoulder trap his wrist. The wrist is trapped between your neck and your trapezius muscle. To finish the lock just grip your hands like you are applying a traditional guillotine choke and push the blade of your left wrist behind the elbow/lower tricep area of your opponents arm. You are applying pressure from your wrist blade downward (pulling into your chest). You are arching your back to push your chest into the opponent's arm. This creates a simultaneous push/pull motion and locks out the elbow.
6) The 2nd lock in the chain is used if you don't get the submission from the 1st lock (obviously). The 2nd lock can either be a Kimura/Double Wristlock or an Americana/Top Wristlock depending on the reaction of the opponent upon escaping Lock #1.
Lock #2
7) Your opponent attempts to free his trapped arm. YOU MUST GAIN WRIST CONTROL AT THIS POINT! Let the opponent get his arm a bit loose. If you gain wrist control with your LEFT hand, you will pull the opponent's wrist toward his hips. The opponent will try to resist. This is okay, because you want the opponent to give you some help in executing the lock. As the opponent tries to pull his wrist back toward his head, you enter into the Kimura/Double Wristlock. Essentially the opponent does all the work. All you do is maintain good wrist control.
8) If you gain wrist control with your RIGHT hand, you will pull the opponent's bent arm across to the right side of your head. Take the standard Americana/Top Wristlock grip and applying the submission.
***REMEMBER: While you are doing either variation of Lock #2 you must keep tight head control. As you apply the lock, be sure to keeps your legs pinched tightly. This does two things. First, It keeps your opponent's mind on his lack of oxygen. You can actually get a tap from the head control sometimes if it is tight enough. Second, by pinching your legs together (and pushing away slightly) it give you more torque on the armlock.
9) If the opponent escapes both of the bent armlocks (Lock #2) his only option is to straighten his arm and try to escape. In this case you would repeat the series over again.
Scenario #2: Opponents tricep touching the right side of your head
*** Everything works the exact same in the lock flow. The only difference is that you will trap the opponent's arm with the opposite side of your neck. Also with Scenario #2 the Americana/Top Wristlock is usually the first bent armlock offered (rather than the Kimura/Double Wristlock)
Defenses for this Lock Flow (for the top man)
1) Always be cautious of the bottom man's leg coming over and trapping your head. There are two options for defense from this:
A. Block the leg from coming up when head control is attempted
B. Push the leg off of your head as soon as it begins to trap
2) If your head only(not head & arm) is trapped you have two options:
A. Bring your RIGHT knee over the quad/knee area of the bottom man's left leg. It will basically be near your own head. You must be flexible for this. Force down on his quad/knee area with your right knee. This will cause discomfort to the bottom man. Use your free left arm to create space in the bottom man's legs. Pull your head out and circle toward your trapped arm. **Be careful for an armbar attempt from the bottom man.
B. Attempt to push the opponent's triangle loose with your free hand while simultaneously extending your right leg and pushing on the bottom man's chin/throat area with your foot. Create space and escape. **Be careful for a knee bar attempt from the bottom man.
3) If your head & arm is trapped you are in serious trouble. If the Lock Flow is done right you will be in immediate pain. You do have the option of rolling forward (like a somersault) but you will only end up in a worse position with the bottom man now on top. You will be in a reverse triangle with Kimura applied. YIKES!!!
