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Control the Arms, Control the Position, Finish the Armbar 🥋 Professor Jeff Patterson

Control the Arms, Control the Position, Finish the Armbar 🥋 Professor Jeff Patterson

From Northwest Fighting Arts

July 27, 2026

Professor Jeff Patterson breaking down the armbar from side control at Northwest Fighting Arts with a focus on the control and pressure details that make the submission available in the first place. The key is trapping the far arm early, maintaining that pressure so the opponent cannot create frames or recover their base, and letting the armbar present itself rather than forcing it. When the control is right the submission is almost inevitable. This is thirty years of BJJ mat time showing up in one clean sequence.

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