Americana: Opponent’s arm is in between their body and your neck

  1. Get leg out/hip to ground that is closest to opponent’s feet
  2. Drive forward to pressure/trap opponent’s arm
  3. flair up your arm/elbow that is under opponent’s arm
  4. Bring the arm of behind the head and find the wrist and pin it to the ground
  5. Establish americana
  6. Shift to other hip and bring up one leg and bring down other leg
  7. Finish americana

One Handed Americana:

  1. Follow first for steps of Americana
  2. if you are not able to find the wrist, use your lower arm to grab the meat of opponent’s hand/pinky
  3. Finish Americana one handed creating leverage with just one hand

Wrist Lock:

  1. Get leg out/hip to ground that is closest to opponent’s feet
  2. Drive forward to pressure/trap opponent’s arm
  3. flair up your arm/elbow that is under opponent’s arm
  4. Bring the arm of behind the head and find the wrist and pin it to the ground
  5. Establish americana
  6. Get opponent’s elbow pointing up and make sure their wrist is back on the mat (almost L shaped)
  7. Put your bicep on opponent’s elbow and put pressure