Crab Ride

Crab ride is a top control position where the practitioner focuses on controlling the opponent’s hips and legs, often from side or back control setups. This position is used to isolate limbs for submissions or to maintain dominance while preparing transitions.

It enables effective pressure passing and submission setups, particularly leg attacks or back takes. The bottom player must defend actively to avoid being immobilized or submitted.

Crab ride demonstrates the modern competitive emphasis on leg entanglements and positional strategy, showing how top control can be leveraged to both neutralize and attack effectively.