Front Headlock Playbook

Mat Manual companion guide to "The Snapdown Worked. Now What?" Print it. The article teaches the front headlock as a home-base system. This book drills it: control structure, the go-behind chains, the cradle, the double wristlock branch, counter defence, and the decision tracking that ends the stall.

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SAFETY — THE FRONT HEADLOCK IS A NECK-ADJACENT POSITION ☐ Control before submission, always. The head is steered to move the wrestler. It is never cranked to force a tap in this book's drills. ☐ Any headlock finish your room teaches runs catch-and-release in training: slow on, position held first, instant release on any tap, verbal taps count at all times. ☐ Head-and-arm throws appear in this book as a coached, supervised branch only (Part 7). No throw is attempted without a coach present, a partner who can fall, and crash-mat or mat-standard the coach approves. ☐ Cradles fold a wrestler. They never wrench the neck sideways to hurry the fold. A fold that needs neck force is released and re-set. ☐ A partner who goes limp, silent, or stops defending is released and checked immediately. Every round, every time. ☐ Tap early in drilling. The wrestler who taps in Part 9's counter rounds is learning; the one who endures a crank to win a drill is injuring themselves on schedule.

Part 1: The Control Structure, Specified

Structure check, in pairs, before any offence work: ☐ Trapped arm dead ☐ Head steering holds 5 s ☐ Roof survives a coach push ☐ Stance survives a hip shove ☐ Free hand has a named job