Alias · Leg Locks
Crotch ripper
Also known as Banana Split — the canonical term used on this site.
Training background: Informal — not recommended for use in training communication
Colloquial — banana split anatomical-target name
Crotch ripper is the colloquial name for the banana split — using the proprioceptive feel of the hip-and-spine attack to name the submission after the body-region it threatens.
Etymology. “Crotch ripper” is informal gym vocabulary that names the technique by the bottom-player’s experience of the attack rather than the visual-metaphorical “banana split” name. The term is rarely used in published material.
Mechanics. The submission loads the hip and lumbar spine simultaneously — the bilateral structural attack produces the proprioceptive feel the colloquial name captures.
Cross-reference. “Banana split” and “The Split” are alternate names. Full mechanical coverage on Banana Split.