Alias · Front Headlock
head and arm control
Also known as Kata Gatame — the canonical term used on this site.
Descriptive — head-and-arm structural control
Head-and-arm control is the descriptive name for the front-headlock ground configuration — flagging the two structural control elements (head and arm) that define the position’s leverage.
Etymology. “Head-and-arm” enumerates the controlled elements; “control” attaches the positional-hold category. The label predominates in wrestling-adjacent no-gi vocabulary; “front headlock” is the broader categorical name.
Mechanics. The combined head-and-arm control denies the bottom player two primary defensive resources simultaneously — posture recovery requires the head, framing requires the arm, and both are committed to the attacker’s leverage.
Cross-reference. “Front headlock,” “neck control (ground),” and “sprawl position” are alternate names. Full mechanical coverage on Front Headlock — Ground.