Alias · Top Positions
Pinned under crossbody
Also known as Side Control — Bottom — the canonical term used on this site.
Training background: colloquial
Informal — pinned under crossbody side control
Pinned under crossbody is a colloquial name for the side control bottom position — “crossbody” being a common name for the perpendicular side-control pin.
Etymology. “Crossbody” describes the top player lying across the opponent’s body at a right angle; “pinned under” frames the defending side. The label is informal, common in wrestling-influenced rooms where side control is called crossbody.
Mechanics. Escape turns on recovering hip mobility: bridging and shrimping the hips creates the space to turn in to the knees or recover guard, since the crossbody pin holds by keeping the bottom player’s hips flat and pinned. Restoring hip movement is the engine that reopens the escape.
Cross-reference. “Under side control” is a sibling alias. Full mechanical coverage on Side Control — Bottom.