headscissors

Thighs trap head

A headscissors is a wrestling hold where one person wraps their legs around an opponent's head and squeezes, using thigh pressure to control or submit them.

Common in professional wrestling and mixed martial arts, it appears in variations like the figure-four headscissors, where the legs cross for additional leverage: She locked in a tight headscissors and forced the tap.

wrestling

submission

Yielding to another's will

takedown · mount · reversal · tap out · lucha libre · armbar · choke · mat · opponent · legs

gymnastics

tumbling

Acrobatic rolling and flipping

aerial · momentum · rotation · swing · dismount · handstand · vault · balance · flexibility · choreography

Categories
Opposites
body part targeted

headscissorsarmbar

Elbow hyperextension hold

ankle lock · kneebar · toe hold · wristlock · leg scissors

limbs used to execute hold

headscissorsheadlock

Restraining grip around neck

guillotine choke · rear naked choke · sleeper hold · neck crank

Family

head, heads, headed, heading, headless, header, headfirst, overhead, scissors

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated PG