When I refer to Close Ties, I am talking about positions such as the Two on One, Underhook, and also Head Ties, in addition to the Over/Under position.

We have an entire series that we teach to neutralize, escape from, and even score on, the opponent when they have one of these positions on you. So I am going to briefly walk you through the steps of beating a popular close tie, the Two on One.

First of all, you always win in wrestling with good position, on top of everything else. These situations are no different. Let take the Two on One position, for instance. Your first objective is to keep good position. That means keeping elbows in, bending in your stance, and getting your head in the slot if you possibly can. A lot of guys make the mistake of letting the opponent turn their thumb downward and stretch their arm out. We want to keep our thumb up and keep our elbow in. A lot of guys also like to post on the head to counter the Two on One. I am not a big fan of this, as you also get out of position by doing this. I would much prefer to take my free hand and control the opponent's wrist. If I can pull his wrist off my wrist, I can beat his two on one and go on the attack.

If I have head position, I can rotate my arm up for an underhook and possibly hip toss him. If he has head position, I will arm drag.