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Step 1
Move your body to side control. Your chest should be on your opponent's chest and your bodies should be at right angles to each other. This is the most effective position for the pressing arm bar. You need to be on the opposite side of the elbow you are placing in the pressing arm bar. If you are in side control, you will attack the arm on your opponent's far side.
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Step 2
Reach under the elbow of your opponent's far arm. Use your arm that is closer to his legs. Lift under the elbow to get him to raise his arm. Post your other arm near your opponent's ear and use it for balance while you do this.
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Step 3
Slide up on your knees. Push your knees all the way forward. One knee should be next to your opponent's ribs. The other should be next to his head.
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Step 4
Straighten your opponent's arm as you sit up. Push yourself up with your posted hand while you pull on your opponent's elbow with the other hand. This will extend his elbow and place his wrist next to your neck. Squeeze your head to your shoulder to trap your opponent's wrist.
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Step 5
Apply the pressing arm bar. Move both of your hands to your opponent's elbow. One hand should rest on top of the other one. Press the elbow to your own chest while you hold his wrist still with your head pressed against your shoulder. This will hyper-extend your opponent's elbow joint. It is incredibly painful, and will probably force a tap-out and submission within a second or two. If he does not submit, his elbow will break.
