The gift wrap position is one of the most powerful control points in jiu jitsu, and it opens the door to a variety of high-percentage chokes and submissions. Once you’ve secured your partner’s arm across their body and locked your own arm behind their head, you create a dominant angle that limits their movement and exposes their neck.What makes the gift wrap so effective is that it blends control, pressure, and submission into one seamless system. It’s a position that rewards patience, timing, and detail — and once mastered, it becomes a major threat from mount, back, or side control.More videos like this: Gift WrapFilmed: 06/2025