Once I had a state wrestling champion join my school - he wanted to round out his training before he went into the military. During the course of working with him one on one (with a year to go, I decided to work with him based on what he already knew) I was also able to evaluate the effectiveness or non effectiveness of various counters I had learned to western wrestling moves. It was a rewarding training experience for both of us.

One move he enjoyed was wrapping his arms around someone from behind Your arms are either pinned or free - free actually seemed to be in his favor. From here he could execute a sacrifice throw backwards or drive you into the ground forwards. For fun, we'd invite visiting 'experts' try to escape from this position. I was amazed at how hard of a time most martial artists had with this position.

That being said, what are your favorite moves to escape this position?

I am a big beleiver in luck. The more I work, the more luck I have.