Abstract: The research subject is the set of legal documents regulating physical training in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. The author has found out that these documents contain different descriptions of the technique of the submission hold “Freedom of movement restriction by thrust hammerlock”. The research is aimed at forming a universal and more precise description of this submission hold. The authors apply general scientific methods of cognition (analysis and synthesis) and specific methods - comparative and systems approach. Since the Physical training organization regulations for the internal affairs bodies contain the description of the submission hold which does not reflect all the requirements to the technique, it can cause injuries and can lead to ambiguous interpreting. The scientific novelty of the research consists in the author’s formulation of the description of the hold and this universal description can help optimize the process of physical training in educational institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.