Closed Guard Triangle Choke
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About This Technique
Technique: Closed Guard Triangle Choke
Position: Closed Guard
Japanese Name: N/A
Step-by-Step Instructions:
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Establish Your Closed Guard
- While on your back, wrap your legs around your opponent's waist, crossing your ankles behind their lower back. Maintain a secure grip with your legs to control their posture.
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Break Your Opponent's Posture
- Use your hands to control your opponent's wrists or collar.
- Pull them forward to break their posture. Sit up slightly to gain leverage, ensuring that their head is closer to your chest.
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Isolation of an Arm
- Choose one of your opponent's arms to isolate. Typically, this is done by controlling their wrist while ensuring their other arm is tucked inside your leg.
- Push their isolated arm across their body, breaking their balance.
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Unlock Your Guard and Adjust Hips
- Open your guard slightly while simultaneously pushing off their hip with your free foot.
- Begin shifting your hips out to one side, aiming to create an angle that positions their head below your chest level.
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Form the Triangle
- Lift one leg over your opponent's shoulder, trying to position their neck inside the 'V' of your legs.
- Lock your ankle over the top of the opposite knee, forming the basic triangle shape with your legs around their neck and shoulder.
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Adjustment for Tightness
- Pull down on your opponent's head to tighten the choke.
- If needed, adjust the angle by tugging on their head and your shin while pushing off their hip with your free foot.
- Ensure the trapped arm is positioned across their body for maximal choke efficiency.
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Final Tightening and Execution
- Flex your legs and squeeze them together.
- Pull their head closer to increase pressure against their neck.
- Concentrate on pinching your knees, pulling the trapped arm across, and rotating your body for a higher-angle squeeze.
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Submission
- Continue to apply pressure and maintain your position until your opponent taps or submits.
Tips:
- Keep your own head off the ground to stay mobile and ready to adjust.
- Consistently apply pressure and be receptive to your opponent's resistance to adjust accordingly.
- If your opponent tries to stand, use your grip and leverage to keep them off balance and maintain control.
This technique is highly efficient when applied correctly and practiced regularly. Always ensure the control of your opponent's posture and maintain precise hip movements to execute a perfect Closed Guard Triangle Choke.
How to Execute
Closed Guard Triangle Choke from Closed Guard Position in BJJ
Step 1: Establishing the Closed Guard
Start from the closed guard position. This is where you are on your back and have your legs wrapped around your opponent’s waist, with your ankles crossed behind their back. Ensure you have good grips on their sleeves or wrists for control.
Step 2: Secure Your Position
Pull your opponent forward with your legs and arms, breaking their posture. This should bring their upper body close to yours.
Step 3: Setting Up the Triangle
Choose one arm of your opponent and push it between your bodies, while keeping control of the other arm. At the same time, uncross your legs and place one foot on the hip of the same side of the arm you pushed.
Step 4: Create an Angle
Use the foot that is on your opponent’s hip to pivot your body, creating an angle to the side of the arm that's still controlled. Your head should now be by the side of your opponent’s knee.
Step 5: Locking in the Triangle
Swing your free leg up and over the shoulder of the controlled arm, ensuring the back of your knee is resting on the neck of your opponent. Your other leg, the one that was on the hip, now lifts and your ankle locks behind the knee of your raised leg, forming the triangle choke. Make sure that the arm of your opponent is trapped inside the triangle.
Step 6: Adjust the Triangle
Once you have locked your legs, adjust the triangle by pulling down on the head of your opponent while lifting your hips. This will tighten the choke.
Step 7: Securing the Submission
To finish the submission, squeeze your thighs together and pull your opponent’s head downwards while lifting your hips upward. This creates a choke by cutting off the blood flow to the brain. Your opponent should tap out.
Note: Always remember to practice these moves in a controlled and safe environment under the supervision of a trained professional. BJJ moves can be dangerous if performed incorrectly.