Wednesday, August 31, 2005

BJJ Move #64: Head and Arm Choke from Mount

Hey, you can do that last move from the mount, too, and with even more leverage!

WARNING! These techniques could result in serious injury or death if practiced incorrectly or even if performed correctly. They should only be practiced with the supervision of an experienced instructor.

Head and Arm Choke / Neck Crank from Mount (a/k/a shoulder choke, arm triangle):
-submission

Setups:
1) From the mount, get head control: swim your arms inside his and get one (here, the left) around his head. Lean your weight onto his neck, turning his head to his left. Get him to put his left arm near or across his face.
2) Another opportunity is when you are sitting up in his guard and he posts his hand (here, let’s say his left hand) on your chest, or when you have him in cross side and he pushes up with his hand to escape.
Now shove his left arm across his face with your right hand and slide your face down the back of his left arm. Pin his left arm under his jaw with your left chest/shoulder, holding him around the back of his neck with your left arm.
Now bring your right arm up by his left ear and grab your right biceps.
Bend your right arm and place the palm of your right hand on his forehead. This is basically the same grip as a rear naked choke.
Bring your elbows toward each other, squeeze, and push your head forward and down to tighten the choke. Your left biceps cuts off his right carotid while his own left shoulder against his throat cuts off his left carotid.
If the choke isn’t working well, turn your left palm up to bring pressure from the ridge of your forearm against his neck for a painful neck crank. You can also tighten it by stepping your left leg over to his right side, so you no longer have the mount, and leaning your weight onto his head / neck.


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