Triangle Choke from Guard
Used from the guard position when an attacker throws their legs over your shoulders. The mechanism relies on locking the legs to cut off blood flow to the brain, leveraging the defender's leg strength against the attacker's neck.
3 steps
· save to drill into each- 1Secure one arm inside and one arm outside the attacker's legs.0:38
- 2Lock your legs by placing your knee pit against one side of the neck and your inner thigh against the other.0:54
- 3Squeeze your legs together and pull the attacker's head down.1:00
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