No-gi Choke from Mount

yeah its my first technique i've submitted for the site so i hope you guys like it.

looks like A nogi ezekiel choke. nice move!!

Oops, I meant "you're" not your. My English teacher would be so disapointed.

This is one of my favorites. I call this a cobra choke from the gift wrap. I perfer doing the blood choke version because I'm a nice guy!

Another variation: You can also take your hand and use it as a fist pressing into his neck. Both this type and the one in the article don't always work (no submission is 100%. Which is why I transition to other moves

Tip: Make your hand a "knife-edge" when slipping it in.

Tip: Pull the uke on his side before doing the choke. That makes it easier for me, and you can transition to an armbar, a kimura, or a 2-on-1 to the back if you prefer.

I like setting this up from a high mount. I will go for an americana. If my opponent pulls his arm over his head, I switch to this. Once you got it, use your chest/bodyweight to help keep it locked and the uke pinned.

You can set up the move from guard too. Once you get a gift wrap, you have simular options plue an easy sweep.

there are very few no gi chokes that I don't know of, but I've never seen this one which kind of amazes me....If anybody has tried this one can they comment on if it is a SOLID choke that is pretty high percentage, or is it kind of difficult to cinch up and finish with it??? Thanks.

Quantum Jim!, I generally only use this when i've set it up from the guard and sweep by hooking the leg almost like a windmill sweep. is that how you do the sweep? Depending on how he reacts after the sweep i either proceed with the choke or take the back.

i'd say its pretty solid, it's worked enough for me to put faith in it.

KeithM, that's one sweep I use from the gift wrap in guard. Sometimes I just roll to that side too when I sweep. Sometimes instead I sweep to the back straight from guard. He is like a three-legged chair so it is mostly easy to do most sweeps.

Sergio, try this. Instead of step 5, use a hook-grip (thumb with other fingers) and straighten your arms just like a collar choke. This is the opposite motion as in the picture. This makes a vice-like pressure on his arteries. This variation is only a blood choke.

TTYTT, you don't need to hold your own arm either. If necessary, just use your fist digging into his neck.

P.S. To set up the gift wrap from guard, use a 2-on-1 to an arm drag. Bridge and pull his arm across your body. Then hug closely that side while keeping control of his wrist with the other arm. When uke pulls back, guide his arm across his head to your hugging hand. If he doesn't pull his arm back, do an armbar or triangle or take the back.

ima give this 4 stars> 2 for the tech and 2 for the 20 comments above this one.
This is the reason i come to lockflow

It's a front variation of the old "Cobra Clutch"/"Million Dollar Dream". Sweet!

Sergeant Slaughter would be proud.

Josh

"the gift wrap" is a sweet, extremely controlling position. Obviously in the street you could just end it with a couple strikes but in a roll, this is a nice alternative. I don't see him bridging out if you can pull in his arm hard enough to roll him to his size.

Yea, Ive seen this choke before, my teacher has showed us. I also seen it in one of Ken Shamrock's books, but for some reason he calls it an arm triangle if I'm not mistaken, but it looks like no arm triangle that I have seen before.

OOooOOoo.....looks fancy.