The Turtle position in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is nowhere as greatly explored as other positions are. That is to say: there are a number of possibilities when your opponent turtles up, both for positional advantage and for submissions… But the matter of the fact is that you probably haven’t spent a lot of time experimenting with it.
If that’s the case, then you should probably learn this choke. It’s so simple – and so effective – that it’ll make your mind explode.
Sure, feel free to reread that headline… Alright, done it? Yup, it’s indeed called the Ankle Shelf Turkey Choke.
And it’s super effective, which is obvious since Neil Melanson likes doing it as well.
Melanson demonstrates it on the video below:
Neil Melanson is back with BJJ Fanatics to show his entire system for staying safe and generating real grappling offense from the turtle position.
- Neil Melanson is one of the best grappling coaches in the world, with a rare mix of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, catch wrestling, MMA ground game, and other grappling disciplines.
- Learn all of the inside secrets behind this key to Neil’s catch wrestling system – and how grapplers of all levels can use them for rapid improvement on the mats.
