Often scoring a submission from the closed guard isn’t easy. Especially so in nogi where controlling an opponent is a much bigger issue and physicality plays more of a roll.
Ground Marshal Neil Melanson has a solution – the hand choke Triangle.
The first step is placing one hand underneath the chin. Something akin to what you would do to secure a 5 finger guillotine.
Of course since there’s no limb left to prevent an escape and the opponent can back out of it, it’s not fullproof.
However this will force a reaction, It will make the arm of the opponent block the arm underneath the chin and therefor remove it from it’s sideways placement that’s blocking the leg.
This will clear the path to swing the legs over!
One crucial detail: the leg that went over the arm, closer to the screen on all these pictures has to be the bottom one when you cross your legs.
Neil also likes to attack the elbow of the arm in, in this position. This is option b, option a being a classic triangle.
This is how the entire combo looks in motion
Of course this isn’t the only option. To look at an alternative setup cue around 3:30 in the clip below
If you want to learn all of Neil’s secrets he just released a new 4 DVD set called “The Ground Marshall Guard.” This is a great resource to learn many of Neil’s best tricks and tips.
