Many of us will get to to our training partner’s back and immediately focus on securing a choke or armbar. There is an easier option that many forget: The body triangle submission.
Yes, that’s right. You can make them tap by squeezing the life out of them. You don’t even need strong legs to do so, just perfect placement.
In MMA, there have been two body triangle submissions and they were nasty:
The savage BJJ Black belt and UFC vet Vagner Rocha shows how he likes to set up a super tight body triangle and work some chokes from there:
If you like chokes, you can turn your arms and legs into pythons and squeeze necks like never before! Here are some tricks that helped Lachlan Giles (Craig Jones’ instructor) to being a 2x ADCC Trials champion and medalist at the IBJJF Worlds in No Gi. Learn Lachlan’s systematic approach and catch the neck effortlessly in no gi. HIGH PERCENTAGE CHOKES: NO GI by BJJ Fanatics.
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