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I sometimes think about what is my go to move in BJJ. The technique that I can count on for success in ending a roll. It is definitely not the one I wish was my go to technique, like a flying arm-bar or a wicked triangle that I can sink from any angle. But it is a show stopper.
It is the knuckle-choke applied from the mount.
What’s great about the knuckle choke is that you can set up 75% percent of the technique before the guy even knows you are working on a submission. When applied correctly it looks as if you are creating a vice grip with your arms. I learned it from watching the above video.
After watching the video, I tapped someone with it in the next class. And the next class, and the next. I would say that I have had about a 90% tap-out rate with the technique. If I were a BJJ superhero, I probably would be known as Knuckle Choke. I didn’t ask for the skill, I just realized I had a propensity to pull it off. And if I have a guy in the mount and he’s not cooperating with my other sub attempts I can bet you I’m going for it.
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I don’t have much of a mount game at all – and get rolled easily from the top. However, I’m developing a propensity for getting triangles mid-roll. That’s probably the source of most of my better submissions thus far.
After a few classes of actually relying on that, I decided to shake things up and start working the side and mount stuff. It’s slow going, but I can notice the results almost immediately.
Funny stuff. My superhero name would be ude garami. Kind of has a nice ring to it.
Conan,
I had to look ude garami up, but it does sound cool. It looks like once you lock it in, there’s very little time to react.
True Frog,
You’re right about switching things up. But I also think it’s all about cycles. During one phase I used to be able to catch arm-bars on people in the turtle position. I think most people expect for opponents to sink hooks or one arm over and under. But I would focus on the arm instead. Now it hardly ever works.
Hehe. My BJJ superhero name would be Escape Boy!
Pretty Cool Patrick,
So far we have:
Knuckle Choke
Ude Garami
Triangle Man (Tree Frog); and
Escape Boy
Bummer. I think with a name like Overhook I sound more like the villian.