Today let’s look at a sneaky sport grappling set-up for a
triangle.
My favorite techniques are the ones that no one sees coming
or ones that appear to be something they are not. This set-up to a triangle
choke is the latter of the two. Check it out below.
So for this technique we start out in the bottom of the
closed guard position. We carry out all our setup and actions as if we are
going to try a scissor sweep. Now when we typically go for a scissor sweep we
bring our knee / leg under our opponents arm and place our leg on a 45 degree
angle from the near side hip to far side shoulder… BUT with this set-up instead
of bringing our leg under their arm we bring our leg over their arm!
What! Over their arm, I thought we were trying to sweep
them, you ask. Well yes and no. Yes we bring our leg over their arm because no
we are in fact not really trying to sweep them, we just want them to think that
we are.
When we bring the leg over their arm instead of under it, it
allows us to cut down on their arm and break their grip. It also more
importantly traps their arm to their body so we can now rotate our leg (and
body) around into the proper triangle choke position without their arm getting
in the way.
Try it out and while you’re at it take a look at other
techniques you know and play with them to see if they might lead into something
unexpected.
Here are a few other examples:
- Hip bump sweep to kimura
- Omoplata to triangle choke
- Triangle choke to Omoplata
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Cheers,
Jamie Rickard (Sensei)
Head Instructor
Koketsu Kai - Tiger's Den Jiu-jitsu and Grappling
Located at:
The Academy of Martial Arts
851 Princess Street
Kingston, Ontario
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