Blue belt · Submission · Core
Arm triangle (head & arm)
A choke where their own arm and your shoulder close off their neck. Use it when they push you with one arm from under mount or side control.
Mount Submission
Step by step
- When they push you with one arm, pin that arm across their neck with your head.
- Wrap your arm around their neck and under that arm; grip your other biceps, other hand on your own head.
- Get off mount to the side opposite their trapped arm.
- Walk your hips out, chest down, squeeze your elbows and drive your shoulder into their neck.
Details that make it work
- You have to come off to the side to finish.
- Your head and shoulder trap their arm against their own neck.
Common mistakes
- Trying to finish while still in mount.
- Their arm not high enough across their neck.
Drill it
5 reps each side.
If it fails, or what comes next
- Mount: stay & climb Control · Mount
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How to defend it
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