Rear-naked choke against a defended chin

Step by step

1. Win the hands first. Strip and pin at least one defending hand so they cannot pull your choking arm down.
2. Put your head beside theirs on your choking-arm side, ear to ear, chest tight to their back.
3. Stretch them out. Extend your hooks or squeeze the body triangle and arch a little so their chin lifts off their chest.
4. Slide the blade of your choking wrist in from the side of their neck, under the ear, not straight at the chin. Work it under the jaw line a little each time they breathe or move.
5. When your elbow is under their chin, lock the choke: choking hand on your other biceps, other hand behind their head.
6. Finish slowly. Squeeze your elbows together and expand your chest. If your forearm is still on the jaw, let go and re-enter. Do not squeeze the jaw.

Details that make it work

• A forearm across the jaw is not a choke. It does not finish, and cranking it can injure their jaw or neck.
• Position comes first. Stay on the back and keep fighting hands, and the chin opens when they tire or reach.

Common mistakes

• Squeezing harder over the jaw instead of resetting the arm.
• Giving up your hooks or body triangle to chase the chin, so they turn out.

If it fails, or what comes next

• Back attack hand-fight: two-on-one strip to choke or armbar Back take · Back control
• Back to mount Control · Back control

Set it up from

• Back attack hand-fight: two-on-one strip to choke or armbar
• Power half and spiral ride from turtle

How to defend it

Rear-naked choke defense: How to stop the rear-naked choke: chin down and win the hand fight on the choking arm. Use it the moment your back is taken, before you try to escape.