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At the MMA gym I train at, due to my age and gym experience I am sometimes tasked by the coach to show someone how to do this or that technique (no gi). They know that I am unranked in BJJ and not a fighter.
I have always felt very insecure teaching someone the triangle choke from guard.
Some moves I do the same way almost every time, and the way I do them is pretty much the way I was shown. Kimuras, hip bump sweeps, knee push and scissor sweeps, arm drags, several guard passes. Those are easy.
Then there are some moves that are so alive they come off differently every time I do them. The elbow knee escape from mount is like that, because people act so differently when they mount, and mounts themselves are different, so the move changes. But I use it so much I know all of the ins and outs of that escape and largely all of the variations.
I feel like the triangle choke is like that. There are so many variables that come off nearly together - pulling down on the head, cutting the angle, positioning the arm, adjusting the leg position, preventing the stack, blah blah blah. Because of my back injury, I can't let myself get stacked, so I almost never attempt them. When I do, they are often different from the drill and very alive.
Worse, everyone seems to teach the triangle choke a little differently, with different ordered steps and different priorities, and some are certainly better than others, but I don't have a good feel for explaining them.
What do you think is the best way to teach the basic technique of the triangle choke from guard?
What do you think is the best, realistic set up from guard?
For example, I think the best way to teach the omoplata is step by step against an opponent with his arms rested on your chest. I think the best simple setup for the omoplata is pushing the face from overhook guard. It is a simple jump in skill from one to the next, it emphasizes the value of the overhook guard, which people need anyway, and it is doable for people with moderate skill.
What's the way of the triangle I can practice and parrot most effectively?
I have always felt very insecure teaching someone the triangle choke from guard.
Some moves I do the same way almost every time, and the way I do them is pretty much the way I was shown. Kimuras, hip bump sweeps, knee push and scissor sweeps, arm drags, several guard passes. Those are easy.
Then there are some moves that are so alive they come off differently every time I do them. The elbow knee escape from mount is like that, because people act so differently when they mount, and mounts themselves are different, so the move changes. But I use it so much I know all of the ins and outs of that escape and largely all of the variations.
I feel like the triangle choke is like that. There are so many variables that come off nearly together - pulling down on the head, cutting the angle, positioning the arm, adjusting the leg position, preventing the stack, blah blah blah. Because of my back injury, I can't let myself get stacked, so I almost never attempt them. When I do, they are often different from the drill and very alive.
Worse, everyone seems to teach the triangle choke a little differently, with different ordered steps and different priorities, and some are certainly better than others, but I don't have a good feel for explaining them.
What do you think is the best way to teach the basic technique of the triangle choke from guard?
What do you think is the best, realistic set up from guard?
For example, I think the best way to teach the omoplata is step by step against an opponent with his arms rested on your chest. I think the best simple setup for the omoplata is pushing the face from overhook guard. It is a simple jump in skill from one to the next, it emphasizes the value of the overhook guard, which people need anyway, and it is doable for people with moderate skill.
What's the way of the triangle I can practice and parrot most effectively?