How to keep your breath-tube safe?

[GoblingJanky]

Rolling with newish guys and especially muscle dudes, they often make poor attempts at neck chokes. This is often compensated for with severe wrenching. This isn't a big deal the majority of the time, wears them out and gives you practice at working escapes, I let a guy loose-triangle me with all his strength for about 10 seconds until his knee popped last week.
However the problem comes when a guy is right on your throat and it feels like your windpipe is going to concertina, imense pain and concern for your respiratory system.
Are there ways to keep your breathe-tube safe and is it as fragile as it feels?

 

[Zankou]

Tap.

You shouldn’t be allowing somebody to pressure your throat like that. If they are, you need to reset and defend differently.

 

[shunyata]

Protect your neck.

If they can smash your trachea what are your hands doing?

If they're doing it in side control or mount, you messed up a while ago.

Are you even framing to create space and reguard or get up?

If they're doing it in closed guard, SWEEP.

They'll either stop messing with your neck to post on the mat or they'll get rolled over.

 

[ChickenBrother]

However the problem comes when a guy is right on your throat and it feels like your windpipe is going to concertina, imense pain and concern for your respiratory system.

Lol when this happens, that means you've failed to defend properly and the other guy's choke is working. Tap before that happens. If other guy gets under your chin and is applying tight pressure and you're unable to relieve that pressure, you're done and need to tap.

But your jaw and neck can withstand significantly more pressure than your windpipe and carotid arteries can. You can defend many chokes by simply keeping your chin down and turning your head in the direction that relieves pressure - which varies by choke. Telephone defense is also a powerful ally but remember that when you're defending, it means you're not attacking. Knowing when to attack and when to defend comes with experience.

 

[Smato_rules]

I have some busted cartilage in my throat from not tapping to chokes a while ago, it is annoying so I just always tap early

 

[Einheri]

Tap.

A Short Choke is a legitimate technique. So, if you're caught, tap - a collapsed trachea is not something you want.

 

[Thrawn33]

First: Tap. It's practice who gives a shit.

Second: You're probably not at the proper level of skill to be "letting" stronger newer guys have your neck, hell I don't even let spazzy new guys get to a position to cause accidental/stupid injury and I've been doing Judo and/or BJJ off and on since '05.

Third: check your ego and tap.

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

Put your ego aside and tap out

 

[mattemate]

Yes. It's as fragile as it seems.

A few years ago I was teaching my friend a RNC.

He's a big guy, very strong, no technique. I was trying to help him adjust when I felt a pop in my throat and started coughing uncontrollably for about five minutes while my eyes watered like they never have before.

It didn't even hurt, but it was my hyoid bone. Broke it.

I had trouble drinking water without aspirating some for about six months, and my voice was a bit different for a long time.

It sucks because I like to sing, and I still can't sing for more than a few minutes without getting an annoying tickle in my throat on that side.

Surgery can't do much (it's a tiny bone that is almost impossible to splint with current technology) and 90% self resolve, but I'll probably have little annoyances my entire life due to it.

Then consider that one of the leading causes of death in old people is dysphagia induced aspiration pneumonia, and it could very well shorten my life span.

Just fucking tap.