The arm triangle.

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The arm triangle is becoming one of my favorite submissions.

I'm still a white belt, I'm wondering if you guys that like to use it have any tips on setting it up or executing it. I've never been instructed on how to do it, but one of the better grapplers subbed me with it once and since then I've found it easy to apply when somebody's scrambling to avoid the keylock from the mount.

So any tips on execution or set-ups are appreciated.
 
Go to www.lockflow.com to see some cool techs that may help improve your game.

I posted a few techs on Head & Arm chokes so if you dig'em, post your comments there.

:)

peace man.


Joe Camacho
 
set up:

From side - attempt the far side kimura but do it wrong, with your hand UNDER their head
-->As their arm comes up trap it with your head
-->Now jump to the other side, while leaving your head and arms where they are
--> Side choke them to sleep

This set up can also be done from half guard
 
I fake an armbar attempt from S mount so they automatically bend their arm to try defend and drop straight into the arm triangle.
 
I just asked my instructor yesterday for some tips on how to finish the arm triangle. It seems like I can get guys there but can never finish. It turns out I was doing several things wrong. The first was that I wasn't going ear-to-ear with my opponent once I had it locked up. I also wasn't keeping my hips low and circling towards his head.

I tried it out later while rolling. I got ear-to-ear with my partner but I was on the wrong side. I started going knee-on-belly to try to get across to the correct side and he tapped. The ear-to-ear part really made the choke a lot tighter for me. This is going to be my new favorite move because it seems like I can get the arm trapped fairly easily.
 
I took these notes after learning a technique in class

The idea is that they are on their knees trying to get your legs, and you sprawl out. I suppose it works from standing too, but I haven't tried it from that position.

1. sprawl out
2. reach over their head with right arm, grab chin
3. move their right arm to create space
4. duck head under into their right armpit, flatten your left leg and roll to your left, using their chin to pull them around
5. keep back of your head on ground
6. switch base to get to side control, all the while keeping head on ground (now you are facing the ground, so your forehead is in contact with the ground)
7. switch over to other side, apply arm triangle

I don't know if that makes sense to anyone else other than me.
 
Thanks a bunch guys, I will try to apply some of this info next class.
 
Saulo Ribeiro's execution of the technique from mount is sick. His technique is so good that his set up allows him to get deep enough to do it win only one arm around the guy's head. Ridiculous.
 
Go to http://aesopian.com/ and scroll down until you see "Jeffs No Gi Chokes". Read the article and watch the video, the arm triangle is one of the first chokes demonstrated. And as always, make sure you holler at everyones favorite moderator, Aesopian, for providing you with a totally awesome resource.
 
sproggdawg said:
Go to http://aesopian.com/ and scroll down until you see "Jeffs No Gi Chokes". Read the article and watch the video, the arm triangle is one of the first chokes demonstrated. And as always, make sure you holler at everyones favorite moderator, Aesopian, for providing you with a totally awesome resource.
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Awesome, some excellent stuff there. This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks, and thanks to Aesopian and the guy Jeff in the video.
 
JC Plentee said:
Go to www.lockflow.com to see some cool techs that may help improve your game.

I posted a few techs on Head & Arm chokes so if you dig'em, post your comments there.

:)

peace man.


Joe Camacho
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your stuff on lockflow is GREAT, i have learned a lot from you...thanks a lot man, and keep up the good work
 
Hardest for me is to set it up. I know there was a video here posted about setting it up from half guard but can't find it. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
 
the best thing about sidechokes is that they're all over the place. you can really get them from almost anywhere.
 
I almost always go for the arm triangle as an attack from the mount, unless of course my partner is offering me any kind of an armlock. I try and use my knees to hold their elbows off the mat as I move forward in the mount, before grabbing the opposite wrist from behind their head and making the commitment. I figure if I can't get the head and arm choke from there, I can always go for a triangle from the top or work for an armbar.
 
I always thought is took to much strength to finish. I only use it as a sweep from a bottom position. Maybe I need to rethink my technique.
 
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