Why is a rear naked choke called 'naked'?

[YaGoof]

Why is it not rear necked choke?

 

[caged_mma]

 

[OrigFan255]

I will ask Carlos Gracie....Hold up!

 

[Lenny4Guvnor]

Could the "naked" in this context literally mean unclothed and refer to performing the choke with your bare arms, as opposed to employing clothes to assist with the choke, such as using the collar of your opponent's Gi or using the sleeves of your own Gi as part of the chokehold?

That would make sense to me, because in Judo and Ju-Jitsu there are also quite a lot of chokes that do employ your own or your opponent's clothing to complete the chokehold, and although in no-Gi, bare torso competition the "naked" description is slightly redundant (as all chokes are naked), I suppose that is still the traditional name for the choke in which you entirely use your bare arms to complete the chokehold.

 

[JacJeanFinger]

It's a Judo terminology. Instead of using Judo-Gi to apply choke, Hadakajime (naked choke) uses bare arms to squeeze the opponent's neck.

 

[YaGoof]

Okay, makes sense with the fighter being 'naked' (no gi). Thanks!

So all chokes in mma are essentially 'naked' which kinda makes the term redundant.

Naked brabo choke
Naked anaconda
Naked <insert choke name>

Guess it also sounds better than "rear choke"-

 

[BJ@LW&WW]

it was a typo that everyone just decided to accept

 

[HendricksPunch]

We should ask the guy who named it a rear naked choke.

 

[Pelosi2020]

Interestingly, a blowie also called a naked triangle choke.

 

[StoneWT]

It's from the homoerotic beginnings of modern MMA. Also kept alive by a large contingent of Sherdoggers.

 

[Cro Cop Is Back]

Because jiujitsu guys used to grapple naked back in the days.

 

[Thread]

This. I always thought it was due to dudes getting buck ass naked and wrasslin. Look at the Greeks who pour oil on themselves before a sesh

It's from the homoerotic beginnings of modern MMA. Also kept alive by a large contingent of Sherdoggers.

 

[007]

Well one night in Brazil the gym was 120 and well you no the rest

 

[DanTheWolfman.com]

FCC would not allow Rear Nude Choke

 

[cobrinski]

Why do you ask?

 

[LiveFreeorDie]

I call it "Kill a Lion", and you can quote me on that.

 

[The Bard]

Okay, makes sense with the fighter being 'naked' (no gi). Thanks!

So all chokes in mma are essentially 'naked' which kinda makes the term redundant.

Naked brabo choke
Naked anaconda
Naked <insert choke name>

Guess it also sounds better than "rear choke"-

I'm all about that naked twister.

 

[THECYNDlCATE]

Why is it not rear necked choke?

No GI or clothing used for the choke.
This makes the choke "naked".

 

[BeardotheWeirdo]

In Portuguese it's called a "mata leao", the lion killer.

But they still do it naked...

 

[milliniar]

it makes it sound sexier.