Reverse Triangle from Tripod

Submission · Half Guard

A reverse triangle: a blood choke where your legs wrap his neck together with his trapped arm while you sit at his head, facing his legs. It comes from the tripod (T-kimura) on top of half guard when he turns in to you to relieve the kimura, which brings his head and shoulder close to your hips. Keep the kimura grip so the arm stays inside. Bring your leg over his back and around behind his head, then lock the figure-four with the shin across the back of his neck, with his trapped arm pinned in the loop against his neck. Squeeze your knees together and pull the arm across his throat. His own shoulder closes one carotid and your thigh the other. Beginners let go of the grip early, and the arm escapes. Squeeze steadily and release at the tap.

How to do it

  1. You are in the tripod with the kimura grip on his arm. He turns in toward you to take the pressure off the shoulder, so his head and that shoulder come up close to your hips.
  2. Keep the figure-four and hug the trapped arm to your chest, so his shoulder stays pressed against his own neck.
  3. Step your leg over his back and swing it around behind his head as you sit down beside his head, facing his legs.
  4. Bring the other leg in under his neck and lock the figure-four: the shin across the back of his neck, the back of your other knee over that ankle, with the trapped arm inside the loop.
  5. Release the kimura only once the lock is closed. Pull the trapped arm across his throat, squeeze the knees together and lift your hips slightly to tighten.

Key details

  • His turning in is the trigger: it brings the head into reach of your legs.
  • The arm must stay inside the leg loop; keep the kimura grip until the figure-four is locked.
  • Lock tight to the neck, with the shin on the back of the neck, not on his shoulder blades.
  • Pull the trapped arm across his throat: his own shoulder is half the choke.

Common mistakes

  • Releasing the kimura to swing the leg. — He pulls the arm out, and with no arm inside there is no choke, only a head scissor. — Keep the grip until the feet are locked.
  • Locking loose, far from the neck. — There is space, and he turns his head out. — Pull the shin tight to the neck before you lock and adjust the angle after.

How to drill it

Partner on bottom with your kimura grip from the tripod; he turns in on his own timing and you lock the reverse triangle without releasing the grip. Five reps each side.

Safety

A blood choke that also loads the trapped shoulder: squeeze steadily and release at the tap.

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