Triangle Choke from Tripod

Submission · Half Guard

A triangle, a blood choke: your thigh closes one side of his neck and his own trapped shoulder the other. It comes from the tripod (T-kimura) when he pulls his head free from under you to escape. Now his head and the kimura arm are isolated on the same side. Keep the kimura grip so that arm stays in. Swing your leg over his neck on the side of his free arm and fall to your side facing him. Lock the figure-four, with the shin behind his neck and the back of your other knee over your ankle. Pull the trapped arm across his throat, cut the angle toward that arm and squeeze the knees. The detail: the arm stays inside until the lock is closed, and the shin sits high on the neck, not on the back. Squeeze steadily and release at the tap.

How to do it

  1. In the tripod with the kimura grip, he pulls his head out from under you to escape. His head and the trapped arm are now free on the same side, next to your leg.
  2. Keep the figure-four and pull the trapped arm tight to your body, so the arm cannot leave with the head.
  3. Swing your leg over the back of his neck on the side of his free arm, and fall to your side so that you face him.
  4. Lock the triangle: the shin across the back of his neck, the back of your other knee over that ankle, his trapped arm inside the loop.
  5. Let go of the kimura, pull the trapped arm across his throat, cut the angle toward that arm, pull his head down and squeeze the knees.

Key details

  • His escaping head is the trigger: it leaves the head and one arm together outside your body, ready for the triangle.
  • The kimura grip keeps exactly one arm inside; without it both arms end up out.
  • The shin goes high on the back of the neck; on the shoulder blades the lock does not choke.
  • Cut the angle toward the trapped arm; square on, the thigh does not reach the side of the neck.

Common mistakes

  • Chasing the head and letting the kimura grip go. — The arm follows the head out, and there is no triangle. — Hold the grip and bring the leg to the head instead.
  • Locking with the leg low on his back. — You squeeze the upper back, not the neck. — Pull the shin up to the back of the neck before you lock.

How to drill it

From the tripod with the kimura grip, partner pulls the head free on his own timing; you swing the leg and lock the triangle while keeping the grip. Five reps each side.

Safety

A blood choke: squeeze steadily and release at the tap.

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