Spider Guard Triangle
Submission · Open Guard
A triangle, a blood choke: your thigh closes one side of his neck and his own shoulder the other. It is set up from spider guard when he drives forward into your feet. Keep both sleeves, with your feet on his biceps. Relax one foot for a moment to invite him in, then pull that sleeve toward your hip so the arm comes inside, between your legs. With the other foot on his hip as a base, throw your hips up and shoot the leg on the side of his free arm over his shoulder and behind his neck. Lock the figure-four, cut the angle toward the free arm, pull the head down and squeeze the knees. The detail: one arm in and one out, and the sleeve held until the lock closes. If he stacks you, take the triangle armbar; if he breaks the sleeve grip, go to the lasso sweep.
How to do it
- From spider guard, keep both sleeve grips and your feet on the biceps, knees bent, stretching their arms.
- Take one foot off the biceps and put it on their hip to invite them in; when they push forward, pull that sleeve toward your hip, so that arm comes inside, between your legs.
- Using the foot on their hip as a base, throw your hips up and shoot the leg on the side of the free arm over their shoulder and behind the neck.
- Keep the pulled sleeve inside, lock the triangle (the shin behind the neck, the other knee hooked over your ankle) and cut the angle by moving your hips out toward the free arm.
- Pull the head down and squeeze the knees together: one side of the neck is closed by your thigh, the other by their own shoulder.
Key details
- Their forward pressure brings the head to your legs, so you do not need to reach for it.
- One arm in, one out: the sleeve you pull goes inside, because with both arms in or both out there is no triangle.
- Keep the sleeve grip until the lock is closed: released early, they pull the arm out and posture.
- Take one foot off the biceps and put it on their hip to invite them in, then shoot the leg.
- Use the foot on the hip as a base to throw your hips up: the higher the hips, the deeper the leg goes behind the neck.
- Chain it off the spider sweep: as you tip him toward the mat he bounces back up into you, and that return is the moment to kick the biceps foot over his shoulder while the sleeves pull him in.
- Lock with your inner thigh over his shoulder, pushing his biceps against his face: locked outside the shoulder, the triangle has space and is hard to close.
Common mistakes
- Letting go of both sleeves to lock. — They pull the arm out and posture before the lock is closed. — Keep the inside sleeve until the triangle is locked.
- Shooting the leg while they sit back. — Their head is too far away, so the leg cannot reach the neck. — Wait for the push forward, or pull them in with the sleeves.
- Locking square. — Square, the neck has space inside the triangle and the choke is loose. — Hip out toward the free arm before squeezing.
- Letting the inside arm cross over before the lock. — If he stacks you then, nothing stops his weight and you lose the air and the lock. — Keep his arm trapped under your armpit until the lock: if he stacks, the arm is straight and the armbar is there.
How to drill it
Spider guard, the partner pushes on your count, you triangle, 8 each side; then with free pressure.
Safety
Blood choke: squeeze steadily and release at the tap.
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