The darce choke is a powerful strangle that can be set up nicely in the half or quarter guard. Here Sean creates space and drives his opponents arm across the neck creating the opportunity for the darce. **Dont just squeeze your elbows make sure to bring the back of your opponents neck into the...

Moku uses a leg strangle off his Kimura attack when opponent doesn't allow him to trap the chin using his knees. ** Look for the chin to be up so you can fit the crook of your knee around your opponents neck.

Franjinha breaking down the basic loop choke grip details.

Franjinha uses the overhook lapel control to keep his opponent broken down allowing the cross choke attack to become available. **The grips need to be sufficiently deep for this technique to work so don't go squeezing away until the hands are set.

A super sneaky and highly effective submission from the back in sport jiu jitsu. Spend some time learning the proper hand position and grip required to hit this technique, or you may be dealing with a finger injury. ***Remember its the arm under your opponents arm which is the primary choking a...

This technique works well when your opponent defends the clock choke by keeping their arms and legs balled up in defense. The step over aspect of this move needs to be swift and the underhook on the far arm is a must.

The brabo choke is the lapel version of the popular darce choke and is one of the most powerful strangles in gi jiu jitsu. Aureleo uses a step over variation which allows him to hip into the choke as well.

Once again we learn the leverage involved with controlling your opponents neck and the amazing control it gives you. ***Be careful when using this technique against newer grapplers that haven't developed the neck strength as this move puts extreme pressure.

The loop choke is a great setup to the cross choke as your opponent must swim his head to avoid the loop choke and opens up the cross collar perfectly. If the cross choke is your primary attack, make sure you get a solid high grip prior to attacking or you will have to adjust mid move which is n...

The bow and arrow is a very powerful choke from the back as you're able to engage your hips into the choke. The grip can be tricky as having slack is necessary for the extension but too much slack allows space for escape. **Practice using different amounts of slack until you master the correct ...

SPF uses a sneaky rolling lapel choke in this cross side video. Use caution when attempting this technique as your wrist can get injured if not done properly.

Sean Apperson explains the mounted guillotine and which situations the technique can be used. Without the gi, the guillotine is a strong front strangle option. The best time to use this technique is when your opponent turns on their side allowing the angle needed for the arm position. Another ...

This lapel choke works well when your opponent lifts his defensive arm up allowing this variation of the classic choke. Its important to hook your training partners elbow closer to the hand which increases the leverage making the trapped arm difficult to recover.

Hand fighting skills from the back position allows the ability to trap your opponents defensive arm making the RNC much easier to complete.

SPF explains the variation of the RNC choke where he traps the defensive arm while baiting his opponent into the classic RNC.

SPF hits a clever shoulder lock off a popular arm bar defense. Typically in the closed guard your opponent will lock an RNC (rear naked choke) defense on their own arm to avoid the straight armlock. This technique is very effective when your opponent defends your primary lock, and his defense t...

The classic RNC choke broken down and demonstrated by Ricardo Franjinha Miller.