Thread: Escaping Choke
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Old 10-09-2006, 08:46 AM   #2
Ron Tisdale
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Re: Escaping Choke

if you mean a basic rear naked choke while standing, make sure the moment they go for the choke you tuck your chin down and to the side into their elbow joint. That should keep some of the pressure off of the arteries and create a little space. You MUST do this immediately...any hesitation will allow them to set the choke and at that point, you are basically done for. Better is to catch the attempt the moment they enter behind and start reaching for the choke. If you drop your weight, then raise up from your toes you can actually break their balance upward, then one simple option is to kneel and bow. I usualy have one hand on the wrist and one hand on the elbow on their inside arm when I do this. Make sure they know how to break fall if you are trying this on someone. Another one (after the initial movement) is to turn your hips away from the 'inside' of the choke, and step backwards at an angle past their leg while controling their arm. This can lead to a number of controls, from a kind of reverse ikkyo/ikkajo, to hiji shime/wakigatame, or a few others as well. The old elbow to the short ribs or liver doesn't hurt either as you move.

Best,
Ron

Ron Tisdale
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