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Be careful about letting Aikido people choke you, as most don't seem to know much about what they are doing, and the chokes end up being very dangerous.
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well, my sensei is actually pretty knowledgeable on the subject. Since we're being precise what he usually teaches is strangulation. anything crushing the front is a noooooo no class and its be made inifinitely clear to me.
the stupidity came on my part
i'd been reading.. and somewhere got the notion that *smiling* would relax my neck muscles and my interpretation that it would somehow prove to be an advantage in a choke situation got a an opportunity to be tested when I was being used to demonstrate and was already well held at the end of a tech.
.. so i tried it.. and indeed the muscles relaxed in and i realized the tension i had was what had me pinned .. and sensei reflexively reacted by colapsing the hold with my relaxation.. which suddenly left me a hell of a lot tighter than before.
After I was released my throat felt like i was in the middle of a strep throat attack (but only in the oustide part of the throat if you can imagine that , in but not within..)
OK, I felt compelled to detail this so a) someone else can benefit from my bad experience , and b) make it clear that it was myself that brought it on.
I can't generalize about Aikido instructors and choking, but the one I have is definitely in the knowing end of the spectrum..