Finishing from the back in the gi: the bow and arrow against the hand fight

1. GATE

   Read it: his back, the seatbelt, your hooks in; his two hands on your choking wrist

   You are seated behind him with the seatbelt, your right arm over his right shoulder and your left arm under his left, your head on his right, your hooks in. He knows what is coming and both of his hands are on your right wrist. The route starts here: the grip is won against the hands, not around them.

   Stills (.frames/ygrip-yrUXIujVGTM-1.png at one second from the front, the partner facing the camera so his right is on the viewer's left; .frames/zfin-yrUXIujVGTM-2..3.png at half seconds from the side, the partner facing the viewer's right): at 0:57 to 1:00 Giles's right arm lies over the partner's right shoulder with the hand at the partner's chest and Giles's head above the partner's right shoulder; at 1:03 to 1:07 the partner's two hands hold Giles's right wrist at his own chest; at 3:42 to 3:53 the same hold from the side, Giles's left arm under the partner's left arm and the partner pulling on the right wrist. His words: usually when they're on the back, while you have a harness, they're going to be defending my choking hand, so I need to make sure I set this up; James has got his grips like this. synthesis His aside that the collar comes easier before the hooks go in, while they defend the legs, is a reference and not the start: the session starts with the hooks in and the hands already fighting, which is the problem the queue names.

   0:10Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagithe most common choke you'll see; usually when they're on the back, while you have a harness, they're going to be defending my choking hand, so I need to make sure I set this up0:52Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagiit's much easier to get when they're trying to defend your feet; now James has got his grips like this; I want to make sure my hand is in the right spot first0:31Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagistart choking them before you've got your hooks in; once you've got your hooks in people are usually very defensive; before your hooks they're often more defending your legs and you can start feeling the collar a lot easier

   needsback control with the seatbelt, his hands on your choking wristgiveshis hands read: two on your choking wristevidenceframes

2. 1

   Elbow over the top of his shoulder, the seatbelt kept, the right foot on his hip

   Keep your own hand in the seatbelt grip and bring your right elbow back over the top of his right shoulder, so the choking hand sits close to his neck: his hands can hold the wrist, but the elbow is behind them. Put your right foot on his right hip for the leverage to pull back. If he has the elbow itself, pull it back over the top first; nothing else works until it is there.

   Stills (.frames/ygrip-yrUXIujVGTM-1..3.png, 1:00 to 1:28 from the front): Giles's right elbow comes over the top of the partner's right shoulder at 1:01 to 1:04 while the partner's hands take the wrist; from 1:09 to 1:28 he shows the seatbelt with his own hand held, the elbow riding on top of the partner's right shoulder and the hands close to the neck, which is what he says at 1:12; the collar is not taken in this view. The foot on the hip is spoken here and shown in the finishes: the right foot on the partner's right hip at 4:21 to 4:22.5 and 4:39 to 4:41 (.frames/xfin2a-yrUXIujVGTM-2.png, .frames/xfin3a-yrUXIujVGTM-2.png). His words: I grab my own hand; my elbow is a little bit behind, my right elbow on top of his shoulder; I'll put my foot on the hip to give me a bit of leg leverage to pull back; if he grabs my elbow and holds it really tight I can't fall back to choke, so the first thing I do is pull my elbow back over the top of the shoulder. synthesis Which elbow and which foot are his words, right, and the stills agree; the seatbelt grip is kept until the lapel is fed.

   1:12Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St KildagiI grab my own hand; my elbow is a little bit behind, I see my right elbow like on top of his shoulder; so here I'll put my foot on the hip to give me a bit of leg leverage to pull back1:34Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagiwhen he's defending my hand my hand's right near the neck; if I feed the lapel to that hand it's a much better chance; his defence is also limited here; but if he grabs my elbow and holds it really tight I can't fall back to choke1:56Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagithe first thing I do is pull my elbow back over the top of the shoulder; when I feel I've got a chance I'm gonna grab the lapel like this, I'm going to turn it out and pull

   needshis hands read: two on your choking wristgivesthe right elbow over the top of his shoulder, the seatbelt kept, the foot on his hipevidenceframes

3. 2

   Feed the lapel: lift his left lapel, turn it out, grip it beside his neck with the fingers curled over the edge

   Your left hand, under his left arm, takes his left lapel, pulls it up and turns it out, and feeds it to your right hand, which reaches through and grips it beside his neck with the fingers curled over the turned-out edge and the wrist straight, so there is no gap in the hand for the cloth to slip through; the forearm lies across the front of his throat. His hands are still on you. This is the first block's count: the grip won and kept three seconds.

   Crops from the side (.frames/yfeed-yrUXIujVGTM-1..3.png, 2:09 to 2:24; .frames/yfeed2-yrUXIujVGTM-1..3.png, 3:01 to 3:13) the left hand lifts the partner's left lapel up and out from under his arm at 2:15 to 2:17 and 3:03.5 to 3:06, the right hand reaches through and grips the turned-out lapel at the neck at 3:06 to 3:08, and the grip is set with the right forearm across the front of the throat at 3:09 to 3:13. His words: grab the lapel, turn it out and pull; if you feed it like this you grab the material and they grab below it, and the gap of my hand is where the material goes straight through and rips free; when I turn it and grip like this the gap almost doesn't exist because my fingers curl over the top; grab the lapel, pull up, turn it out, reach through with your hand now and grab. synthesis Which lapel and which hand are read from the stills: the lapel fed is his left, the one under your left arm, and the hand that grips it is the right, over his right shoulder, so the forearm crosses the front of his throat. The thumb and the wrist are not settled by the stills or his words, which say curl your fingers over the top: the session puts the thumb inside the collar with the four fingers over the edge and the wrist straight, Luke's and Kwok's instruction, and says so in the grip notes; it is supplemental to Giles's step, disclosed, not his.

   2:18Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagiif you feed it like this you grab the material and then they grab below it and you can't get above it; the gap of my hand is where the material goes straight through and rips free; when I turn it and I grip like this the gap almost doesn't exist2:38Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagibecause my fingers curl over; you just want to make sure you're feeding it and you're curling your fingers over the top, your wrist, so you've actually got a good grip; nothing worse than getting a collar and then they just rip it out3:01Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagigrab your own hand, elbow over the top so it brings your hand nice and close to the neck; grab the lapel, pull up, turn it out, reach through with your hand now and grab1:56Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St KildagiI'm gonna grab the lapel like this, I'm going to turn it out and pull like that; it's important that you turn the lapel out

   needsthe right elbow over the top of his shoulder, the seatbelt kept, the foot on his hipgivesthe collar grip kept three secondsevidenceframes

4. 3

   Right foot on his hip, push, and take the left hook across his belt line

   With the grip won, your right foot on his right hip pushes so your hips turn out toward ninety degrees and your left foot comes across his belt line: the hook across. Stay seated as it happens.

   Half-second crops (.frames/yfin2-yrUXIujVGTM-1.png, .frames/yfin3-yrUXIujVGTM-1..2.png): the right foot is on the partner's right hip at 4:21 to 4:22.5 and at 4:39 to 4:41 (.frames/xfin2a-yrUXIujVGTM-2.png, .frames/xfin3a-yrUXIujVGTM-2.png), and in those same samples the left leg already lies across the partner's belt line, so the crossing itself is not sampled; the foot leaves the hip at 4:22.5 and 4:41.5, touches the mat at 4:42, and the right leg swings from 4:23 and 4:42.5; the push itself falls between samples. Rounds 1 to 3 placed the foot on the hip at 4:23.5 and 4:41.5, samples in which the leg is already swinging or on the mat, and those times are withdrawn. His words: turn the angle with my right foot on the hip; now I want to start trying to get ninety degrees to him; a foot on the hip lets us take that hook across. synthesis The foot that crosses is read from the stills as the left, the hook that was inside his left thigh; which foot pushes is his word, right.

   3:01Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagiturn the angle with my right foot on the hip; now I want to start trying to get ninety degrees to him4:29Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St KildagiI'm going to put a foot on the hip, that lets us take that hook across, grab the leg, stay seated forward, and then we're gonna swing your leg over the shoulder

   needsthe collar grip kept three secondsgivesyour hips turned out, the left leg across his belt lineevidenceframes

5. 4

   Left hand on his left leg at the knee; turn to ninety degrees, seated, not on your side

   Take his left trouser leg at the knee with your left hand, the leg on the side of your under arm, and keep turning until you are at ninety degrees to him, sitting up: lying down on your side loses the angle, and sitting up keeps you mobile.

   Half-second crops (.frames/yfin2-yrUXIujVGTM-2.png, .frames/yfin3-yrUXIujVGTM-2.png): Giles's left hand is on the partner's left trouser leg at the knee, the far knee, which is bent and up while the partner's right leg, the near one with the yellow knee patch, lies extended along the mat without a grip, at 4:25 to 4:26 and 4:44 to 4:45.5; in the first finish he stays seated upright through the leg swing and the hold (3:33 to 3:37.5, .frames/xfin0-yrUXIujVGTM-2..3.png); in the second and third his back goes toward the viewer's left, his own left, as the leg swings (4:23 to 4:24.5, 4:42.5 to 4:43.5, .frames/xfin2a-yrUXIujVGTM-3.png, .frames/yfin3-yrUXIujVGTM-2.png), the turn falling across samples; the passage at 3:57 to 4:02 (.frames/yfin1-yrUXIujVGTM-1..2.png) is his counterexample, lying on the side, which he says makes the angle harder, and it is not a finish. His words: still sitting up because it gives me some mobility; I want to grab his leg; I want to turn to him ninety degrees; I'm staying up; if you're lying on your side it gets harder to get the angle; let's stay seated. synthesis He says grab the leg and does not say which or where; the stills show the left hand on the far, left knee, the leg on the side of the under arm, and the session takes that knee. Round 1 wrote the right leg and that reading is withdrawn: the near leg with the knee patch lies free.

   3:21Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagistill sitting up because it gives me some mobility; I want to grab his leg; I want to turn to him ninety degrees3:46Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St KildagiI'm starting to try to turn ninety degrees; I'm staying up; if you're lying on your side it gets harder to get the angle; there's other things we can do, but for the first time let's stay seated

   needsyour hips turned out, the left leg across his belt linegiveshis left leg held at the knee, you at ninety degrees, seatedevidenceframes

6. 5

   Swing the right leg over his right shoulder; the choking elbow tight

   Swing your right leg over the top and catch his right shoulder with it, so the leg lies across his shoulder and arm. Keep the choking elbow tight against his neck: the elbow that lifts is how he pops his head out.

   Half-second crops (.frames/xfin0-yrUXIujVGTM-2..3.png, .frames/yfin2-yrUXIujVGTM-2.png, .frames/yfin3-yrUXIujVGTM-2.png): the right leg lies over the partner's right shoulder and upper arm three times, at 3:36 to 3:37.5 with Giles seated upright, at 4:25 to 4:25.5 and at 4:44 to 4:45.5, the left leg across the belt line each time; the swing before each falls across samples (3:33 to 3:35.5, 4:23 to 4:24.5, 4:42.5 to 4:43.5); in the second finish the leg is off again at 4:26 and stays off while the partner sits up at 4:27 to 4:27.5, and in the third 4:46 to 4:47.5 is the release and the sitting up; the passage at 3:57 to 4:02 is not a finish but his counterexample, lying on the side, which he says makes the angle harder; rounds 1 to 3 read that passage as the first finish, and round 2 wrote a second swing at 4:26.5 and a hold at 4:46, and those claims are withdrawn; at 4:07 to 4:19 Giles shows the head popping out when the elbow is loose (.frames/zfin-yrUXIujVGTM-7..8.png). His words: I want to swing my right leg over the top and catch the shoulder; when your partner sees it they can pop their head out, this is the next most common way people lose it, clear their elbow; so just make sure your elbow's tight; you shouldn't have to pull his head out underneath. synthesis The leg is his word, right, and the stills agree; the leg lands on the shoulder, never across the face, which is the session's stop.

   3:21Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St KildagiI want to swing my right leg over the top and catch the shoulder4:07Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagiwhen your partner sees it they can pop their head out; this is the next most common way people lose it, clear their elbow; so just make sure your elbow's tight; you shouldn't have to pull his head out underneath; swing my leg over the top and that's it

   needshis left leg held at the knee, you at ninety degrees, seatedgivesyour right leg over his right shoulder, the elbow tightevidenceframes

7. 6

   Finish: draw the elbow to your hip, slowly, to the tap; release

   Do not pull back with the arm. Draw your right elbow toward your own hip, keep the leg on his shoulder and the hand on his leg, and let the angle finish it, slowly, until he taps; release at once.

   Half-second crops (.frames/xfin0-yrUXIujVGTM-3.png, .frames/yfin2-yrUXIujVGTM-2.png, .frames/yfin3-yrUXIujVGTM-2.png): the position is held with the right leg over the partner's right shoulder, the left leg across his belt line, the right hand in his left collar and the left hand on his left leg at 3:36 to 3:37.5, at 4:25 to 4:25.5 and at 4:44 to 4:45.5, and released each time: in the first the camera closes in at 3:38 and the configuration continues through 3:40.5, the leg comes off at 3:41 to 3:41.5 and the partner sits up at 3:42, about five seconds in the position; in the second the leg is off at 4:26, and in the third 4:46 to 4:47.5 is the release, a second or two each; no tap is visible in the stills, and whether the choke was tight in any of the three is not visible either: the stills show the configuration held, not the pressure. His words: I'm not pulling back, I just put my elbow towards my hip and I get the choke; get that shoulder back. synthesis The tap, the slow application and the release are the session's rules; Giles shows the finishing position three times and no tap.

   3:21Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St KildagiI'm not pulling back, I just put my elbow towards my hip and I get the choke3:46Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagiget that shoulder back, grab the lapel, pull down, feed it to your hand

   needsyour right leg over his right shoulder, the elbow tightgivesthe tapevidenceframes

B1

The hand fight before the collar: two hands on your wrist, the elbow held, the chin tucked, the seatbelt foughtreference onlythe choking hand under his chin or in his collar, in Giancarlo Bodoni's, MMA Leech's, Nick Albin's, Jean Jacques Machado's, the Roger Gracie TV coach's, the Escapology coach's, Gordon Ryan's, John Danaher's, Rafael Lovato's and Lachlan Giles's own words; their own ends

Bodoni, no-gi, names the primary defensive hand, the one opposite the strangle arm, and makes a habit of stripping it and winning top hand position, because whoever has his hand on top wins the hand fight; a constant threat to the neck is what keeps the back. Leech peels the hand up toward the thumb instead of pushing it down, twists the wrist, feeds the arm to the leg and hooks the leg on the hip so the arm stays trapped. Chewjitsu breaks a two-handed grip on the sleeve by pinching the knees and extending the hips, chokes with one arm when the other is held, or scoots under to the other side; and, no-gi, lifts a tucked chin with a chin strap before the choking hand goes under. Machado swims the hand in instead of racing for the collar, works the elbows rather than the hands, and traps the arm behind his leg with the top hand. The Roger Gracie TV coach attacks palm out through the fingertips, gets the thumb under the jawline first and lets the hand follow, and hides the choking hand under his own. The Escapology coach catches the fingers, punches the hand down and pushes off the hip to free the arm. Gordon Ryan, no-gi, glues the trapped hands to his torso and loops the heel over the wrist; Danaher, no-gi, controls the turn with one elbow in front of a shoulder and one behind, and in the interview says the hand traps work once the arm is brought below the line of the pectorals. Lovato feeds the collar and goes back to trapping the arm. Giles's harness is high under the armpit with the elbows tight and the head next to his head. synthesis Tonight's partner fights only with his hands on the wrist; the fight for the seatbelt itself and the arm traps are references, and the hooks are never given up.

0:22Giancarlo Bodonino-gino-gi: my opponent does a good job at having his defensive hands in place; he has a primary and a secondary defensive hand; the most important is the primary, that's always going to be the one opposite of my strangle arm1:23Giancarlo Bodonino-gino-gi: the idea of top hand position; generally speaking whoever's hands are on top is winning in this situation; if I have my hand on top of his hand I'm in control of the hand fight3:24Giancarlo Bodonino-gino-gi: you have to create a habit of constantly stripping off your opponent's primary defensive hand; whenever I feel that this hand is on my wrist I come in and I take it off, and then I can bring the hand high2:04Giancarlo Bodonino-gino-gi: if you can keep a constant threat of your opponent's neck you will have a much higher success rate on not only keeping the back but finishing from the back0:45MMA Leechgithe arm that's under his armpit I'm going to reach to his hand; I'm always trying to work on this side of his hand, peeling the hand up; that's how I'm going to break his grip, instead of trying to push down and force it1:47MMA Leechginow I'm going to feed this arm to my leg, so I just punch down; the best option is throw my leg over here and push my foot towards the ground, trapping his arm2:09MMA LeechgiI'm almost hooking my leg here on his hip, making it really really hard for him to free the arm; that's the ideal position, if you can get here it's very very high percentage0:41Nick Albin · Chewjitsugiif they start to grab, a really simple thing you can do: pinch the knees together over here and then extend the hips and push; I can push against his head and pull the arm out, and then we can go right back into the choke1:44Nick Albin · Chewjitsugilet's say that you get one arm around the neck; you can do a one arm choke with this all day long, he can take this hand away from me and I can still finish this; we're gonna use the hips though4:01Nick Albin · Chewjitsugiinstead of trying to break the grip, just hang on to him, use your foot to reach out and pull your body under, so now we're centred; and now I can start to attack with this one and go right over to the side0:26Nick Albin · Chewjitsuno-gino-gi: my choking arm is here on the bottom; I'm going to take my hand that's on the other side and I'm going to slide under and get a hold of this chin; I'll typically call this a chin strap grip1:09Nick Albin · Chewjitsuno-gino-gi: slide in, get a hold of the grip; from here this hand pull it back, and then right here we're making just a little bit of space, and now we can finish0:23Jean Jacques Machadogiimagine I'm swimming; if his hands are like this, instead of trying to reach the collar here, I'm going inside; now I'm digging this way, then he puts the hand back, then I'm going again3:07Jean Jacques Machadogimy arms are in front of his arms; if I try to play a race with him, my hand will get to his collar before his hand gets to his collar; the thing is to be in the collar before him1:42Jean Jacques Machadogiif somebody blocks like this, the last thing I want to do is be fighting that too much; let people fight; instead of working on the hands, I fall back, I'm working on his elbows; look where my knee is2:22Jean Jacques Machadogiwhen you fall back, just slide the rear hand; I want my right arm to go under his elbow; now you can bring it up, slow; look what happened, he just opened up everything0:00Jean Jacques Machadogimany times I get my hand in and the objective is to bring it behind my leg this way; here we go, lock him; you can come back with the hook0:43Jean Jacques Machadogia lot of times what you can do to trick him: my right hand goes like this and I trap my leg; I will use the top hand to do that, you have the hook, fall to that side, now that is free, now I can push his arm and I trap0:28Roger Gracie TVgiwe want to look palm facing outside; the way they defend is always across, so I need to go between his hand and his neck; as long as I'm on the outside he's defending2:31Roger Gracie TVgithe moment that even just my thumb goes under his jaw, I'm already in; I don't need the hand, my hand will follow; the wrist follows the thumb, all I need is something inside his jaw0:24Roger Gracie TVgiwhen you're attacking people's back and you have the seat belt, you want to hold the person tight, and it's very important which hand goes on top of which, because that's the main hand that chokes, this one is a support1:02Escapology BJJgifor this one I'm going to go kind of over the knuckles around the squishy bit and I punch this down; momentarily what this does is it gives her only one hand to defend with1:43Escapology BJJgiI'm going to push and stretch; I'm punching this down and I'm pushing on her hip to free up my arm; it's going to come over the top and make the grip exchange underneath her neck2:07Gordon Ryanno-gino-gi: when I split the hands, I glue his hands to his own torso, so now when he goes to strip the grips he can't do it; now from here we can start taking our leg up and over; we can throw our heel over his wrist2:50John Danaher · BJJ Fanaticsno-gino-gi: one elbow is in front of one shoulder and one elbow is behind the other, and as a result when he goes to turn in one direction one elbow will stop him, and when he goes to turn in the other, the other elbow will stop him2:30John Danaher · Tristar Gymno-giI devised a series of simple hand traps, then I started to realise that the key to hand trapping was to take an opponent's arm and bring it below the line of their pectorals3:31John Danaher · Tristar Gymno-giour whole thing was never be satisfied with the back pin by itself, but rather ruthlessly seek to pin your opponent's arms into a position where they cannot form effective defences1:00Rafael Lovato Jr. · BJJ Fanaticsgiof course we can come for our collar grip, our choking grip on the lapel; if you need to let go of this wrist for a second to feed, that's fine; you can always feed and then go right back to trapping1:14Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagiwhat I want to do with my harness, which I think is the most important thing, is I want to have my elbows tight and back like this, and I want to work my hands nice and high up, high under the armpit and elbow towards the shoulder1:35Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagiif my hands are down here he can turn a lot more and I can lose some of the control; once you connect your hands you're going to try and walk your arms back, and put your head next to their head

B2

The other chokes from the same collar grip: the sliding collar, the double lapel, the half nelson, the one-arm choke, the collar finish without the legreference onlythe tap from the same grip, in Nick Albin's, Johnny's, Matt Arroyo's, John Danaher's, MMA Leech's, Marcelo Garcia's, Xande Ribeiro's, Lorenz Sadychow's, Rafael Lovato's, the Rickson academy coach's, Jean Jacques Machado's and the Gracie Ohio coach's words; their own ends

Chewjitsu runs five collar chokes off one flipped lapel: the double lapel, the knife-hand pin, the half nelson in two ways, the propped-elbow finish on the single lapel when the second grip will not come, and the bow and arrow, all finished by flexing the wrist into the neck. Johnny runs six from the seatbelt, the zipper choke and the half nelson before the bow and arrow. Arroyo's three share one deep grip, thumb to the ear and the blade turned in, the first the one Roger Gracie finished Buchecha with. Danaher's sliding collar family is any strangle from behind with the second hand on the second lapel, the wrist or the pants, with a foot across the hip and a leg over the shoulder. Leech's collar choke from the back takes the second lapel down toward the hip and props the elbow. Marcelo Garcia feeds the collar from the side of a turtling partner and finishes on top, a bow and arrow without the leg. Xande kills the gap with the shoulder and finishes the collar before he ever needs the angle. Sadychow takes the collar and the opposite lapel and finishes in the wrists. Lovato takes both collars with the arm trapped and points the knee at the ceiling. The Rickson academy coach loosens two fingers so the grip has an angle to torque through. Machado, no-gi, takes the back and the choke in one motion from the turtle. The Gracie Ohio coach shows from the bottom why the old sliding collar is harder to escape than the bow and arrow. synthesis References from their own set-ups; tonight the grip goes to the bow and arrow only.

0:20Nick Albin · Chewjitsugiwhen we grab the lapel I'm not going to just grab it like this; the problem is I can really only get a strong grip with maybe one or two of my fingers and my thumb, and I can't utilise my whole hand1:21Nick Albin · Chewjitsugigrab the bottom lapel here, I got the top lapel, I'm going to pull in; this wrist flexes down, this wrist flexes up into his neck, and at the same time I'm squeezing my elbows1:43Nick Albin · Chewjitsugiif he's fighting with his hands a lot you can go in and get a hold with your underarm, the knife hand, pin it to his body, pull this arm back and again flex the wrist and extend your hips3:04Nick Albin · Chewjitsugiwhat's the key: we're always flexing the wrist into it; anytime you do a collar choke you're always flexing the wrist one way or the other2:44Nick Albin · Chewjitsugiwe can't get a second grip; come up to my elbow, pull, flexing the wrist0:00Johnny · Johnny Jitsugiusually we have some form of a seat belt that we're working here; as she goes to defend, I'm going to open up the collar and work into that cross collar grip0:21Johnny · Johnny Jitsugithe first one, which is our collar choke or a zipper choke: pulling the arm across the throat as I'm unzipping her lapel by pulling down; from this collar choke I'm just going to move my hand that was underneath to a half nelson position0:20Matt Arroyogithe first choke is the most basic, this is the one that Roger Gracie tapped Buchecha in: grab the far lapel, pull it straight down, pull this across0:40Matt Arroyoginumber two, go inside of the elbow pit, lift the arm up, and do a rear naked choke grip; to finish we just straighten both arms, so it's make a scissor17:34John Danaher · Bernardo Faria BJJ Fanaticsgithe sliding collar refers to any situation where you're behind your opponent; there are three main choices: second lapel, wrist, and pants; you can do this with hooks in, you can do it without hooks in0:20MMA LeechgiI want to open his gi here, pulling the lapel away from his neck; this is the assistance hand, this is the choking hand; the choking hand is the one always over the shoulder1:02MMA Leechginow the assistant hand controls the other lapel and I'm going to remove the slack from the other lapel by pulling down towards his hip2:02MMA LeechgiI want to keep the choking arm bent at the elbow, so all I'm going to do is prop to my elbow; my elbow stays behind his neck, my arm is still bent, there is weight on my elbow2:24Marcelo Garcia · Marcelo Garcia Jiu-JitsugiI'm going to give the other hand on the other side and I'm going to feed it, and I want to get my hand really close to his chin; so I'm not going to just feed and let it loose, I feed really close8:58Marcelo Garcia · Marcelo Garcia Jiu-JitsugiI think this is most like a bow and arrow but I don't have the leg; it's basically the same one, but you don't have the leg because the person does not give you a chance to put the leg; if you have a collar, you have a neck1:13Xande Ribeiro · GRACIEMAGgiI want to control his far arm or control the cross lapel; I want to move my shoulder away until I take this position; I can even come with my shoulder up here, and now I took all the gap away1:55Xande Ribeiro · GRACIEMAGgiI throw my shoulder back and start to adjust by putting my shoulder right on his back, the back of his neck; now I go around, pull, and finish him right here3:59Lorenz Sadychow · More Than Grapplinggiyou can grab this hand, the more basic variation, or you grab the opposite lapel; you don't have to grab as high, you can grab a bit lower, you just straighten it, re-grab and straighten it again; now there's nice tension5:21Lorenz Sadychow · More Than GrapplinggiI'm going to get my elbow even farther behind, retract my elbow, turn it, lean my shoulder into the back of his neck; and now the finish is in the wrists18:15John Danaher · Bernardo Faria BJJ Fanaticsgiinstead substituting a foot across the hip, and then a leg over the shoulder1:22Rafael Lovato Jr. · BJJ FanaticsgiI'm not big on going to the leg; I prefer the feeling of both collars in my hand, I feel like there's a little bit more control and more force, because now I can pull his head down into the choke2:02Rafael Lovato Jr. · BJJ Fanaticsgionce I have both collars, really all I need to do is kick and extend my legs and start to point my knee up towards the ceiling; from here I can squeeze my knees around his head and shoulders1:24Rickson Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academygieither you grab here or you grab here, here or here; in that case my torque needs to be done that way; so if I have to torque, those two fingers loosen up a little bit1:01Jean Jacques Machadono-gino-gi: I'm leaning towards the side but at the same time I use the hook over him because I'll be blocking the leg, and this hand goes for the choke as I'm bringing him down; the hook and the choke0:30Gracie Ohio Jiu-Jitsu Academygithe standard collar choke here where she gets a good deep bite in the collar; the second hand, the weak side arm, comes over and grabs the far side collar, takes the slack out, and now she stretches her arms3:15Gracie Ohio Jiu-Jitsu Academygiwith the bow and arrow she spins, and if I do it too late she's closed off that space and I'm not going to be able to escape the same way

B3

The entries from elsewhere: the turtle, the clock choke, side control, the mount, the back kept while he escapesreference onlythe seatbelt with the collar in hand, or the bow and arrow taken on the way, in Emily Kwok's, the Gracie Barra Long Island coach's, Lukas Leasure's, Johnny's, the Gracie Barra Aliso Viejo coach's, Rob Hileman's, Nick Albin's, Bruno Frazatto's, the Great Grappling coach's and Lachlan Giles's words; their own ends

Kwok, on a turtled partner, retracts the seatbelt so the top elbow sucks into her hip and the partner's face goes to the mat, then four fingers in the lapel, step over, elbow behind the neck, sit back. The Gracie Barra Long Island coach, when the clock choke is held off, pushes the head down with the shoulder, rotates him between the legs, gets the hooks, falls to the side opposite the choking hand and walks the leg up the shoulder. Luke goes from underhook side control to the seatbelt, then knee slide, heel to the hip, sit and take the outside of the knee, leg over the shoulder. Johnny hides it behind a cross collar choke from the mount, knee behind the shoulder, grips switched to the pants. The Gracie Barra Aliso Viejo coach turns a failed mount choke to the side, controls the outside of the knee, tucks the back foot in before rolling, catches the arm. Hileman, when the hips get outside both legs, bites down, sucks the elbow under, builds him up to seated, takes the far pant leg, circles and drops the knee behind the head. Chewjitsu, with the grip in, drops the leg on purpose, lets him turn, comes up to side mount, grabs the knee and rocks the weight onto him before the leg swings. Frazatto baits the escape onto his bottom leg, steps over, comes up on the knee and slides it to the shoulder. The Great Grappling coach leads the hand over the shoulder when the partner falls back into the pocket. Giles, from the overtime start, rolls to the side and puts the knee behind the head. synthesis Tonight starts with the back already held; every entry here is another night's start.

1:27Emily Kwok · Kingston Jiu Jitsugijust like it's called a seat belt grip, I'm going to retract my seat belt; so this top arm, the elbow is going to get sucked into my hip, and it automatically drops my partner's face to the mat2:27Emily Kwok · Kingston Jiu Jitsuginow open up the lapel, four fingers inside, step over; get the flap of the lapel all the way through the palm of your hand2:48Emily Kwok · Kingston Jiu Jitsugifrom here I'm going to look to pull my elbow behind her neck, sit back, and we have a really good bow and arrow choke0:41Gracie Barra Long Islandgiwhen I feel like I can't get it, he's not tapping, I'm going to use my shoulder to push his head down; now I rotate him between my legs, now I get the hooks; as soon as my hook goes in I'm gonna fall to the opposite side of the choking hand1:02Gracie Barra Long Islandgileft foot on the hip or on the mat, we need an angle, so I push and I start walking, walk my leg up, walk up his shoulder, lock my legs; from here I push down with my legs and we finish the choke2:49Lukas Leasuregihe's gonna have his elbow tied to his knee, so I'm gonna use my arm to lift, pry open that space, and I step over and I lock my heel in tight to his hip; from here we sit and grab the outside of the knee; don't pull your partner over your leg0:26Johnny · Johnny Jitsugiwhen you have mount position, I'm posting, go for that cross collar, grab, knuckles all the way down to the ground; now I'm going to start bringing my knee behind the shoulder, locking up that arm0:47Johnny · Johnny Jitsugiwith my lapel grip I'm going to switch hands, switch grips; once I have that grip, grab onto the pant, now I'm going to step up and put my knee inside, and here I just sit back and expand0:42Gracie Barra Aliso ViejogiI'm going to switch my grip, control the knee, tuck my foot in, roll back, catch his leg, his arm, and finish the bow and arrow choke from here1:46Gracie Barra Aliso Viejogito finish, my leg here I'm going to tuck it in right by his back; I don't want my foot out when I roll back, I might land in a really odd position for my knee; when I tuck it in, my foot comes out right underneath him0:22Rob Hileman · Revgeargionce my partner starts escaping my hooks and he's too far outside of my legs, I like to bite down on the shoulder and start to move my body where I'm getting parallel with my partner; I'm gonna suck my elbow under, and then build myself up to my knees and bring my partner up to a seated position1:04Rob Hileman · Revgeargiafter I've acquired the collar I like to grab the pants on the far leg and I start to bring my partner in a circular motion; and then I let my knee come into this hole behind his head; from this position I step up, build this wall with my shins, I sit back1:08Nick Albin · Chewjitsugiinstead of doing this I'm going to let this leg drop; this is calculated, I know I'm possibly giving him an out, but that's kind of the point; as he does this I'm putting my other leg here and we're gonna drop down2:52Nick Albin · Chewjitsugifrom here I'm gonna come up to my elbow, up to my knee, and then we're in this top, sort of side mount position; grab the knee and rock your weight onto the person's body, this will allow you to swing the leg around easily1:45Bruno Frazatto · TELARIgiwhat I like to do is give it a chance: slide the hips to the side, my bottom leg I'm gonna put it down on the floor and let him start to slide on top of my leg, and when he is like this I step over3:05Bruno Frazatto · TELARIgikeep my head close to the shoulder and my elbow on the floor, slide my knee as close as possible to his shoulder; don't keep your knee up, don't give him space; I sit through, bring my elbow on top of my leg, and step my leg over0:30Great Grapplinggiwhen he starts to push back into me I'll allow him to fall into that pocket, that's what we want; so he's pulled back into that pocket and I've started to lead the hand around; notice I'm leading over the shoulder0:51Great Grapplinggihe is doing a good job trying to keep his head in and I can't really get my hand deep up in the collar; that's a great time to set up that bow and arrow choke; I take a good strong grip right here3:46Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St KildagiI keep my chest pressure, I come up and I put my right knee behind the head; when we're here I'm pulling my right elbow up on top of my leg so it makes the harness nice and tight1:02Marcelo Garcia · Marcelo Garcia Jiu-JitsugiI'm not going to the seat belt, I'm going to come up with the collar, come up on my toes; I'm going to reach for the collar and put my hand over back

B4

The other finishes: the shin on the neck, the leg over the wrist, the leg over the head, the knee behind the head, the double collar, the leg grip at the hip, the seat under his shouldersreference onlythe tap, in Chad Hardy's, Ed Abrasley's, Rafael Lovato's, Hillary Van Ornum's, Andrew Chappelle's, Coach Tom's, Lachlan Giles's, Giancarlo Bodoni's, Rob Biernacki's, Jordan's, John Danaher's, Helena Crevar's, the Grappler Station coach's and Coach Nate's words; their own ends

Chad Hardy has three when the standard one stalls: the knee and shin driven into the back of the neck, the leg over the wrist with the feet crossed to kill the grip, and the leg nearest his legs thrown across his head to bite down. Abrasley's modified bow and arrow takes a lower collar, the hand over the top, thumb in with the pinky to the ceiling, and drives the knee into the gap on the head. Lovato takes both collars instead of the pants and points the knee at the ceiling with the elbow packed low. Van Ornum steps on the hip, comes over the hip with the leg, crosses the feet, pulls the heels to her seat and chops the head into the choke, with the armbar and the wrist lock waiting. Chappelle takes the leg at the hip, not the knee, and crosses the legs as he meets the shoulder. Coach Tom, put on his bad side, opens both legs to the other side of the body, wiggles the seat under his shoulders and puts the heel on the far shoulder with the elbow down. Giles, from the overtime start, puts the knee behind the head and pulls the elbow up onto the leg to tighten the harness before the leg goes over. Bodoni pushes him away into a T, tucks the elbow under the ear and climbs the legs over the shoulder with the knee tight behind the forearm. Biernacki caps the shoulder with the leg, crosses the ankles and leg presses with the inside of the knee while rowing the elbows shut. Jordan's chair sit removes the bottom hook, puts the knee at the shoulders and sits back with the pant grip. Danaher uses the leg's push and the falling weight together. Crevar crosses the near leg over the hip and the far leg over the shoulder; the Grappler Station coach covers the arm with the leg, crosses the ankles and kicks away; Nate deadlifts. synthesis References from their own set-ups; tonight's finish is Giles's, the leg over the shoulder and the elbow to the hip.

0:40Chad Hardy · Chad The Beast HardygiI control where he's up on his side, I get control of the knee, and when I'm ready to go I hop up and I take my knee and my shin and I drive it into his neck and I try to stretch him out as much as I can1:21Chad Hardy · Chad The Beast Hardygipeople would get control of my arm and I couldn't get enough of a torque; so what I would do is fall back and take my leg over top of his wrist; now I'm gonna cross my feet, that takes away the grip, and now I can finish2:06Chad Hardy · Chad The Beast Hardygimaybe I just can't get enough of a pull, I can't cross my feet, he's got really wide shoulders; so what I'm gonna do is take my leg that's closest to his legs and throw it across his head0:21Ed Abrasley · BJJ Fanaticsgithe hand that was still high in the collar, I still had the grip, so it's the same feed; I just open, feed, thumb in, but at this time it's thumb, four fingers out, pinky to the ceiling1:46Ed Abrasley · BJJ Fanaticsgionce I get my grip, I'm putting my knee inside this little gap, my knee comes in, start the lawnmower; that's why the knee slides right here in this little gap1:02Hillary Van Ornum · Bernardo Faria BJJ FanaticsgiI like to step on the hip and then come over the leg, or over his hip with my leg, make a seat belt; I also really prefer to go over the shoulder; this is going to make it harder for him to defend1:22Hillary Van Ornum · Bernardo Faria BJJ FanaticsgiI also cross my feet and I pull my heels to my butt; I think about bringing my elbow behind his head to finish the choke; my preferred way to do it is to chop his head off into the choke1:44Hillary Van Ornum · Bernardo Faria BJJ Fanaticsgiif I can keep this arm and for whatever reason he doesn't tap, then I can go to my armbar here or the wrist lock; but I really like to think about being able to move my hips around rather than being stuck1:04Andrew Chappelle BJJgiwe're going to grab more at the hip here, but it has to be a solid grip; if it's loose he'll roll out of it; once we come to this direction, this leg is going to come high and this one's going to come and lock up over the shoulder2:06Andrew Chappelle BJJgiI scoot my leg across, once I get this I grab the hip, and as I'm falling back this leg is coming over the shoulder; as I meet with my other shoulder here I cross my legs, keep it nice and tight, and then I pull1:03Coach Tom · The Grappling AcademygiI'm going to hold him tight and I'm just going to hold the lapel and I put my right thumb in; you'll notice I turn the lapel; I'm going to hold him and reach down and grab his pants, even if I can only grab near the waistband1:44Coach Tom · The Grappling Academygionce my butt is under his shoulders, my right heel comes on top of his far shoulder right here, and now I keep my elbow down and I stretch and I get an easy tap; there's all body underneath here, so if he tries to get his head out there's nowhere for it to go2:59Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagiif he just stays on his side like this I can't retract my leg and it's kind of hard to get enough leverage to pull on this arm; I want to remove my right leg, get up, bring it high and then end up with that leg over the shoulder4:06Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagiyou're just going to take your left hand, turn the collar, feed it to your right hand like this, and then you're going to lean and grab onto the far leg4:05Giancarlo BodonigiI pushed him away, I tucked the elbow below the ear, and now I begin the process of climbing my legs over the shoulder; now his head is above mine, that's what I want, because now I have a ton of leverage to push him away5:26Giancarlo Bodonigianother mistake is they sit all the way up and then he's going to be able to slip the head out; instead I push him away just enough, and watch how my knee stays nice and tight behind my forearm0:00Rob Biernacki · Stephan Kestinggimaking a shelf and gripping the lapel that way rather than just gripping it straight on is going to provide you a stronger anchor point; we want to make this triangle shape, putting our partner's head in the crease of our biceps2:22Rob Biernacki · Stephan Kestinggiit's a little bit relaxed and all of a sudden it's totally on; that's happening because I'm rowing my elbows shut, I'm using my back and I'm using my legs; we can add this back extension at the end if we need to9:40Jordan · Jordan Teaches Jiujitsugifor the chair sit you remove your bottom hook so you can place your knee of that leg at the shoulders and then sit back while securing the pant grip; with your other leg you should bring your heel to their hip11:23John Danaher · Bernardo Faria BJJ Fanaticsgias I push with my leg, my body weight moves out to the side; as my hip moves further and further away from my opponent I'm using a combination of leg strength and falling body weight to massively increase the power of the strangle0:00Helena Crevar · BJJ FanaticsgiI'm right here in the back and I have my seat belt, I'm going to open her collar and I'm going to grab her pant on her right leg; now I want to transfer my right leg across her hip and my left leg can go over the shoulder so I can lay back0:21Helena Crevar · BJJ Fanaticsgiright here, if I need to, I can lock my legs or I can keep them right on the hip; now I want to pull down until she taps0:55Grappler Stationgifrom here I'm going to cover his arm with my right leg, crossing both ankles; I'm going to pull both grips in and kick my feet away for the finish0:44Coach Nate · BJJ4Breakfastgito finish the choke I just sit back and do a deadlift and extend and pull him, creating a bow and arrow like configuration between my body and his body1:22Rafael Lovato Jr. · BJJ FanaticsgiI prefer the feeling of both collars in my hand, I feel like there's a little bit more control and more force, because now I can pull his head down into the choke2:02Rafael Lovato Jr. · BJJ Fanaticsgionce I have both collars, really all I need to do is kick and extend my legs and start to point my knee up towards the ceiling1:41Rob Biernacki · Stephan Kestinggiideally my right leg is going to cut his shoulder off or cap his shoulder off and I'm going to cross my ankles, creating a closed circuit that's going to allow me to extend

B5

His escape: what the partner will try, in Giles's own words and the escape coaches'reference onlythe partner's script for the rounds; the escape itself is another document's, in Lachlan Giles's, the Gracie Ohio coach's, Henry Akins's, Rob Biernacki's, the Revolution BJJ coaches', Simon's, Matt Arroyo's, Jean Jacques Machado's, the Pearson coach's, Andre Galvao's and Jordan's words

Giles's own escape chapter: do not push the hooks with your hands, defend the neck with them, both hands on the wrist pulling down or the sleeve pulled with the elbow by your side, the other hand on the back of his elbow, then the shoulders to the mat on the side the choking hand points. The Gracie Ohio coach grabs the elbow and the shoulder, slides the hips down as the choke stretches and pulls the arm over the head; against the bow and arrow he breaks the pant grip and rolls out; his other option, both hands on the choking lapel to straighten it down at the moment the pressure comes on, is his last ditch, not a first choice, and its timing cue is not the pant-grip escape's. Akins keeps the arm in so the leg cannot come over the shoulder, plucks the grip off the leg by bringing the knee to the hands and kicking the leg straight, and turns into the pull. Biernacki stays parallel with the hips to the heels, puts the crown of the head into the armpit and grabs the elbow, not the sleeve. The Revolution coaches keep the elbow inside and on the floor, strip the grip and slide down to the hole. Simon grabs the sleeve, opens the elbow and puts the ear to the shoulder to slip the head through. Arroyo takes a baseball bat grip on the choking wrist and an elbow clamp on the bottom arm, kicks the bottom hook out, scrapes the back flat and turns in, never away; the choke points the way of the escape. Machado gets his head to the other side of theirs. The Pearson coach doubles up on the sleeve and tips to the weak side. Galvao gets the thumb in on the choking arm, the triceps, the hook out and cartwheels over. Jordan's defence is a two on one that keeps the elbow in front of the head. synthesis The rounds' partner takes from this list only the hand fight before the grip closes: two hands on the wrist, the elbow grabbed, the collar hand pulled down, the chin tucked; he does not strip a closed grip, never turns in and never clears the hooks, because those escapes and the grip's recovery are not qualified here.

4:51Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagifirst thing, don't get choked; don't try to use your hands to push their hooks, that gives them your neck; your hands have to be playing a role of defending your neck5:12Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagiboth hands on the wrist and pulling down; you can grab the sleeve here and pull it; if you can grab this sleeve and pull your elbow by your side, even if they get your lapel it's hard for them to get a lot of leverage5:32Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagiyour other hand you can grab the back of the elbow, that also helps stop me pulling that elbow back; I want to try and get my shoulders to the mat6:14Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagithe one that's around the neck is pointing; I want to go that way, the direction the hands are pointing; so I want to try and get my head to the mat on that side if I can1:31Gracie Ohio Jiu-Jitsu Academygiso I use leverage; I'm going to hold the elbow and reach up with the near side arm and grab the shoulder, because she wants to extend this to finish the choke3:35Gracie Ohio Jiu-Jitsu Academyginow she's holding on to the pants; most people hold the pants, because if she lets go or she loses this grip I'm going to roll out; break the grip and now I can roll here3:55Gracie Ohio Jiu-Jitsu Academygia last ditch effort; this is not going to be your first go-to4:15Gracie Ohio Jiu-Jitsu Academygithe tighter the banjo string the easier it breaks; when she starts to put the choking pressure on, I got one chance0:22Henry Akins · Henry Akins' Hidden Jiu-Jitsuginotice what I did with my hand; I'm basically keeping my arm in tight, blocking him from being able to throw his leg over my shoulder; even if their ankle comes over my wrist I can clear it by sweeping my hand1:30Henry Akins · Henry Akins' Hidden Jiu-Jitsugihe's got a super deep grip, he's holding on to my pant leg; what I'll do is bring my leg up towards my hands, bring your knee close enough that you can grab their wrist; once you grab the wrist you basically kick your leg straight1:04Henry Akins · Henry Akins' Hidden Jiu-Jitsugiso I pluck that grip off the leg and I immediately gotta turn, and I'm turning towards the direction that he's pulling; so I'm going with the force of the choke, and that kind of unravels it0:44Rob Biernacki · Stephan Kestinggilet's just say he has those hooks and he has that collar; the very first thing I want to do is stay parallel, I need to bring my weight down, I want to bring my hips towards my heels and stay parallel1:27Rob Biernacki · Stephan Kestinggithe third thing is that I want to grab the elbow, elbow not the sleeve; you'll feel like you want to grab the sleeve, it feels natural, but I want to grab his elbow0:29Keith and Jarrett · Revolution BJJ Ashlandgigrab the hand keeping my elbow inside; I want to keep my elbow inside of his arm, between his arm and my leg, grabbing the grip, stripping that off; keeping my elbow on the floor0:49Keith and Jarrett · Revolution BJJ Ashlandgistart sliding down, find that hole with my head, step over his leg, scissor his legs, switch the hips and come up on top0:43Simon · Inverted Geargihe has to get his head through, so if the guy's good at the bow and arrow you really have to make sure this elbow is nice and tight; you will see people grabbing the sleeve; you're going to grab the sleeve and open the elbow and put their ear to the shoulder1:24Matt Arroyogistep one, baseball bat grip on the choke hand, the one that's over your shoulder; step two, elbow clamp on the bottom arm; I don't want him to be able to get this arm out4:51Matt Arroyogionce my back is flat I'm going to look into him and turn, never am I going to turn away; the biggest white belt mistake I see is they do everything perfect, they get their back to the wall, and they turn the wrong way5:34Matt Arroyogihis choke is going to show the way of your escape; if this is the choke arm and he's pointing that way, that's the side I want to go to; the choke will point the way to the escape0:00Jean Jacques Machadogiwhenever somebody makes the control in the back, my thought now is how can I put my head on the other side of his head; if I do that, I say I'm safe1:45Jean Jacques Machadogithis is the blocking choke; the more I press his arm down the less he can use it; and now he cannot grab my leg to do bow and arrow or anything0:56Pearson Brazilian Jiu-Jitsugifirst grip I'm going to make is come across my body, make four fingers in the sleeve and start to pull the elbow down and in front, and then I'm just going to double up on the sleeve up above the elbow to get a two-on-one grip1:16Pearson Brazilian Jiu-JitsugiI'm going to pull my right foot up, extend my left foot down, and that tips us to this weak side, where it's a little bit harder for him to get his finishes and a little bit easier for me to get my escapes0:41Andre Galvao · Atos Jiu-Jitsu HQgifirst thing I've got to do is control his arm; I like to use my thumb here, get inside with my top arm; I can grab like this but this is not enough, I like it with the thumb1:25Andre Galvao · Atos Jiu-Jitsu HQgiI'll control with the thumb in, grab right on the triceps, pulling his sleeve down; lift your shoulder like this, if he does that it's going to be hard for me to defend6:28Andre Galvao · Atos Jiu-Jitsu HQgiI'm not rolling forward, it's like a cartwheel; so I go one and then two, I try to be with my belly down2:23Jordan · Jordan Teaches Jiujitsugithe opposite is true to defend the bow and arrow: if your opponent sinks in the grip on your lapel, prioritise not letting them get their elbow behind your head; a two-on-one grip is what I recommend, one hand on their lower arm

B6

The cooperative resets: the back lost, the collar hand cleared, the choke on the jaw, the leg bending the head, the feet crossed inside his legscooperative resetrestart from the start position, or stop

synthesis Five ends that are not this document's. The back lost, he turns to face you or clears both hooks: the back retake is another document's; restart. The collar hand cleared after it closed: restart from the seatbelt, because no recovery of the grip from a later phase is qualified here. The forearm on his jaw or his eye: open the hand, re-grip or restart, never tighten. The leg over the shoulder bending his head sideways, or the arm trapped under the leg turning into a shoulder lock: stop at once. The feet crossed between his legs while he still has his hooks free: the ankle lock Jordan warns of; uncross and restart. A neck that complains stops everything.

4:07Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagiwhen your partner sees it they can pop their head out; this is the next most common way people lose it, clear their elbow; so just make sure your elbow's tight3:06Coach Tom · The Grappling AcademygiI would definitely advise not leg pressing through your partner and turning them into a bow shape, because you're not there trying to hurt their spine, you're just there to choke them6:15Jordan · Jordan Teaches Jiujitsuno-gino-gi: tip number eight, beware of the ankle locks; when you cross your feet and you have your feet in the middle of their legs there's a risk of an ankle lock; I cross my feet all the time off to the side, I just don't want them dangling2:48Gracie Barra Aliso Viejogias soon as your partner taps, let go, because this is a quick finish

The head popped out under the elbow

what they are doing

4:07Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagiwhen your partner sees it they can pop their head out; this is the next most common way people lose it, clear their elbow4:48Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagithe most common way people get out of this: they drop their head out the back; you get here and you go how can I pull as hard into the neck as possible, and you open this big space because you're leaning back to get the space0:00Henry Akins · Henry Akins' Hidden Jiu-Jitsugia really common escape for the bow and arrow is they will grab your elbow with both hands and they'll pull your elbow out and basically slip their head through the hole0:22Simon · Inverted Geargibow and arrow: I get my grip, I grab the knee and I come here; now once my legs are over, the one spot he can get out is here

your answer

Recognise it: your elbow lifting off his neck, his chin turning toward the elbow, his head sliding back under your arm. Giles's answer is the elbow kept tight as the leg goes over; Bodoni keeps the forearm under the ear and the knee behind the forearm, and never sits all the way up; Giles, from the overtime start, keeps the elbow close to the hip and the upper body forward instead of leaning back; Chewjitsu rows in tight rather than sitting back. synthesis In the session a head that comes out is a reset, not a chase.

4:07Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagiso just make sure your elbow's tight; you shouldn't have to pull his head out underneath; swing my leg over the top and that's it5:26Giancarlo Bodonigiinstead I push him away just enough, and watch how my knee stays nice and tight behind my forearm, so that if he tries to pop his head out5:09Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagiinstead of doing that I keep my elbow close to my hip and I keep my upper body forward and pull back with my arm; again it should be enough to get the tap2:12Nick Albin · Chewjitsugipull like you're at the gym doing a row and extend; you're pulling in tight rather than sitting back

The grip ripped free through the gap of the hand, or the lapel over his chin

what they are doing

2:18Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagithe gap of my hand is where the material goes straight through and rips free4:15Gracie Ohio Jiu-Jitsu Academygithe tighter the banjo string the easier it breaks; when there's not much tension and she's got a good grip this is hard to rip out of her hands, but when she starts to put the choking pressure on, I got one chance0:00Henry Akins · Henry Akins' Hidden Jiu-Jitsugihe's going for the choke but it's going over the chin, which happens a lot especially when people tuck their chin0:20Nick Albin · ChewjitsugiI can really only get a strong grip with maybe one or two of my fingers and my thumb, and I can't utilise my whole hand

your answer

Recognise it: the cloth sliding in your palm as he pulls, the grip held by two fingertips, the collar riding up over his mouth. Giles turns the lapel out before he grips and curls the fingers over the top; Chewjitsu flips the lip with the thumb so four fingers wrap it; Danaher takes the edge, never the flat, which goes under a tucked chin; Akins slides the fingers behind the lapel and under the chin when it rides over the mouth. synthesis In the session a grip that rips out after it closed is a restart from the seatbelt, in the blocks and the rounds alike, and a lapel on his mouth is opened and re-fed, never pulled.

2:38Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagiyou're feeding it and you're curling your fingers over the top, your wrist, so you've actually got a good grip; nothing worse than getting a collar and then they just rip it out0:41Nick Albin · Chewjitsugipush that thumb in there and it'll flip it out; now we can get four fingers into it, our whole hand can wrap around it, much stronger13:25John Danaher · Bernardo Faria BJJ Fanaticsgiit will not make it difficult for me to turn the lapel down and take the edge; never the flat, always the edge0:42Henry Akins · Henry Akins' Hidden Jiu-Jitsugieven if he's ducking his chin, even if my lapel is over, my fingers slide underneath; I give a little bit of space, sneak my hand inside, and then I pull and it slides underneath

The elbow held tight, the fall back blocked, or his head on the floor

what they are doing

1:34Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagiif he grabs my elbow and holds it really tight I can't fall back to choke1:24Matt Arroyogistep one, baseball bat grip on the choke hand, the one that's over your shoulder; step two, elbow clamp on the bottom arm1:49Rob Biernacki · Stephan Kestinggiwe all have this little ball right on the elbow; I want to find that, like I'm rock climbing, and I want to peel that up; so three things: stay parallel, head into the armpit, grab the elbow2:36Lorenz Sadychow · More Than Grapplinggithe great part on the choking hand side is his head cannot touch the floor because of this elbow; the disadvantage is it's a bit harder to grip fight

your answer

Recognise it: his hand on the point of your elbow, your forearm pinned to his chest, or your elbow on the floor behind him with nowhere to go. Giles's answer is the first thing he does: pull the elbow back over the top of the shoulder before anything else; Machado falls back and works the elbows instead of fighting the hands; Chewjitsu pinches the knees and extends the hips to break a two-handed grip; Sadychow gets momentum from the free leg and sits up onto the elbow to get it off the floor. synthesis In the session an elbow you cannot bring over the top is a reset after ten seconds, not a wrestle.

1:56Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagithe first thing I do is pull my elbow back over the top of the shoulder1:42Jean Jacques Machadogiinstead of working on the hands, I fall back, I'm working on his elbows; look, now look where my knee is0:41Nick Albin · Chewjitsugipinch the knees together over here and then extend the hips and push; I can push against his head and pull the arm out2:57Lorenz Sadychow · More Than GrapplinggiI like to get some momentum going with this leg, get onto my right elbow and sit up like this

The leg kicked free of the pant grip, or you under his leg

what they are doing

0:43Andrew Chappelle BJJgiyou'll see people grab way down here at the knee but I don't like that quite as much; go ahead and pluck, he can kick, and it's the angle and the leverage he uses1:30Henry Akins · Henry Akins' Hidden Jiu-Jitsugibring your knee close enough that you can grab their wrist; once you grab the wrist you basically kick your leg straight as you hold on to the wrist; your leg is way stronger than the arm2:56Xande Ribeiro · GRACIEMAGgia very common mistake that takes a lot of effort is when you get the bow and arrow and the guy's on top of my leg; you can get the job done but you're going to spend a lot of energy, and he can start attacking my elbow6:08Jordan · Jordan Teaches Jiujitsugiyou do it to stop them from rotating their body away from you, which would position your elbow back in front of the head

your answer

Recognise it: his knee straightening against your grip, his hips turning away, or his weight settling onto the leg you meant to swing. Giles takes the leg and turns to ninety degrees seated so the leg is free to swing; Biernacki holds the knee, the end of the lever; the Gracie Barra Aliso Viejo coach goes right around the knee, not too high and not too low; Chewjitsu grabs the knee and rocks the weight onto him before the leg swings; Xande hooks the leg and throws him over the hook when he is on top of it. synthesis In the session a leg kicked free is a restart from the seatbelt.

3:21Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St KildagiI want to grab his leg, I want to turn to him ninety degrees, and then I want to swing my right leg over the top and catch the shoulder1:01Rob Biernacki · Stephan KestinggiI've got his knee controlling as close to the end of the lever as possible; if I grab midway down the pants that's not diagonal, not mechanically sound1:24Gracie Barra Aliso Viejogithat's when I'm going to control the outside of his knee; it's important that we go right around the knee, because if I go too high I sometimes cannot control his leg, and if I go too low, if he kicks his leg, it'll be hard2:52Nick Albin · Chewjitsugigrab the knee and rock your weight onto the person's body, this will allow you to swing the leg around easily3:39Xande Ribeiro · GRACIEMAGgiI'm going to hook his leg, throw him over my hook; I'm going to come up on my knee again; and then I have the bow and arrow nice and tight

The choke on the jaw and the crank: the leg bending his head, the spine bowed

what they are doing

3:06Coach Tom · The Grappling AcademygiI would definitely advise not leg pressing through your partner and turning them into a bow shape, because you're not there trying to hurt their spine, you're just there to choke them; hurting your back or neck is not conducive0:22Rob Hileman · RevgeargiI'm gonna suck my elbow under; this is a little bit easier on your partner's neck; and then build myself up to my knees and bring my partner up to a seated position, rather than driving them forward1:03Rickson Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academygilet me get a little looser; you don't hurt his neck, but just to show the effectiveness of the grip1:21Rob Biernacki · Stephan KestinggiI'm going to abduct my hip and drop him into the space between my legs; this is breaking his posture; I'm going to ease up a little bit on the lapel so that you don't pass out in the process

your answer

Recognise it: the forearm on the jawbone instead of the throat, his face turning against the bone, the leg over the shoulder riding up onto the head, his spine arched with your hips driving. The answer is the session's: the forearm at the front of the throat and re-gripped when it lands on the jaw, the leg on the shoulder and the arm and never across the face, the hips extending slowly, and the tap released at once, which the Gracie Barra Aliso Viejo coach says out loud. A spinal lock that the rulebook prohibits for the athlete's division is a severe technical foul; which divisions the table marks was not verified here, and the session's stop does not depend on it. synthesis A head bent sideways by the leg is a stop, not a rep.

2:48Gracie Barra Aliso Viejogias soon as your partner taps, let go, because this is a quick finish3:21Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St KildagiI'm not pulling back, I just put my elbow towards my hip and I get the choke0:44Coach Nate · BJJ4Breakfastgiit's a really tough choke, it's really fun; practice it, drill it, have fun guys, be safe

1. 1

   The grip against the hands

   5 min

   One orientation tonight, Giles's: the right arm chokes and you turn to your left. From the exact start, at half speed, say the contacts as you make them: own hand held, elbow over the top of his shoulder, right foot on his hip; left hand lifts his left lapel and turns it out; right hand reaches through and grips beside the neck, fingers curled over the edge, thumb inside. Hold three seconds against his hands, release everything, reset. Alternate one rep each, as many as fit in the five minutes; quality, not a count.

   1:56Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagithe first thing I do is pull my elbow back over the top of the shoulder; I'm gonna grab the lapel like this, I'm going to turn it out and pull2:38Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagiyou're feeding it and you're curling your fingers over the top, your wrist, so you've actually got a good grip

   start

   You are seated behind him with the seatbelt, your right arm over his right shoulder and your left arm under his left, your head on his right, your hooks in; his two hands are on your right wrist, the way Giles's partner holds it; he fights only with those hands, at half effort, gives the lapel when it is lifted, does not turn into you, does not attack and taps early

   practises

   steps G, 1, 2

   success

   The collar grip won with his hands still on you and kept three seconds: the right elbow over the top of his shoulder, his left lapel turned out and fed, the right hand closed beside his neck with the fingers curled over the edge and the forearm across the front of his throat; then release and reset

   reset

   If he clears your elbow off his shoulder, stop, both release, restart; if the lapel rips out of your hand, restart; if the forearm lands on his jaw, open the hand and restart

2. 2

   The angle and the leg over the shoulder, without the squeeze

   5 min

   The same start and the same grip, then the block's emphasis: right foot on his right hip and push, left foot across his belt line; left hand to his left trouser leg at the knee, the far one; turn to ninety degrees sitting up; swing the right leg over his right shoulder and let it rest there with the elbow tight. Stop with no pull: feel the angle and where the leg lies. He tips back as the foot pushes and gives the leg. Release, reset, alternate one rep each for the five minutes.

   3:01Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagiturn the angle with my right foot on the hip; now I want to start trying to get ninety degrees to him3:46Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St KildagiI'm staying up; if you're lying on your side it gets harder to get the angle; let's stay seated

   start

   You are seated behind him with the seatbelt, your right arm over his right shoulder and your left arm under his left, your head on his right, your hooks in; his two hands are on your right wrist, the way Giles's partner holds it; he fights only with those hands, at half effort, gives the lapel when it is lifted, does not turn into you, does not attack and taps early

   practises

   steps G, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

   success

   The position of the finish, held loose: the right leg over his right shoulder, the left leg across his belt line, the left hand on his left leg, you at ninety degrees and seated, the collar grip kept; no pull on the collar; then release and reset

   reset

   If you end up lying on your side before the leg goes over, restart; if the leg lands across his face rather than his shoulder, stop at once and restart; if his head pops out under your elbow, restart

3. 3

   The finish to the tap

   5 min

   From the exact start, the whole route at half speed: elbow over, lapel fed and turned out, grip, foot on the hip, hook across, leg grabbed, ninety degrees seated, right leg over the shoulder, and then the finish Giles describes: not a pull back with the arm but the elbow drawn toward your own hip, slowly, until he taps, and every grip open at once. Say each as you make it: elbow; lapel; grip; foot; hook; leg; turn; over; elbow to hip. He fights with his hands on the wrist until the grip is won and taps at the first pressure. Alternate one rep each for the five minutes.

   3:21Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St KildagiI want to swing my right leg over the top and catch the shoulder; I'm not pulling back, I just put my elbow towards my hip and I get the choke4:29Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagiget an elbow over the top and the lapel, pull it down, feed it to your hand; a foot on the hip lets us take that hook across, grab the leg, stay seated forward, and then swing your leg over the shoulder

   start

   You are seated behind him with the seatbelt, your right arm over his right shoulder and your left arm under his left, your head on his right, your hooks in; his two hands are on your right wrist, the way Giles's partner holds it; he fights only with those hands, at half effort, gives the lapel when it is lifted, does not turn into you, does not attack and taps early

   practises

   steps G, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

   success

   The tap on the bow and arrow, caught and released: your right leg over his right shoulder, your left leg across his belt line, your right hand in his left collar with the forearm across the front of his throat, your left hand on his left leg, the elbow drawn to your hip until he taps

   reset

   If the forearm is on his jaw when the elbow draws back, open the hand and restart; if the leg over the shoulder bends his head sideways, stop at once; if he taps and a grip stays closed, the rep does not count

4. 4

   Positional rounds

   5 min

   Five one-minute rounds from the exact start, alternating who is on the back. He fights only with his hands, from the rounds' list: two on the wrist, a grab of the choking elbow, the collar hand pulled down before it closes, the chin tucked, at half effort; he does not strip a grip that has closed, never turns to face you and never clears the hooks. You play the route only: elbow over, lapel fed and turned out, grip, foot on the hip, hook across, leg, ninety degrees seated, leg over the shoulder, elbow to the hip, slowly, to the tap. A hand fight you cannot answer with the route is a reset, not a struggle.

   4:07Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagiwhen your partner sees it they can pop their head out; this is the next most common way people lose it, clear their elbow; so just make sure your elbow's tight5:12Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagiboth hands on the wrist and pulling down; you can grab the sleeve here and pull it; if you can grab this sleeve and pull your elbow by your side, even if they get your lapel it's hard for them to get a lot of leverage

   start

   The exact start; he fights the hands the way the rounds' list in the session introduction says: two hands on the wrist, the choking elbow grabbed, the collar hand pulled down before it closes, the chin tucked; he does not strip a grip that has closed, does not turn to face you, does not clear the hooks and attacks nothing

   practises

   steps G, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 · branches B6

   success

   The tap on the bow and arrow against a partner who fights the hands from the list, caught and released; a collar grip that comes out after it closed is a reset, not a rep to recover

   reset

   Restart on the tap, on the collar hand cleared after it closed, on the back lost (he faces you or clears both hooks), on the forearm on his jaw, on the leg bending his head sideways, or on a neck that complains; the armbar when he clears the collar, the other chokes from the grip and the entries from the turtle are other nights' drills and are resets here

Not tonight.B1 (the hand fight for the seatbelt and the hooks), B2 (the sliding collar, the single wing and the cross collar from the same grip), B3 (the entries from the turtle, the clock choke, the mount and side control), B4 (the other finishes: the leg over the head, the shin on the neck, the wrist finish, the hip grip) and B5 (his escape, in Giles's own words and the escape coaches') are references with their own set-ups and ends; each becomes a drill only once its transitions and hazards are qualified from the footage, its sides read from stills in this document's orientation, and its reset named. B6 is the reset list, not a branch to play. The mirror side, the left arm choking, is another night. No submission other than the bow and arrow is attacked tonight, and the partner attacks nothing.

4:51Lachlan Giles · Absolute MMA St Kildagifirst thing, don't get choked; don't try to use your hands to push their hooks, that gives them your neck; your hands have to be playing a role of defending your neck

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Last updated 2026-09-11.

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