Cross-Collar Choke from Mount
- BJJ
- Mount Attacks
- intermediate
- Mount
- 3 steps
Feed both hands deep into the collars from mount and drop your weight to finish the strangle. Also known as the Mounted X-choke. Here is the exact breakdown from the DARCE app: 3 steps, the details that make it work, and the mistakes to avoid.
When to use it
Use the cross-collar choke in the gi from mount when the opponent pushes on your hips or covers their neck with one arm. Get the first grip deep behind the neck before the second. It chains with the armbar, because defending the choke raises the arms.
Step by step
- 01
Establish mount
Stay high and heavy in mount.
- 02
Feed the grips
Thread both hands deep into opposite collars, thumbs in, palms up.
- 03
Drop your weight & finish
Pull the elbows down and to the mat and drop your chest to close the choke on both sides of the neck.
Key details
- Get the first grip deep behind the neck before the second.
- Pull the elbows down and out, dropping chest weight forward.
- Keep your base wide so you are not rolled while choking.
Common mistakes
- Shallow grips that only press the jaw.
- Sitting upright instead of dropping the weight.
- Posting both hands and getting bucked off.
Common counters
Opponents bridge as you go for the second grip, strip the first grip, or turn their chin into your arm. A shallow grip only presses on the jaw. Keep your base wide and drop your chest to finish.
How to drill it
From mount, feed the grips and finish slowly with your chest dropping, ten reps. Then work three rounds of one minute where your partner bridges and frames while you hold the mount.
Related techniques
- Armbar from MountBJJIsolate an arm from mount, climb to high mount and swing a leg over the head to attack the elbow.
- AmericanaBJJPin a bent arm to the mat, figure-four the wrist and lift the elbow to attack the shoulder.
- Arm TriangleBJJTrap one of the opponent’s arms across their own neck and squeeze with your shoulder to strangle.
- Ezekiel ChokeBJJUsing a sleeve grip behind the neck and the other forearm across the throat, saw the choke closed.
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