Chris Colquitt from the Atama BJJ Forum on mma.tv created a tutorial for a great technique. I helped him with the image hosting and he was generous enough to let me repost his tutorial. Here it is:

This is one of my favorite chokes. I picked it up from Jorge Jimenez, a Pedro Sauer blackbelt. Let me know what you think.

I’m being nice to my partner by not applying a lot of pressure since we had to hold poses for a second or three for the camera to get a good picture. I thought it a good idea not to make him pass out.

To start, you need to grab the end of your lapel near the tip.

Next, underhook his head with your left hand and drop your right elbow inside the lapel so it wraps over your arm. It takes a little getting used to to do this.

Now feed that lapel to your left hand and your right will slip UNDER the lapel.

Now the fun part. Your right hand comes up and around the lapel, across his throat and under your left arm. I prefer going under, I know some people will just grab the sleeve and apply pressure. Pull with the left hand, push with the right. His neck should be stuck in a triangle that is getting smaller and smaller.

For a really mean finish, put a leg up and use it to brace yourself as you apply the pressure.

Let me know what you guys think.

Here are a couple more “skirt moves” from the famous Bill Jones:

• Skirt choke from the back


• North-south skirt choke


• Skirt cross choke


• Foo foo skirt choke


• Half guard pass with skirt


• Skirt guard pass


• Skirt armbar

• Shaolin choke


• Ninja choke

And the gi brabo choke by Marcio Feitosa, which is a grip you can also do from guard.

So again, lapel “tricks” like this aren’t too strange or hard to make work. You just need to practice them like any other move.