I want to show how I’ve redefined the trigger position for myself and what this means to how I’m getting the choke.

For the longest time, I thought of the brabo as only being available when they underhooked me. This is how it’s taught from half guard and when they escape side control. So the trigger position I came up with was “they underhook, I whizzer”, but that didn’t seem complete to me. As I learned more and more setups from all kinds of positions, I kept looking for aspects of…

The next point to cover is how to deal with their underhooking arm.

Like in the triangle, you want to cross their arm. Also like the triangle, it’s not completely necessary, but it’s best form, the cleanest technique and makes for the smoothest finish. They can use that arm to create a little space (so their shoulder doesn’t squash into their neck), or they can do Jeff’s escape of throwing the elbow back and grabbing their leg and kicking out.

I’ll show how I prevent those escapes while adjusting the choke even deeper.

Here…

More notes from my brabo choke homework.

Thinking Like It’s a Triangle

This may seem obvious to you, but it took me a while think of the brabo as a triangle choke. Yeah, I knew literally that it’s an arm triangle—that’s not what I mean. I had a “just slap it on” attitude towards it, where I’d give up if I didn’t hit it in one shot, which isn’t how I think about the triangle choke with the legs. With that move, I know to be patient while I work towards my ultimate…

A recent ankle injury has caused me to change the focus of my game. The main areas I’m working on are standing from guard and snapping down to the front headlock then doing brabo chokes. I’ve also been working on the wrestler’s sit-out simply because it’s a skill I’ve never really developed and figured now would be a good time. Below are the drills I’ve been doing to train these skills.

Most of these are warm-ups and introduction stage drills. I’m putting together more that add resistance for the isolation stage.…

From Jeff Rockwell:

Very simple, but very effective against an opponent who doesn’t frame his top arm properly when performing an elbow escape.

From Jeff Rockwell:

Escape from brabo choke in half guard and side control.