In class recently I was teaching what my BJJ students and I jokingly call the Spoon Choke. Which is just a rear naked choke that ends in the “spoon” position you might be in with a your significant other. And one of my White Belts asked a good question. Is position before submission a myth?

She asked this because the position we were attacking from is not part of the Big 3 most commonly awarded points in competition and focused on during training. These Brazilian Jiu-jitsu positions being Mount, Back Mount and Side Control with Knee On Belly being used as well.

I told her that position before submission is not a myth. Our ability to dominate position gives us the ability to control our opponents effectively and setup a submission with predictable effectiveness.

That said, there are submissions everywhere in Brazilian Jiujitsu and they don’t happen only after you gain dominant position.

In fact, for me one of the things I’ve found that has been helpful for back mount is by attacking the submission early, even before I establish the hooks and everything.

I still have dominant position even if it’s not the normal positions we are accustomed to.

By doing this I catch the person off guard while they’re fighting for position and I am able to secure the submission.

Check out the idea and maybe it will be useful to you.
-Chewy
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Would you like a couple of extra submissions from the Turtle position? Cool, well that’s what I break down in this BJJ technique video. In the video I show 2 chokes that can be done from the Turtle position in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.

This question comes from our friend Pauline who trains BJJ up in Canada and is wanting to get a couple of extra attacks from the position.

In this video I show two of my favorite “go to” chokes from Turtle. The 1st is a basic rear naked choke style submission.

I’ll do this one anytime I see or feel the chin raise up away from the chest.

If the chin doesn’t raise up much then I move to the other submission option which is a Guillotine Choke. This submission can be used for the submission itself or it will cause the person to roll away to avoid it.

Check out the submissions and I hope they help you out! Thanks again to Pauline for the question.
-Chewy
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In this video I show 3 options if your opponent defends the Arm Triangle Choke from Mount with the “Answer the Phone” defense.

This video request comes from our buddy Nate who saw one of my other BJJ technique videos where I showed how to setup and finish the Arm Triangle Choke submission.

But he says that when he goes to finish the choke people do the defense where they position their arm as if they are trying to answer a phone.

In this video I show 3 different options you could use in Brazilian Jiujitsu if the person defends this way.

The 1st option is a sneaky armlock that you MUST be careful with as it comes on fast.

The 2nd option is a basic Keylock from Mount.

The 3rd option is adjusting to S Mount and then attacking from there.

I didn’t get into as much detail as some of my other Brazilian Jiu-jitsu technique videos. But I hope that if you’re having issues with this sort of defense that this video will give you some options to think about.

Thanks for watching! I hope the video is useful.
-Chewy
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