How to actually successfully choke someone out with the cross collar choke from closed guard. Excerpt from https://www.grapplearts.com/closedguard The Closed Guard System, a step-by-step formula for developing a KILLER closed guard by Jon Thomas!

Two of the keys that Jon demonstrates in this video include getting your first grip in at the right angle, and then genuinely attacking with other attacks (sweeps, armbars, triangle chokes, etc) so that he breaks his defensive arm structure and gives you that opening to sink your second grip into position. I think this approach will allow you to finish a LOT more people with this classic choke.

This is the beginning of an offensive series learned from Rachel Demara. The only difference is that she uses the collar instead of the lapel, but the in my humble but accurate opinion, the lapel makes it better.

So improve your lapel attacks with this bad boy.

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Please watch: “One Key Detail That Will Make Floating Through Butterfly Guard Easier”

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