North South Choke
MMA Tip of the week by Jason Scully of GrapplersGuide.com
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Today we are going to be talking about the North South Choke.
There has been a large number of posts about the north south choke at GrapplersGuide.com and for good reason. This is a very good submission to learn and in my opinion can be extremely high percentage when done properly and set up properly.Â
My personal favorite north south choke is the “no arm” version. If you haven’t seen the video of me demonstrating this technique on YouTube you can check it out here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XEYLpWacg0
Let’s list some very important details about this choke:
-When you go for this choke it is important that you block your opponent’s face from turning into your body. You can do this by turning your hip right into the side of his face and you can also push his face over with your hand of the arm that isn’t around his head. If he can turn his face into you then it’ll be easier for him to work an escape
-When finishing the choke place your forehead on the ground for better position. It also makes it harder for your opponent to place his hand under your face in an attempt to push on it to make space for an escape.
-Make sure your WHOLE body is flat. Sprawl your legs back and sink your body into the ground. Your hips should be flat on the ground and you should be sliding down right into your opponent.
-Walk your shoulders and body backwards as you sink. This will help you tighten it up.
-Keep your elbows close to your body. In most positions and attacks having your elbows in makes your position tighter and stronger.
-You should have your bicep of the arm that is around your opponents head across your opponen’ts neck. Your shoulders should also be shrugged up as this also makes the position much tighter.
-If your position feels loose keep walking your body back, flatten your hips, check that your head is down, and that his face isn’t turning into you.
-If he is able to turn his face into you when you attack for the north south choke you can use your fist of your free arm to push his face over but make sure you keep control of his head so he can’t move.
-Control of his head in this position is key. If he can’t move his head then he won’t be able to move his body.
I highly recommend that you practice this submission. It can be used by grapplers of all sizes and when learned correctly can be extremely high percetage. Just ask Marcelo Garcia. He hit this move 3 times alone in the last ADCC tournament. While the choke is called the “North South Choke”, it isn’t necessarily set-up from the north south position. It is mostly set up from side control. I’ve had success setting up from from side control, north south, scarf hold, reverse scarf hold, and knee on belly just to name a few.
When you start getting used to this attack you’ll realize how fast you are able to execute it. Along with that, if you can’t get this choke for some reason, it works extremely well in connection with the Brabo Choke. If you don’t know what that is I’d definitely recommend you do a YouTube or Google search for “brabo choke” as it’s another great attack that you can set up from many situation.
Well that’s it for this weeks Grapplers Guide tip. Make sure you post comments or questions on the North South Choke YouTube page so I can help you out or even send me a personal e-mail at thegrapplersguide@gmail.com
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