There is a very easy solution to this problem though – use your top leg to trap the elbow of said arm. It is the arm that can create lots of trouble for you, as the opponent has the space to move it around, ensuring their shoulder is far away from their neck. The first thing to address is the opponent’s top arm. While this gets you into position for the choke, it does not ensure you will finish it. On the contrary, it only requires a slight torque accompanied by an extension of your hips, provided that everything else is set up correctly.Īs described above, you want to have a rear naked choke from a front headlock position, while laying on your side. Finishing Mechanicsįinishing an anaconda choke does not require you to squeeze or roll around like an Alligator. This locks their shoulder in place and allows you to put pressure on both sides of the neck for a blood choke. Threading the arm as deep as described means you can lock up a rear naked choke grip configuration at the level of the opponent’s armpit. This places your biceps directly on the carotid artery on the bottom side. The forearm of the arm that goes across the neck though, needs to pop out under the opposite side armpit, though.Īchieving this is only possible if you are supine and lying on your side. The choke involves you threading an arm as if you’re trying to do an arm in a guillotine. The anaconda choke works from a front headlock position and is set up similarly to the Darce choke. Driving their shoulder into the opposite side carotid can be achieved by using your collar bone (arm triangle), shoulder (Darce), ribs (arm-across guillotine), chest (Mizzou choke) or a rear naked choke grip ( anaconda choke). You can have the biceps or the forearm pressing directly up against the carotid artery on one side of the opponent’s neck.

The placement of the arms varies depending on the choke. The end goal is the same as in every triangle – put pressure on one carotid artery via direct placement of your own body part (in this case, a part of your arm) and put pressure on the other carotid of the opponent’s neck by pressing their own shoulder into it. With the Mizzou being a trick only a handful of people know, the anaconda is the strangle that gets shunned even though people are aware of it and get the chance to set it up.Īll the head and arm chokes are essentially triangle chokes, only done with the arms rather than the legs. Also known as arm triangle chokes, this cluster of submissions includes the arm triangle, Darce, anaconda, arm-across guillotine, and Mizzou chokes. The anaconda choke is the black sheep of the head and arm chokes family.

Winchester xp2 with anaconda choke