Strangle

​Part of submission grappling is choking people, with the goal being to shut down the supply of blood bringing oxygen to the brain. We do that by applying pressure to the carotid arteries on either side of the neck. In a perfect world no choke would place pressure on the trachea or cause neck pain, but this is not a perfect world. In our naked strangles, generally we use our forearm and bicep to interfere with the blood flow. For arm in strangles we use our arm or leg and their arm to complete the choke. In any strangulation situation the goal is to apply equal pressure to both sides of the neck. If one side is free, the opposition is theoretically safe. The success rate of your strangles will increase when you place more emphasis on your pressure across the arteries on both sides of the neck.