Reverse Triangle

Reverse Triangle from Triangle Choke is a finishing attack built around a handful of repeatable controls. Top player is in a standard triangle attempt but the angle is poor and the squeeze is not generating compression on the carotid arteries. Another common starting shape: top side control where the partner's far-side arm is extended into the cross-face and the near leg is positioned to step over the head. The ideas that hold it together are alternate triangle angles, reorienting around the trapped shoulder, and leg over head.

The reverse triangle chain is a sequence of small controls, not one athletic burst. Rotate the body off the centerline to walk the legs around the head. Re-lock the figure-four behind the trapped shoulder, calf across the far carotid. Pull the head down and squeeze the knees together for the finish. Step the near leg over the partner's head and clamp behind your own opposite knee to lock the triangle. Keep the partner's far arm trapped inside the triangle so the choke has both neck and shoulder compression. Finish by squeezing knees together while pulling the trapped arm across to add the shoulder twist. Get the trap leg over the near arm and across the neck. Lock the figure-four with the other leg behind the trap-leg knee. Top player has rotated the locked legs over the back of the trapped shoulder so the calf compresses the far side of the neck from the opposite angle.

Later in the reverse triangle, trap the far arm inside, knee-squeeze finish, and angle creates the choke; squeeze finishes it tend to decide whether the position stays on track. Watch for these mistakes: Trying to muscle the original angle instead of repositioning. Losing control of the trapped arm during the rotation. Locking without trapping the arm, which the partner can use to posture and relieve pressure. Failing to angle perpendicular before squeezing. The high-percentage version of reverse triangle from triangle choke is the one you can still chain when the first squeeze is defended.