Clock Choke from Turtle Position

Clock Choke from Turtle Position is a finishing attack built around a handful of repeatable controls. The top player is on top of a turtled opponent with a deep cross-collar grip threading under the opponent's near arm. Another common starting shape: the opponent is in a defensive turtle and the attacker is on top with collar grips available. The ideas that hold it together are choke and back-take share the same grip, pressure forces the choice, and circular pressure.

The clock choke chain is a sequence of small controls, not one athletic burst. Feed the collar grip deep under the far side of the neck. Post the chest on the opponent's upper back. Walk the legs around the head in the choking direction. If the opponent rolls toward the choking arm, follow into back control with the seatbelt already in place. Feed a deep collar grip on the far side. Walk in a circle around the head while applying pressure. Set a deep four-finger-in collar grip on the far side first. Walk the feet in a clockwise arc around the head while sprawling weight onto the back. The top player has either finished the clock choke by walking around the head, or transitioned to back control with hooks in when the opponent rolled to defend the choke.

Later in the clock choke, collar depth, walk in an arc, and across the neck, not down tend to decide whether the position stays on track. Watch for these mistakes: Walking too wide and losing chest pressure. Abandoning the collar grip when switching to the back take. Walking too fast and losing the grip pressure. Pulling the collar straight back instead of across. The high-percentage version of clock choke from turtle position is the one you can still chain when the first squeeze is defended.