Triangle choke

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Set up for the triangle choke. The bottom fighter's legs constrict around the top fighter's neck and arm. To finish the move, the bottom fighter should place his hands on the back of the opponent's head and push upward with his hip, creating a strangulation effect.

This article is about triangle chokes using the legs, for usage of the arms in a similar manner, see Arm triangle choke.

A triangle choke (called Sankaku-Jime in judo) is a type of figure-four chokehold which strangles the opponent by encircling the opponent's neck and one arm with the legs in a configuration similar to the shape of a triangle. The technique is a type of lateral vascular restraint that constricts the blood flow from the carotid arteries to the brain.

This technique originates from the newaza of Japanese Jujutsu and was later incorporated into the modern Japanese art of Judo. The hold is usually applied with the legs from a ground position such as the guard. One leg encircles the neck and shoulder, with the knee next to the neck; the other leg crosses the ankle of the first leg, using the foot of the first leg to "lock" the second leg at the knee. The effectiveness of the technique can be increased by pulling the legs together and using the arms to pull the opponents head towards the attacker's shoulder.

The technique can cause unconsciousness in a few seconds, and it may injure or kill the opponent if held too long. It has been borrowed by various other grappling martial arts, including Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Puroresu, Sambo, as well as in mixed martial arts competition.

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[edit] Appearance in other sports

Professional wrestler Mark Calaway, better known as The Undertaker, occasionally used the triangle choke as a finisher, but began using the Gogoplata choke as one of his finishers instead. The only difference between the two submission holds is that in the gogoplata, the right leg is under the opponent's chin. With the triangle choke, the right leg is over the back of the neck.