Gift Wrap to Collar Choke

Last night in class I jumped into a kickboxing class which I enjoyed. The coach is very skillful and I feel that I can learn a lot from him. I also like that in the class, everything was application. Hitting the bags or each other from the very start and ending in some light sparring. I think I'll try that out for awhile.

After that I jumped into Jiu-jitsu class. I was very late to the beginners class since we ran over time while sparring, so I didn't learn any knew submissions, but I did learn new open guard pass which I haven't had time to practice yet. I'll have to make some time for that later today.

This morning I drilled the Gift Wrap to Collar Choke I learned in the noon class the day before. In this video, I had a lot of slack in the dummies collar so I had to pull it out a few times. Also, it's hard to tell from this angle, but the hand that goes behind the head goes with the back of the hand against your opponents head.

This submission can be trained in tandem with the knee slice open guard pass.

Key points to remember.

1. Keep the leg that is over the opponent tight against the belt to prevent him from rolling
2. Once you have your collar grip, release the arm and thrust your hand through the gap
3. Keep your arms tight and flex with your chest to complete the choke