Classic Rear Naked Choke

John Danaher explains that when the opponent's chin is down, you need to use the smallest, thinnest part of your hand—your thumb knuckle—to get underneath the jawline first, then progressively angle your arm thicker as you work it in deeper.

John Danaher emphasizes hiding your second hand from your opponent by placing it under your own wrist rather than on the bicep or opponent's skull, keeping your hand completely out of reach so they cannot peel it away.

Matt Arroyo teaches that your elbow should be placed under the chin with zero space between your arm pit (the skin between your forearm and bicep) and the opponent's neck, ensuring direct contact.

Matt Arroyo describes finishing with three simultaneous actions: pushing your elbow down into the chest, bringing your elbows together to close them, and making a muscle while applying steady pressure.

The classic rear naked choke is the standard figure-four configuration of hadaka-jime, where the choking arm wraps around the opponent's neck under the chin, with the bicep and forearm targeting the carotid arteries on the sides of the neck rather than the trachea. The hand grips the opposite bicep, and the free hand secures behind the opponent's head; the finish comes from compressing both elbows inward (and, in some teachings, pressing the head forward into the choke).

The rear naked choke is one of the oldest documented strangulation techniques in grappling. Variants of the rear strangle appear in ancient Greek pankration depictions and in Japanese jujutsu koryu scrolls under the name hadaka-jime (裸絞め, 'naked strangle').

IBJJF: разрешён — Legal at all belt levels, gi and no-gi — chokes are the safest submission cat…; IJF: разрешён — Legal (shime-waza) — strangulation techniques are one of three permitted subm…; ADCC: разрешён — Legal; Unified MMA: разрешён — Legal — choke submissions are among the most common finishes in MMA; FIAS Sport Sambo: запрещён — All chokes prohibited in Sport Sambo; FIAS Combat Sambo: разрешён — Legal

Оценка опасности 9/10. Classic figure-four grip RNC produces bilateral carotid compression with rapid unconsciousness

Стандартная цепочка подготовки: Achieve Controlling Position → Isolate the Neck → Set the Grip → Apply Pressure.

Стандартные контрприёмы: Tuck Chin — protect the neck by lowering the chin to prevent the choke from sinking / Two-on-One Grip Fight — use both hands to strip the choking grip before it locks / Turn Into — rotate toward the choking arm to relieve carotid pressure / Posture Up — straighten the spine and create distance to break the choking angle.

Распространённые варианты: Short choke (palm-to-palm grip) (compact grip for tight spaces when the chin is partially …); Gable grip RNC (interlocked fingers behind the head for maximum squeeze p…); Body triangle RNC (adds body triangle control for stronger hip management du…); One-arm RNC (single arm under the chin when the second arm cannot reac…).

The rear naked choke is the most common submission finish in UFC history, with over 300 finishes. It is also the most finished submission at ADCC.

Основные ошибки, на которые стоит обратить внимание: Placing the choking arm across the face instead of under the chin — the arm must be under the chin for a blood choke;… / Squeezing with the arms only — the chest expansion and shoulder contraction provide the compression force; arm squeez… / Not pushing the head forward with the rear hand — the head push closes the choke by driving the neck into the compres… / Crossing the choking arm too far — the crook of the elbow should centre on the chin/throat; over-crossing reduces com….

Classic Rear Naked Choke также известен как Standard RNC, Hadaka-jime, Mata Leão.