Cross Collar Choke

Matt Arroyo emphasizes that beginners often place their hand in the wrong position—most fail to grip deep enough and position the thumb behind the ear as it should be. Additionally, a common misconception is that you're choking the neck with the gi itself, when proper technique requires a deep grip on the collar.

Jordan Teaches Jiujitsu stresses that you need to go much deeper than most people think—you want to wrap around as deep as possible so the hard part of your wrist contacts the soft part of the neck, not the trachea. The difference between an optimal and suboptimal grip depth is shocking.

Bring your elbows underneath the chin, not over it, and keep them tight together as you finish. Jordan Teaches Jiujitsu notes that a common mistake is opening the elbows during the finish—instead, pull your elbows in toward you, either by placing your head on the mat for base or by pulling your opponent up.

Stephan Kesting explains that you want the sharp part of your wrist to cut into the neck at an angle, not flat. A flat wrist position lacks the cutting pressure needed for an effective finish.

The cross collar choke from front-facing positions uses both hands gripping opposite sides of the collar in a crossed configuration to compress both carotid arteries simultaneously. From guard, mount, or other front-facing positions, the attacker inserts each hand into the opposite collar with the wrist blades rotated toward the carotid arteries, then draws both elbows together while pulling the opponent's head into the chest to close the compression.

The cross collar choke is one of the foundational techniques of Kodokan Judo's jūji-jime (十字絞め) family, codified by Jigoro Kano as a core shime-waza. Three variations were established: nami, gyaku, and kata, each with different palm orientations.

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: ограничен — N/A (no-gi competition only — technique requires gi); Unified MMA: ограничен — N/A (technique requires gi — not applicable in MMA); FIAS Sport Sambo: запрещён — All chokes prohibited in Sport Sambo; FIAS Combat Sambo: разрешён — Legal

Оценка опасности 8/10. Cross collar choke is a foundational gi strangle using bilateral wrist-blade pressure

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: Palm-up palm-down cross collar (standard gi choke with opposing hand rotations); Deep collar cross choke (fingers inserted deep past the label for maximum leverage); Loop choke variant (one collar grip feeds the loop for a tighter neck compres…).

Roger Gracie won 10 IBJJF World Championship gold medals (2004–2009), with the cross collar choke from mount being his signature finish, submitting most of his opponents at the highest level. The technique is statistically the most common gi choke finish in IBJJF competition.

Основные ошибки, на которые стоит обратить внимание: Gripping too shallow — the first hand must be deep inside the collar, past the opponent's centre line; shallow grips … / Pulling the arms outward — the elbows pull toward the attacker's own chest, not outward; outward pulling creates a tr… / Not staggering the grips — one hand goes deep first, then the second crosses over; trying to insert both simultaneous… / Ignoring the opponent's grip defence — the opponent will fight the first hand; persist through grip fighting or use f….

Cross Collar Choke также известен как Jūji-jime, Juji-jime, Cross Collar Choke, Cross Lapel Choke.