Ezekiel Choke From Mount

Control is essential—Jean Jacques Machado emphasizes that getting good side control and a strong cross face by grabbing the armpit is really important to set up the choke. Once you have him controlled close to you, the choke becomes much more effective.

The Grappling Academy instructor recommends grabbing your opponent's hands and controlling them with your belly while you commit to the choke. Positioning your shoulder into his jaw is also very important for control and prevents him from rolling you.

When they bring their arm down to block, Jean Jacques Machado advises letting them come down and then blocking the side of their head to lock in the choke. Controlling the elbow and keeping your head down allows you to maintain control of the neck.

ZombieProofBJJ suggests starting by feinting an arm triangle to make your opponent think you're going that direction, which gets them to move their hands and clears space for you to get your arm across their ear and finish like a rear naked choke.

The Ezekiel choke from mount uses the sleeve of the gi to create a forearm strangle while the attacker maintains the dominant mounted position. The attacker threads one hand through their own sleeve and wraps it behind the opponent's neck, then drives the blade of the opposite forearm across the throat to complete the choke.

The Ezekiel choke from mount is the most traditional application of sode-guruma-jime, where the top position provides natural gravitational advantage for the sleeve-assisted strangle. Named after judoka Ezequiel Rodrigues who popularized it in the Carlson Gracie academy, this mount-based version became a standard part of the BJJ curriculum for gi practitioners.

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. Ezekiel from mount combines top pressure with the sleeve strangle for a powerful finish

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: Gi Ezekiel (uses the sleeve for the choking grip, traditional technique); No-gi Ezekiel (uses the fist or forearm across the throat without sleeve…); Reverse Ezekiel (applied from the bottom position when opponent is in your…).

Mounted Ezekiel chokes are finished regularly at IBJJF competition and in MMA.

Основные ошибки, на которые стоит обратить внимание: Setting up from high mount — the Ezekiel requires the arm behind the head, which is easier from low mount; high mount… / Not threading deep enough into the sleeve — the sleeve grip must provide a rigid forearm structure; shallow insertion… / Lifting the hips to focus on the choke — maintain heavy hip pressure throughout; lifting the hips allows the opponent… / Attempting on an opponent with their chin tucked and elbows tight — the Ezekiel requires access to the neck; against ….

Ezekiel Choke From Mount также известен как Ezekieru Chōku (Maunto kara), Mounted Ezekiel, Sode-guruma-jime from Mount.