Thrust Lapel Choke

Andrew Wiltse emphasizes heavily prioritizing a pinch on the lapel to the point where even if your opponent tries to get it back down, you should fight to maintain it—it's a combination of pinch pressure, pull-up pressure, and hip forward movement.

Pull the lapel out at an angle rather than straight up, because pulling straight up is much easier for your opponent to block, whereas pulling at an angle is significantly harder to defend against.

Rather than keeping a flat lapel that traps the whole arm, create a bunched-up, ropey-type lapel and even twist it a couple times—this allows you to chase the lapel and pin it down even if your opponent tries to hide or move their arm around.

Initially give them a slight arch by moving your hand closer to make them feel they can pull their arm out; if they won't, threaten wrist locks and other submissions to make them uncomfortable until they attempt to clear their hand, at which point you can apply full choke pressure.

Thrust lapel chokes involve driving the fist or forearm into the opponent's throat using the collar as a grip anchor. The attacker grips the collar with one or both hands and thrusts forward, pressing the knuckles or wrist into the trachea or carotid arteries.

Thrust chokes correspond to tsukkomi-jime (突込絞め, thrust strangle) in the Kodokan Judo shime-waza classification — officially the 11th technique in the shime-waza canon. They represent one of the more aggressive choking methods, relying on direct pressure rather than encirclement.

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 7/10. Thrust chokes use a pushing motion of the fist into the neck combined with lapel tension

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: Standard grip variation (primary hand configuration for maximum choking pressure); Gi variation (uses the lapel or collar as an anchor for additional fric…); No-gi variation (adapted grip and positioning for submission grappling wit…); Transition finish (applied during a positional change to catch the opponent …).

Thrust lapel chokes are used in gi BJJ and judo competition.

Основные ошибки, на которые стоит обратить внимание: Thrusting into the trachea — aim for the lateral neck where the carotid artery runs; centre-throat thrusts are painfu… / Using a loose grip on the lapel — the lapel must be bunched tight in the fist to create a solid striking surface / Thrusting without body weight — drive from the hips and shoulders, not just the arm; the thrust needs mass behind it / Attempting without positional control — the thrust requires a stable base; without mount or guard control, the oppone….

Thrust Lapel Choke также известен как Tsukkomi-jime, Push Choke, Lapel Thrust Strangle.