Thrust Lapel Choke Technique

According to Roger Gracie, you should get your whole arm through first before worrying about the grip. Instead of grabbing and then trying to slide the grip in, get your entire arm through so you feel your wrist and forearm on the opponent's neck, and only then establish the grip.

Once you have one arm through the opponent's defense, they must use both of their arms to defend that side, forcing them to fight your one hand with two hands—which is very difficult for them to manage effectively.

Body positioning is critical—you must maintain a high, tight position on the opponent to prevent them from bringing their elbows in or bridging you off. Stay tall and deep to control their ability to escape, then drop your body down low only when you're ready to apply the choke.

Mastery comes through years of practicing the mounted position itself, combined with specific escape training where you start already caught in the submission and work on defensive options.

The thrust lapel choke drives the fist, knuckles, 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 bony structures of the hand directly into the trachea or carotid arteries.

Thrust-style lapel chokes have roots in judo's tsukkomi-jime (突込絞め, 'thrust strangle'), a recognized Kodokan shime-waza where one hand thrusts into the throat using the collar for leverage. The technique was adopted in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu but is less commonly seen in competition than cross-collar chokes due to its reliance on painful pressure rather than clean blood restriction.

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