Triangle Choke / Sankaku-jime
三角絞め / Triangle
Vascular blood choke locking legs into a figure-four triangle around the opponent's neck and one arm.
Quick Facts
Definition
Triangle Choke (Sankaku-jime) traps the opponent's head and one arm inside a closed leg lock. By placing the calf over the nape and clamping the opposite ankle under the knee, the opponent's own trapped shoulder compresses one carotid artery while the thigh crushes the other.
Related Terms
Core BJJ bottom ground position where a practitioner controls the opponent using their legs.
Submission / TapoutSubmissionMatch-ending choke or joint lock forcing the opponent to signal defeat by tapping.
Tapout / TappingTapoutPhysical or verbal signal given by a submission-bound fighter to concede defeat instantly.
Armbar / Juji-gatame十字固めFoundational joint lock hyperextending the elbow joint using hip leverage in BJJ, Judo, and MMA.