Escape the anaconda choke

Before it’s locked

• Don’t shoot with your head low and outside their hip
• Keep your elbow tight to your knee when they front-headlock you
• Clear the arm that threads under your neck before it locks

The main escape

1. Grab their choking wrist and keep your trapped elbow close to your own body
2. Post your outside foot wide so they can’t roll you onto your shoulder
3. Raise your hips and walk your feet toward their head to take the angle away
4. Circle around and come up on top, or pull your head out once the grip breaks

Escape roadmap

The seven stages of this escape. Work from the top: the earlier you act, the less you need the later stages.

1. 1
   Prevent

   • Keep your head up and inside on shots
   • Elbow tight to your knee in turtle
2. 2
   Defensive posture

   • Wide outside foot so you can’t be rolled
   • Hips up, weight forward
3. 3
   Hand fight

   • Grab the choking wrist
   • Keep your trapped elbow close to your body
4. 4
   Make space

   • Walk your feet toward their head
   • Keep your shoulders off the mat
5. 5
   Clear the structure

   • Circle away from the choking arm to take the angle off
   • Pull your head out once the grip breaks
6. 6
   Late escape

   • If you get rolled, keep both hands on the choking arm and face up
   • Tap when they’ve rolled you, the hands are locked and their hips are walking in
7. 7
   Back to safety

   • Come up on top in side control or face them on your knees
   • Re-guard your neck as you come up

Escape options

Drill it

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