Tyler Garrett

Okay, it happened. My bite isn't great, not surprised, boom it happened so fast. I need to practice passing the guard so this doesn't happen in the future. Today is the day I chipped my tooth, not my first bump in BJJ, but the first one that made me go "hmm maybe i need a mouth guard."

we gotta work on how you pass the guard

— jeff

Watching the video, it happens so fast, and I sacrificed that space, and should have been a bit stickier with that leg. It's not that simple, there's a lot to learn here!

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— Dentist

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The triangle choke is a submission that my instructor is great at doing, and it becomes one of the hardest to get out of. Until today. While fighting on my back with my older brother dominating me, I learned this is one of those chokes that you just have to get used to if you're on your back a lot and have long legs.

The triangle choke has a few details and hip movements you don't think about

While performing a triangle choke, I'm learning it's a lot about hip placement, and an angle you want to create around your opponents neck. Less to do with getting a good bite, but rather to do with the right bite.

Escaping the triangle choke happens before it starts.

My instructor taught me, you know it's coming, their thigh jumps up and essentially puts pressure on your head/neck. Here' you want to grab their leg, and this straightens their leg out, they are unable to create the bite. I was able to perform this while sparing. It worked great.

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My BJJ journey

Eager to document every step, I'm 5 videos in and feeling great... I lied, I feel beat, like a dirty mop, today my back felt properly fucked up, however i did a great job today. Learned a lot of very usable escapes. Now I'm able to get out of a triangle choke before it starts.