SURGICAL JIU-JITSU

PLATE XI

The Arm Triangle

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Engraved plate illustrating The Arm Triangle
Plate rendered by AI in the manner of the old engravers, drawn from reference. We are refining every figure toward anatomical exactness; some plates are near perfect and a few still carry small errors.
Difficulty V of X
  1. 01

    Secure side control with your chest heavy upon the patient. The near arm is to be trapped across their own throat, elbow tucked to your ribs so it cannot escape.

  2. 02

    Thread your far arm beneath their neck, seeking to clasp your own biceps or wrist on the opposite side. The head is thus cradled as a surgeon cradles a skull before incision.

  3. 03

    Draw your elbows together as though closing a ledger book. Do not pull upward. The compression must travel inward, not away from the body.

  4. 04Precision point

    Rotate your hips so that your chest presses down through the angle of their jaw and their own trapped shoulder. This is the marrow of the technique: the choke is not made by the arms but by the weight of the torso descending through the skull toward the mat.

  5. 05

    Walk your knees forward to flatten their hips, denying escape by bridge or roll. Stillness in your base ensures the pressure remains constant.

  6. 06

    Hold with patience. The patient's own shoulder and forearm will occlude the carotid vessels on one side while your trunk occludes the other. Release the instant the body slackens.