Your Armbars, Heelhooks, and Wristlocks May Not Save You.

I think I just heard a bunch of people yell “but my wristlocks!”. Seriously though, they may not save you. 

I know many people have specialty games where they got good at one or two specific submissions from anywhere. Depending on what and why, good for you. However, if your primary submission hunting isn’t focused on choking, you could be setting yourself up to fail when you can’t afford to, or worse – setting your students up for this.

In effort to not write a long article bashing all the current big games played in the sports of submission grappling, let me remind you all that people walk in the gym to learn to defend themselves when/if the time ever arises, not just play a sport. With that said, tell me how you expect that nasty heelhook game to work when you are confronted on a subway by a strung-out attacker?

Let me be clear; meth-powered attackers are not going to stop because you broke one of their limbs. These super-powered drug addicts are going to keep coming with strength that will be extremely unexpected from someone who is so thin. In fact, the majority of ALL your submissions will not stop them… except one.

Choking the motherfuckers.

I don’t care if the person is high as hell and thinks they are superman – a choke is kryptonite.

Why?

You can meth your way out of feeling pain, but you can’t meth your way out of needing to breathe.

My Recommendation:

Make sure choking/strangling/whatever you want to call it – this needs to be your priority of submission development. 

Mathematical Jiu-Jitsu emphasizes submissions that render the opponent unconscious as the primary submission focus.