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Ezekiel choke

Also called Sode guruma jime

A sleeve choke most often hit from mount, where your own sleeve anchors one hand while the other cuts across the throat.

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Key steps

  1. Slip one arm under their head and grab inside the opposite sleeve with that hand.
  2. Slide your other hand, blade first, across the front of their throat.
  3. Keep your head low beside theirs and your weight forward.
  4. Bring your forearms together, driving the blade hand down toward the mat to finish.

Key details

  • In No-Gi, grip your own wrist instead of the sleeve.
  • Stay chest-heavy; posting up tall gives them room to bridge and roll you.
  • The blade hand does the choking, so keep it on the throat, not the chin.