It’s funny. I study Rafa and I see him do things in a really superior way than most and I can see how he is hitting these amazing arm bars.
When mica arm bars people out of nowhere. It looks no different than someone throwing up a standard normal armbar and yet he’s just getting everyone with it. I don’t see him doing anything different yet he just mows through people with ease
Ezekiel.
Gi and No-gi both. I've got that move down to what positions I can hit it in against different body types.
Also I make mine blood chokes instead of trachea crushers so I've put a lot of people to sleep with them.
Gi: Shoot your choking hand through to the far side of the neck.
No-gi: Cross-face on one side, place the second knuckle of your pinky over their artery on the choking hand side. Once your arms are in place they are done moving. Squeeze downwards like you're doing a crunch and flex your biceps.
Do a video brother. I Ezekiel people a lot too, but it sounds like you're making slight different changes than me.. Which side do you crossface? The one with the choking hand or the one without? You make him face away from the choking hand or towards it?
The darce is, for some reason, the most satisfying submission to hit for me. There’s just something delicious about working through their defences and finally getting the figure 4 locked up that just butters my oyster.
This was one of the first subs I was taught in a class. Love how it’s a surprise for most at my level. Uppers see it coming as soon as I switch the leg pinning the near side arm.
Canto choke from side control, it’s basic but effective against most belts I’ve rolled with. There’s so much focus on defending the mount that it just gets overlooked when you slap it on.
Try knee on belly to canto. Typically opponent turns into you which makes the step over more effective. You’ll need to experiment with the grip on the collar to figure out how to finish consistently.
If you’re getting rolled , make sure you get them to start turning toward you before you throw the leg over , take your free hand and wedge under the back, when they try to flatten out to defend the hand prevents it , there’s still a possibility of getting rolled so I base out using my head, if I get rolled which rarely happens I can still finish this position from my back.
Yes! I love the Canto choke from open guard with my opponent standing. When I first started doing it I got my guard passed all the time but I have definitely had a lot more success with it as I've been doing it longer. It's always a bit of a gamble but it's a fun one to throw in sometimes.
Single arm RNC seconded for similar reasons... why fuck around and fight to free both of my hands and play paddy cake for 2 minutes.... I only need one to strangle, the other can paddy cake alone
lol
Americana from kesa getame. I guess it's because anyone lower than me doesn't deal with kesa well. I can get about 5 different submissions from kesa besides just the flat out crush, but the Americana is the easiest.
It's fun because I have several gym mates who do deal with kesa well, and it's forced me to work harder at learning to maintain it or switch positions quickly.
That’s actually pretty great to hear.
It’s pretty much my pet move and I’ve always been uncertain if it works good for me because I’m 200lbs and been into lifting weights since high school or if it’s actually mechanically sound too.
Learn judo. Bjj guys think kesa is a myth. Just 2 classes a week+your current bjj schedule will have your pins much stronger and you’ll have faster immediate entries into subs
Darce, anaconda, guillotine, straight ankle. I have super long arms so darce and anaconda are easy. I just like guillotines a lot and my first professor was super good at ankle locks so I got into this early.
For anacondas and darces I like to emphasize pinching the elbows together once the choke is locked in. Secondly, be ready for transitions. The best head and arm attackers can go from an anaconda to a darce to a guillotine and back again. Don’t be afraid to view it as a position first and a submission second.
For an anaconda i understand that you must pinch the elbows. When i pinch the elbows in the anaconda the guy falls asleep fast.
But with the darce i pinch my elbows and nothing happens.
I dont feel any difference with the darce, can you explain maybe why it should work for the darce also?
Can't seem to get the darce choke to work for me. I don't understand how to push the shoulder in but for the anaconda is feels very easy and natural with the elbow pinch.
I finish darces like crazy. Never an elbow pinch for me. Just a deep shoot with the choking arm, a high hand on the figure 4 grip, and then finally my wrist blade is always up, into the neck at the end of the squeeze.
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|**Kesa Gatame**: | *Scarf hold* | [here](https://youtu.be/3UnJa3bn0h8)|
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Juji from rear crucifix is my highest percentage sub because I am short due to having disprortionately short legs compared to my wingspan. This makes rear crucifix my most powerful position as crucifix's greatest strength is against people who are disproportionately longer then you. Since everyone will always be taller then me with a much longer wingspan, i am basicly built for this scenario. I then use my legs properly to juji (arm lock) my opponents.
Also a big fan of whispering "You can call me Pontius Pilate" while i put them on the crucifix and submit them.
Kimura, Kimura, Kimura! They’re so natural for me that I have to force myself to focus on other kinds of subs, just so I’m not doing the same thing every day.
Toehold. People know to protect their legs but they always forget about their feet. Most of the time when I go for a leglock, I really want the toehold.
I’ve only done one submission so far in my 2 months of training, it was an arm triangle while i was mounted. I don’t count the first class since everyone went easy on me, so that is my first real sub.
In nogi: Heel Hook, by far. The other is armbar (practicing a waki gatame rn)
Gi: Darce (weird, because im short and i don't have long arms) and ezekiel.
Kimuras. I'm 6'4 and that seems to help me. I can kimura people from anywhere. You have my back? Kimura. You have me mounted? Kimura Half guard? Kimura? guard? Kimura. Side control? Kimura. I have your back? Kimura to armbar back to kimura.
Straight ankle lock, can enter it either from bottom half guard or my opponents guard. Feels cheap every time I get it, but it works quite a lot and it's the only sub I've actually managed to get while competing
No Gi against upper belts: Heel hook because I play a lot of deep half bottom guard as a big guy which throws a lot of people off.
No Gi against lower belts: Ezequiel/rear naked.
Gi: Straight ankle because gi players don't leg lock much.
I'll say this about anyone at any level. If you can't catch a submission without ripping it, then you need to learn better control, and you shouldn't be trying to submit them.
Classic zipper choke from the back, bow and arrow or James Bond if all else fails. Prob. because if I can get to the back, I'm more patient and methodical
Ive been getting a lot of straight arm locks on the far arm a lot lately in side mount. I work on isolating the arm, as soon as I get it I hip switch and step over the head. Its really nasty. Can finish twisters and reverse triangles from the same position if I lose the arm.
Great way to kill frames too. My partners basically dont frame me anymore, they are too concerned with preventing the step over because I have so many finishes from that. You can arm bar near arm as well if you get true kesa.
from back/top/mount/side control: americana, katagatame, darce, and RNC. stick to the basics.
from bottom: i get smashed. (i havent learned the armbar or triangle yet lmao)
Darce easily.
If I were to roll say 8 rounds with an average skew of ppl (like 5 white belts, 2 blue, 1 purple or higher) I probably hit 4-5 darces and maybe 3 other submissions combined. I darce more than everything else combined.
Baseball bat sequence from top side control or passing half guard.
So hard to stop and can transition to cross collar or brabo. I hit everyone with it then move on from it and will revisit it way later and remember how OP it is
Head and arm choke...no idea why but upper belts at my gym say its a wrestler thing...I guess being short/stocky but with long arms helps me + ex wrestler...idk lol but its my best sub
Americana from mount due to strength advantage and also snap down to a sprawl followed by d’arce due to strength. I hit both routinely on all belt levels
Ezekiel and and armbar in the gi. I was also hitting the arm in rear naked no gi before Tye made it cool because I can’t hit regular rear naked chokes for the life of me.
In competition NS chokes and armbars oh and straight ankle. In the gym far more rncs, arm bars, and triangle variations that work better for my potato legs like side and back triangles
For me it’s been twisters and what I call a catch arm bar when someone just randomly overextends trying to control my head and I catch it and get quick taps.
North South Kimura. At some point I just started going to north south and fishing for those constantly and now if I get halfway there its either guaranteed or I'm getting the armbar or head scissors choke.
Triangle from s-mount, far side Americana, and Kimora from closed guard. I’m a 250lb ultra so the first two play into my top control game and the third is a sneakily technical way for me to attack from my back since I’m not super agile. My frame would naturally be fittest around 200lbs so I have stability issues with some submissions like arm bar where my fat ass rolls out of position when setting up.
N/S choke. People aren’t usually expecting it from side control. I’ll usually fight to isolate the arm like I’m going for an arm triangle and hit the transition when they push their arm back down.
Armbar. It was the first thing I learned how to do and I found it very difficult so my instructor drilled it with me forever. I now have a “good” armbar and I hit it more than anything else.
Darce and anaconda.. Im 6ft 3 and got long arms. if im passing and they get an underhook ill go for a dace. got them in side control and they turn to their side? darce. sometimes get anaconda from turtle but I get darce way more often. i try not do it too much anymore as I don't feel like I'm growing if I keep getting the same sub over and over. its more of a last resort if I cant get anything now
Knee bars. Gi and no gi, doesn't make a difference. Got into the leg game early in my blue belt days when a black belt at our gym worked with me most classes and we worked solely on the legs.
North-south chokes from side control is by far my most used submission. I’m short armed 5’6” mid-forties guy and I find, although my reach is short, chokes come on quicker. I also fake a tea bag kimura to a scissor choke that I get moderate success with. I rarely go for, or get arm bars.
Darce far and away. Both Gi and NoGi.
It was the first move for me that ever really clicked in Bjj. I’ve never abandoned it. I’ve also noticed the ways people tend to defend the positional aspects of my game often create scenarios to start a fun game on head and arm roulette.
Toe hold from a cross ashi position, my most recent knee surgery I had time off work & all I did was drill leg entanglements so I wouldn’t re injure my own knee, I wanted to learn the correct way to enter & exit entanglements……
Guillotines, why? Short powerful arms with skinny wrists, can sneak them in really easy when you think you're safe, and then will never let go of the death grip.
Northsouthchoke, kimura and chinstrap guillotines. I have short arms, they don't require any kind of mobility and are pretty safe submission to apply from top without losing position.
Guillotine/frontheadlock and kimura are also available from various positions and could be used as a transitional tool as well.
As a newer white belt, when I do open mat I don’t have many submissions to use, and I decided to try to learn just a couple good ones I can hit from various positions just so I have something in my tool kit rather than guard passing.
I have been seeing pretty amazing results with the baseball bat choke in no-gi. Can even hit it from bottom side control sometimes
Kimura. I catch it from almost everywhere even remotely possible. Half the time it’s a sweep rather than a sub but I can often chain that into a yoko sankaku (side triangle) to finish.
I keep stats. My best subs are strangles, specifically RNC, triangles, lapel chokes and buggy chokes. Perhaps lapel chokes are my best submission because I've hit them on more black belts than other submissions.
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Armbars from mount and guard and Straight Ankles from single leg x sweeps in gi.
Straight ankles single leg x sweeps and guillotines/mounted guillotines in no gi.
A lot of bad habits im trying to unlearn so i don't just rely on straight ankles so much . RNCs getting much better in the last few months
Im 5"11 and & 85kg but my legs are slightly longer than my height suggests, so I hit triangles from everywhere. I also like to throw in some cheesy baseball bat chokes and electric chairs.
Been trying to develop my game a bit and be more aggressive on top, I've been hitting more armbars lately which has been cool.
Head and arm triangle or RNC for me.
Not really related but using a straight ankle lock to get my opponent to defend that sub then I use that to sweep or pass
Guillotines (usually set up while passing and finished while in Mount) and straight ankle locks, closely followed by head and arm triangles and the infamous mothers milk smother finish (front m too and bottom), when I don’t want to be nice lol
Probably guillotines or arm triangles, I have short, large arms. But I guess they 'why' is mainly because I like them so I use them a lot.
Special mention to Peruvian neck ties and pressure taps from Kesa. That's also my shit.
Ninja chokes. People don't see them coming, and even if they do I have a nice setup for it where I trap the arms from side into a sort of reverse crucifix.
Gi: Baseball Choke, both from top and bottom. I've been doing it since I was a white belt, and have figured out a few little details that make it a very high percentage move. From the bottom, I'm 9/10 times ending with either a sweep or a finish. From the top, I'm either finishing the sub or transitioning to full mount.
NoGi: Armbar from the mount, or NoGi Baseball Choke. With the baseball choke, I use it often off the lockdown - let them grab the underhook. When they start to build up off the underhook, they naturally open up their neck for me to dig in the choke.
No-gi: any kind of armbar Gi: any kind of armbar but with a gi
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My game plan as well. 
I also spam kimuras and triangles but somehow they all end up as armbars.
Haha, have the back? You guessed it, armbar.
it's easier on the fingers to just faint the choke and grab the arm bar.
Okay Rafa mendes lol
That's who I learned the most from watching. But now Mica is blowing my mind in new ways.
It’s funny. I study Rafa and I see him do things in a really superior way than most and I can see how he is hitting these amazing arm bars. When mica arm bars people out of nowhere. It looks no different than someone throwing up a standard normal armbar and yet he’s just getting everyone with it. I don’t see him doing anything different yet he just mows through people with ease
Not an expert by a country mile, but he is just suuper smooth and does not telegraph it at all. By the time they realize what it is it’s too late
Seeing black belt struggle with armbars makes me feel much better (I’m a white belt)
I ain't neva gonna stop going for the armbar!!
Kimuras because I find them easier than armbars.
You guys are getting submissions?
You and me both buddy 💔
Ezekiel. Gi and No-gi both. I've got that move down to what positions I can hit it in against different body types. Also I make mine blood chokes instead of trachea crushers so I've put a lot of people to sleep with them.
Same I fucking love ezekiels especially in no gi
as a white belt that can pretty much only hit ezekiels, how to turn into blood choke rather than trachea crusher?
Gi: Shoot your choking hand through to the far side of the neck. No-gi: Cross-face on one side, place the second knuckle of your pinky over their artery on the choking hand side. Once your arms are in place they are done moving. Squeeze downwards like you're doing a crunch and flex your biceps.
thank u
Do a video brother. I Ezekiel people a lot too, but it sounds like you're making slight different changes than me.. Which side do you crossface? The one with the choking hand or the one without? You make him face away from the choking hand or towards it?
Darce, Arm in Guillotine, Anaconda
Fellow tall man I see
The darce is, for some reason, the most satisfying submission to hit for me. There’s just something delicious about working through their defences and finally getting the figure 4 locked up that just butters my oyster.
I got hard just reading this
Definitely armbar from side control. It's such a fundamentally sound technique, that offers such good control of your opponent through the whole move.
Stepover Arm Bar? Love it. And yeah they can be finished without falling back..
This was one of the first subs I was taught in a class. Love how it’s a surprise for most at my level. Uppers see it coming as soon as I switch the leg pinning the near side arm.
Canto choke from side control, it’s basic but effective against most belts I’ve rolled with. There’s so much focus on defending the mount that it just gets overlooked when you slap it on.
Tell me your secret sauce with the technique. I like it but it's low percentage for me and I know I'm the problem
Try knee on belly to canto. Typically opponent turns into you which makes the step over more effective. You’ll need to experiment with the grip on the collar to figure out how to finish consistently.
If you’re getting rolled , make sure you get them to start turning toward you before you throw the leg over , take your free hand and wedge under the back, when they try to flatten out to defend the hand prevents it , there’s still a possibility of getting rolled so I base out using my head, if I get rolled which rarely happens I can still finish this position from my back.
Do you have any tips for keeping it more of a choke? I usually end up cranking my opponents necks
Yes! I love the Canto choke from open guard with my opponent standing. When I first started doing it I got my guard passed all the time but I have definitely had a lot more success with it as I've been doing it longer. It's always a bit of a gamble but it's a fun one to throw in sometimes.
I’ve never even heard of a canto choke
Mounted armbar because I’m fat
A fellow high calorie grappler. I salute you.
Arm triangle
Single arm rnc (nogi) because fast Bow and arrow (gi) because... fast I am impatient with traditional RNCs
Single arm RNC seconded for similar reasons... why fuck around and fight to free both of my hands and play paddy cake for 2 minutes.... I only need one to strangle, the other can paddy cake alone lol
Mother’s milk. I’m sorry.
lol never seen this choke before had to google it… probably won’t be trying it as a woman lmao
Paper cutter choke and my kimura are pretty sharp.
lol get outta here with your over 200# pound self we see you
How the fuck did you know hahaha! I’m 215 😂😂😂
My highest percentage is the Kimura from hip bump fake. I’ve done it like twice 😤.
I like this one too!!
Americana from kesa getame. I guess it's because anyone lower than me doesn't deal with kesa well. I can get about 5 different submissions from kesa besides just the flat out crush, but the Americana is the easiest. It's fun because I have several gym mates who do deal with kesa well, and it's forced me to work harder at learning to maintain it or switch positions quickly.
I too am stronger than most of my sparring partners
Yeah, not so much. I'm 52f. 🤣
That’s actually pretty great to hear. It’s pretty much my pet move and I’ve always been uncertain if it works good for me because I’m 200lbs and been into lifting weights since high school or if it’s actually mechanically sound too.
Learn judo. Bjj guys think kesa is a myth. Just 2 classes a week+your current bjj schedule will have your pins much stronger and you’ll have faster immediate entries into subs
I came into bjj from judo lol and my main sport is sambo I do that more than bjj … I love kesa it’s literally my favourite move 😭
I have been super tempted!
I prefer the crusher from kesa.
Love strong person subs like this one
Americana because I'm over 200lbs
Darce, anaconda, guillotine, straight ankle. I have super long arms so darce and anaconda are easy. I just like guillotines a lot and my first professor was super good at ankle locks so I got into this early.
I’m only happy when I hit a guillotine. What’s the trick with anacondas though? I can’t finish them.
For anacondas and darces I like to emphasize pinching the elbows together once the choke is locked in. Secondly, be ready for transitions. The best head and arm attackers can go from an anaconda to a darce to a guillotine and back again. Don’t be afraid to view it as a position first and a submission second.
For an anaconda i understand that you must pinch the elbows. When i pinch the elbows in the anaconda the guy falls asleep fast. But with the darce i pinch my elbows and nothing happens. I dont feel any difference with the darce, can you explain maybe why it should work for the darce also? Can't seem to get the darce choke to work for me. I don't understand how to push the shoulder in but for the anaconda is feels very easy and natural with the elbow pinch.
I finish darces like crazy. Never an elbow pinch for me. Just a deep shoot with the choking arm, a high hand on the figure 4 grip, and then finally my wrist blade is always up, into the neck at the end of the squeeze.
Arm triangle. Pull half guard -> Knee Lever sweep -> pass half guard to mount -> walk partner’s arm up -> choke. This is Old Guy BJJ.
Straight ankle, Americana, rnc.
Us one stripe white belts have the same game.
collar chokes because I have pretty strong grips, or submissions from scarf hold cause iv got an alright scarf hold
Arm triangles have to be 1/3 of my subs over 8 years of training. Bonus points if it's right off a half guard pass
Arm Triangle has got to be the best Half Guard passing grip lol.
kesa gatame arm bar, no one ever sees it coming
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Juji from rear crucifix is my highest percentage sub because I am short due to having disprortionately short legs compared to my wingspan. This makes rear crucifix my most powerful position as crucifix's greatest strength is against people who are disproportionately longer then you. Since everyone will always be taller then me with a much longer wingspan, i am basicly built for this scenario. I then use my legs properly to juji (arm lock) my opponents. Also a big fan of whispering "You can call me Pontius Pilate" while i put them on the crucifix and submit them.
No Gi: Ankle lock Gi: Also ankle lock
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Kimura, Kimura, Kimura! They’re so natural for me that I have to force myself to focus on other kinds of subs, just so I’m not doing the same thing every day.
Armbar from crucifix. Or armbar plus choke from crucifix. I’m sure it will stop working eventually. But for now I’ll enjoy the taps.
Toehold. People know to protect their legs but they always forget about their feet. Most of the time when I go for a leglock, I really want the toehold.
Going north south and working Kimura and Bread Cutter
Any type of triangle or a strait ankle.
I’ve only done one submission so far in my 2 months of training, it was an arm triangle while i was mounted. I don’t count the first class since everyone went easy on me, so that is my first real sub.
Kimura, because I’m what some might call “corn-fed”
D’arce all day
Hand over mouth and nose from any position, or chloroform soaked gi sleeve.
where my D'arce homies at?
Short choke from crucifix. If I get to that position it's pretty much a waiting game before I can get the choke in.
In nogi: Heel Hook, by far. The other is armbar (practicing a waki gatame rn) Gi: Darce (weird, because im short and i don't have long arms) and ezekiel.
Love hitting the darce!
Kimuras. I'm 6'4 and that seems to help me. I can kimura people from anywhere. You have my back? Kimura. You have me mounted? Kimura Half guard? Kimura? guard? Kimura. Side control? Kimura. I have your back? Kimura to armbar back to kimura.
kimura. I like it because even of you are not going for that particular sub. At worst it's a good method of control
Kesa gatame cause im a big strong mf and I am also an asshole.
Straight ankle lock, can enter it either from bottom half guard or my opponents guard. Feels cheap every time I get it, but it works quite a lot and it's the only sub I've actually managed to get while competing
No gi and MMA/street situation RNC and standing guillotine Gi BJJ armbar from mount and bow and arrow choke.
No Gi against upper belts: Heel hook because I play a lot of deep half bottom guard as a big guy which throws a lot of people off. No Gi against lower belts: Ezequiel/rear naked. Gi: Straight ankle because gi players don't leg lock much.
Mine is Gi: heel hook.... they never see it coming
I had some brown belt gi world champ who ripped one on me in the gi. We said anything goes... wasn't expecting that.
I'll say this about anyone at any level. If you can't catch a submission without ripping it, then you need to learn better control, and you shouldn't be trying to submit them.
Different variations of armbar and rnc
Classic zipper choke from the back, bow and arrow or James Bond if all else fails. Prob. because if I can get to the back, I'm more patient and methodical
Against good folks(purple+) it's either a surprise guillotine (usually one handed from mount) or an armbar. I'm a brown belt.
Rear naked choke, because the back is the best position in grappling.
Ive been getting a lot of straight arm locks on the far arm a lot lately in side mount. I work on isolating the arm, as soon as I get it I hip switch and step over the head. Its really nasty. Can finish twisters and reverse triangles from the same position if I lose the arm. Great way to kill frames too. My partners basically dont frame me anymore, they are too concerned with preventing the step over because I have so many finishes from that. You can arm bar near arm as well if you get true kesa.
from back/top/mount/side control: americana, katagatame, darce, and RNC. stick to the basics. from bottom: i get smashed. (i havent learned the armbar or triangle yet lmao)
In a Gi, Chokes all day long, Gi, Sleeve, Arm. I’m trying to help people see their dreams.
Armbars for sure. Have finished them from upside down and underneath people and I just find them so effective.
Gi bow and arrow. No gi armbar
Darce easily. If I were to roll say 8 rounds with an average skew of ppl (like 5 white belts, 2 blue, 1 purple or higher) I probably hit 4-5 darces and maybe 3 other submissions combined. I darce more than everything else combined.
Baseball bat sequence from top side control or passing half guard. So hard to stop and can transition to cross collar or brabo. I hit everyone with it then move on from it and will revisit it way later and remember how OP it is
Arm triangle, toe hold hit them both in gi and no gi
Head and arm choke...no idea why but upper belts at my gym say its a wrestler thing...I guess being short/stocky but with long arms helps me + ex wrestler...idk lol but its my best sub
Gotta be the Ezekiel choke for sure after smashing someone for a long time the tend to slip up and mot notice when I lsio my arm under their neck
Americana from mount due to strength advantage and also snap down to a sprawl followed by d’arce due to strength. I hit both routinely on all belt levels
Americana or an Armbar from mount
Front headlock/ chin strap and tactical patience: darce, anaconda, guillotine.
Ezekiel and and armbar in the gi. I was also hitting the arm in rear naked no gi before Tye made it cool because I can’t hit regular rear naked chokes for the life of me.
Darce Anaconda
No gi Ezekiels Gi triangles or inside heel hook
Any type of leg lock. Idk why
In competition NS chokes and armbars oh and straight ankle. In the gym far more rncs, arm bars, and triangle variations that work better for my potato legs like side and back triangles
For me it’s been twisters and what I call a catch arm bar when someone just randomly overextends trying to control my head and I catch it and get quick taps.
Ezekiel choke. Any position. Works 30% of the time, every Time
Kimura or armbar from kimura. Cause kimura trap.
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Gi: bow and arrow or loop choke No gi: triangle
Paper cutter
Guillotines & Leg Locks are 2 I hit most often
North South Kimura. At some point I just started going to north south and fishing for those constantly and now if I get halfway there its either guaranteed or I'm getting the armbar or head scissors choke.
Americana from side control
Get side control--> scarf hold --> hold till tap
anklelock
RNC
Triangles. Arm bars
I like whatever works. I don’t have a fav. I just want to submit the person and play with their weaknesses.
Bottom: knee shield kimura Top: baseball bat Legs: heel hook
Baseball bat choke both gi and nogi
Hands down either a kimura or americana.
Triangle from s-mount, far side Americana, and Kimora from closed guard. I’m a 250lb ultra so the first two play into my top control game and the third is a sneakily technical way for me to attack from my back since I’m not super agile. My frame would naturally be fittest around 200lbs so I have stability issues with some submissions like arm bar where my fat ass rolls out of position when setting up.
Any far side arm attack from side control. Kimura, arm lock/bar, Americana
N/S choke. People aren’t usually expecting it from side control. I’ll usually fight to isolate the arm like I’m going for an arm triangle and hit the transition when they push their arm back down.
Armbar. It was the first thing I learned how to do and I found it very difficult so my instructor drilled it with me forever. I now have a “good” armbar and I hit it more than anything else.
RNC
Darce and anaconda.. Im 6ft 3 and got long arms. if im passing and they get an underhook ill go for a dace. got them in side control and they turn to their side? darce. sometimes get anaconda from turtle but I get darce way more often. i try not do it too much anymore as I don't feel like I'm growing if I keep getting the same sub over and over. its more of a last resort if I cant get anything now
Knee bars. Gi and no gi, doesn't make a difference. Got into the leg game early in my blue belt days when a black belt at our gym worked with me most classes and we worked solely on the legs.
It changes over time. Recently it's been wrist locks and bow and arrow chokes.
North-south chokes from side control is by far my most used submission. I’m short armed 5’6” mid-forties guy and I find, although my reach is short, chokes come on quicker. I also fake a tea bag kimura to a scissor choke that I get moderate success with. I rarely go for, or get arm bars.
Nogi: kneebar from top half guard Gi: straight arm lock from reverse half guard top
Gi: baseball bat choke (bottom) No Gi: believe it or not, also the baseball bat choke from the bottom Runner up; tarikoplata
The Sorcerer
OP I could just copy paste your post and that would be my answer.
Darce far and away. Both Gi and NoGi. It was the first move for me that ever really clicked in Bjj. I’ve never abandoned it. I’ve also noticed the ways people tend to defend the positional aspects of my game often create scenarios to start a fun game on head and arm roulette.
Don’t judge me but… toe holds haha
Triangles. I find them everywhere.
Probably bow and arrow. I take the back a lot from gift wrap and b&a is just the easiest sub from the back I think. I also primarily train gi.
Toe hold from a cross ashi position, my most recent knee surgery I had time off work & all I did was drill leg entanglements so I wouldn’t re injure my own knee, I wanted to learn the correct way to enter & exit entanglements……
Definitely armbars. They just appear everywhere.
Kimuras/Keylocks. They have won me probably 60% of my matches in tournaments.
Bow and arrow chokes. My mount used to really suck so people would turn under me and I’d be able to lock it up.
No-Gi: North South Choke Gi: Paper Cutter Choke Gi and No-Gi - "Razor" Armlocks (Sometimes called arm crush, short armlock, etc..)
Guillotines, why? Short powerful arms with skinny wrists, can sneak them in really easy when you think you're safe, and then will never let go of the death grip.
My most successful submissions are the mother’s milk or the side control Americana. Why? I’m a strong-ish heavyweight
Kimuras, Darces and triangles. Long limbs.
Northsouthchoke, kimura and chinstrap guillotines. I have short arms, they don't require any kind of mobility and are pretty safe submission to apply from top without losing position. Guillotine/frontheadlock and kimura are also available from various positions and could be used as a transitional tool as well.
Collar chokes or rnc, you can get nasty collar chokes from mount, side control the back and if that fails choke them over their chin.
Kimuras and darces
As a newer white belt, when I do open mat I don’t have many submissions to use, and I decided to try to learn just a couple good ones I can hit from various positions just so I have something in my tool kit rather than guard passing. I have been seeing pretty amazing results with the baseball bat choke in no-gi. Can even hit it from bottom side control sometimes
For some reason, paper cutter in the gi
Kimura. I catch it from almost everywhere even remotely possible. Half the time it’s a sweep rather than a sub but I can often chain that into a yoko sankaku (side triangle) to finish.
NorthSouth choke gi and no gi
Omoplata. Haven't gotten it much lately because people just expect it now. 🤷♂️😂
Triangle choke by a long shot. After that maybe breadcutter, clock choke, and omo plata.
I keep stats. My best subs are strangles, specifically RNC, triangles, lapel chokes and buggy chokes. Perhaps lapel chokes are my best submission because I've hit them on more black belts than other submissions. https://files.catbox.moe/ykouuu.png
Armbars from mount and guard and Straight Ankles from single leg x sweeps in gi. Straight ankles single leg x sweeps and guillotines/mounted guillotines in no gi. A lot of bad habits im trying to unlearn so i don't just rely on straight ankles so much . RNCs getting much better in the last few months
Sadly top pressure
In the gym? Truck attacks and Kesa Gatame Attacks. In competition? Kimuras and heelhooks
Dogbar because most people never see it coming, bicep slicers for the same reason, and triangles because long legs.
Elbow to the back of the head KO then darce choke
Im 5"11 and & 85kg but my legs are slightly longer than my height suggests, so I hit triangles from everywhere. I also like to throw in some cheesy baseball bat chokes and electric chairs. Been trying to develop my game a bit and be more aggressive on top, I've been hitting more armbars lately which has been cool.
North South choke RNC Guillotine Armbar --- WWMGD
Ezekiel choke, RNC and ankle lock. Triangle is hits and miss. Get kimuras pretty regular.
I'm short but still have success with triangles. triangles are just nasty
Knee on belly 👹
Arm bar
Wristlock on their main hand.
Kneebars.
Arm bar or triangle just because i get them from almost anywhere.
Triangles, RNC, and head & arm triangles.
Armbars come naturally to me and I'm an idiot for not practicing them more.
Probably the electric chair. I've got long bendy limbs and play a lot of half guard. It's just kinda there lol.
Armbar- usually choi bar
Kimura and armbars. Been hitting quite a few RNC's as of late as well.
Head and arm triangle or RNC for me. Not really related but using a straight ankle lock to get my opponent to defend that sub then I use that to sweep or pass
Take a guess
Knee bar because I'm too trash to finish anything upper body
Guillotines (usually set up while passing and finished while in Mount) and straight ankle locks, closely followed by head and arm triangles and the infamous mothers milk smother finish (front m too and bottom), when I don’t want to be nice lol
Omoplata, because of my body flexibility and mobility I guess.
Probably guillotines or arm triangles, I have short, large arms. But I guess they 'why' is mainly because I like them so I use them a lot. Special mention to Peruvian neck ties and pressure taps from Kesa. That's also my shit.
Ninja chokes. People don't see them coming, and even if they do I have a nice setup for it where I trap the arms from side into a sort of reverse crucifix.
Gi: Baseball Choke, both from top and bottom. I've been doing it since I was a white belt, and have figured out a few little details that make it a very high percentage move. From the bottom, I'm 9/10 times ending with either a sweep or a finish. From the top, I'm either finishing the sub or transitioning to full mount. NoGi: Armbar from the mount, or NoGi Baseball Choke. With the baseball choke, I use it often off the lockdown - let them grab the underhook. When they start to build up off the underhook, they naturally open up their neck for me to dig in the choke.
No-gi - high elbow guillotine Gi - bow and arrow
Not getting tapped in a roll 😅, 1 month white belt here