How To Do The Perfect Triangle Choke Even If You Have Short Legs by John Danaher 

What is your favorite choke/strangle?

I feel like I owe Danaher money for the amount of information I have received

Danaher has spent thousands of hours in the lab analyzing and breaking down moves until he understands them to their most fundamental level. And all we have to do is watch and practice; He's done all the hard work.

Danaher puts the “Angulation” in Strangulation.

These are some dark arts bruh

Just when I think I know everything about triangle chokes, John Danaher comes along blows my mind with the details.

I’ve been training for almost a decade and I have never seen anyone share these fine details. This is pure gold!

sweet baby jesus! thank you, on behalf of short legs everywhere :D

This feels like learning some.kind of black magic, seriously, my triangle submission ratio went from basically nonexistent to finishing more of half of the triangle attempts I do, this should be a must see for all grapplers, not only short legged ones

Danaher is a real BJJ scientist. Impressive.

Jeez almost choked a dude unconscious with this move during an open mat the other day, just the angle that u get with this triangle makes it a 1000 times tighter, it’s insane John danaher is truly a wizard

The 12 dislikes are from big guys now getting triangled 😂

If there’s a BJJ Coach of the year award, it should be called The John Danaher Award

This video has made me infamous within my gym for my triangles. Grabbing the leg to get an angle is the most brutally powerful detail

6:02 control head and make angle 6:27 making the angle first place calf muscle over his shoulder 6:31 rotate hips and reach under leg 7:03 swing 7:13 left leg covers his shoulder 7:30 bring support leg to the strangle leg 7:59 even if he stands, knee to back of neck 9:23 watch shoulder as he goes to posture up 9:54 he gets his hips high to get the shoulder outside the lock

If this is the kind of detail you give away for free I can only imagine what you provide for paying students or on instructional DVDs.

Probably my favorite submission, the idea of using the strongest muscles in the human body to target a critical vulnerability (The neck and carotid artery) of your opponent is truly incredible. John Danaher explains how to make this strangle extremely effective.

DAMM I LOVE DANAHER TEACHING STYLE IS LIKE THE PERFECT MIX BETWEEN MARTIAL ARTIST, MATEMATICS TEACHER, CIENTIST AND A GENTLE FATHER TALKING TO HIS CHILD

There are triangle chokes tutorials and there is this john danaher triangle choke tutorial. What a huge difference in quality and attention to detail. Loved it. Thanks for these videos... They absolutely work like a charm!

That was the absolute best technical breakdown of the triangle I have ever watched. The details are amazing. That is a game changer. Homerun!

Danaher is a legit a BJJ Scientist. His levels of knowledge and teaching goes past "coaching." The BJJ community is lucky to have him.

For those it may assist, I've taken notes as I find it useful when learning myself. Please feel free to correct/recommend additions. - The foundation of the triangle is securing a one in/one out position with regard to your opponent’s arm inside of the triangle. -You need to establish dominant grips and move to unbalance your opponent whilst taking advantage of a window to transition your attacking leg inside your opponent’s arm, isolating that arm. You want to break their posture. -There are a variety of entries. (it would be pretty sweet if others can recommend particularly useful videos on entries) * With a gi you can use the shin or foot on bicep (spider) whilst controlling your opponent’s same side wrist, move to isolate the arm by bring your spidering leg in and over their shoulder. - Once you have established the one in/one out position, establish a figure-four guard (not necessary) and transition to keep their posture broken before you create an angle. * It is important to create an angle, one reason is that if you maintain a central position whilst trying to execute your opponent may very well react by stacking you. - There are a variety of methods to keep their posture broken, but a common method is grabbing your attack shin and pulling down, allowing you to unhook your hooking leg. * You can also secure a single collar on the back of their head. - With your other arm grab underneath your opponent’s thigh or somewhere that allows you to use that hand as leverage to cut a tight angle. - Once the angle has been created, you should be looking at one side of their face, you should bring your hooking leg up towards your attacking leg. Do not bring your attacking leg to your hooking leg. - You may find it useful to raise up off your lower back and make sure to cut across the shoulder aiming to trap only their arm inside of the choke point. * You also want to aim to create a wedge with your hooking leg directly behind their neck, increasing the pressure when you lock the triangle . - Once hooked, squeeze by bringing your knees together using your hand to bring their head down should they continue to resist.

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This guy is a freakin wizard

John Danaher is one of the few that approach BJJ as a science! IMPRESSIVE knowledge!!!!!!!

How can anyone dislike this video? Do you not understand exactly what you've just been given for free? Seriously, quit jiu jitsu, if you can't appreciate this video you shouldn't be rolling. This is the best information for triangle chokes you will ever hear. This short video has done more for my triangles then months and months of training with a well established bjj franchise. The man is a fucking genius and you'd be lucky if he let you lick the sweat off his rashgaurd.

This is literally the clearest instructions I've ever heard for anything ever

We are blessed on having these two Legends, sharing content with us. Thank you. Ossss

Wow..i used to think i was pretty good with my triangle mechanics but would never have thought to have a triangle that doesn't trap the shoulder. Had to stop doing triangles for a long time because of a knee injury but this will take a lot of pressure off the knee now. Good stuff.

As a white belt with only 3 months experience I can greatly appreciate his attention to detail. I may not be able to incorporate every detail due to my lack of training and experience. I am still leaving with my main question answered "why aren't my triangles choking". Its that pesky shoulder! I now realize I need to put a lot more emphasis on trapping my opponents crossed arm to prevent escape while I better position my triangles. Thanks guys

i love this triangle, by far (after watching this, and being taught it in class) my most hit submission

Love how he says "the figure of four''

I seriously thought I would never be able to triangle anyone in rolling ever because of how small my legs are. Thank you coach I seriously think I owe you both money at this point

Professor Danaher is a gift that keeps on giving. 🙂

Great details for guys like me who have just considered triangles unworkable with my body type.

been doing BJJ for 17 years and been a black belt under pedro saucer for 3 years and have never seen this detail from anyone before.

I used to think that the strangle came from pushing the shoulder into the neck. It was really useful to see that the shoulder isn't necessary in the triangle and you can lock up far tighter without it.

The detailed manner in which Danaher teaches is so impressive and much appreciated. Thank you.

Coach Danaher’s ability to cover the fine details is amazing. Love both of these guys videos.

Thank you so much! Can't wait to apply these amazing insights on the mat tomorrow

9:44 Poor Bernardo in this demo 😂. I have been longing for this video. Thanks so much 🙏🏻

Omg this is the video I have been hoping for from two of my favorite teachers. Thanks guys. This is a real treat 😀👍

2:40 triangle specs 6:07 triangle from guard 11:20 repeat

wow, amazing advice and guide for triangles

Wow! Mind blown. Fantastic details. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

Great tips from John as usual and love how humble Bernardo always is - always wanting to learn new things and keep an open mind

Small adjustments in movement lead to significantly better form in my triangles now. Thank you!

Wonderful. Many thanks to John and Bernardo.

Definitely going to change things up for me just with these details!! Bernardo thank you for all your hard work and getting together with all the high level Jiu-Jitsu guys. Sharing all this info is greatly appreciated!! 🙏🏼😌

Excellent instruction. Thanks

I don't even know if I can call what I was doing a triangle after seeing this. Thank you so much!

Very detailed as always. Thanks for this.

Thanks so much! Great details!

The time I have spent on searching for "Triangle short legs" over the years! This is the best video by far.

I love how its one technique for 13 min rather than 10 so much easier to digest.

Thx for all those helpful videos 🙏🏻

Fantastic detail on the triangle. I will definitely employ this tweak in training. Thank you Professor Danaher and Professor Faria!

love this video, cant wait to try this technique, TY!

Crazy beautiful technique. Thank you !!!!!!

Excellent! Much appreciated.

This is amazing. It seems like almost no one understands triangles. I set up my triangles in a very similar way. I use overhook guard to control posture, shrimp and club the neck with the hamstring simultaneously, scissor my legs together to take all the slack out, then lock my figure 4 over the shoulder. I've taught this to about a dozen people, and most of them don't even understand shrimping from 0° to 90°. They think they're fine doing 90's era unlock grab relock, figure 4 over their ankle with a 6" gap nonsense that made their professors give up on the submission altogether.

These videos are gold thank you

Thank you. Very helpful

Great video, guys! Thank you so much.

Great clear teaching!!!

Thank You. Wow, I always wondered about your left leg in other vids with Gi on. So smooth and knowledgeable to master this discipline with that. I have no more excuses about my bad knees at almost 54.

He’s just a genius!! I’ve been training bjj for about 6 months holly crap this is money straight money !! Much love Mr. Danaher I feel so lucky to have access to this incredible break down !!

I always thought how triangle choke works so well even though there is huge space created by shoulders under the the legs.. watched some videos still not cleared but this video is absolute best breakdown.. now my doubt is cleared 😁 👌👌

these are gold

Excellent video. Thank you

This made me look at the triangle in a different way. Very informative. Thank you! Oss 🤛

This is gold!

Thanks guys that was very informative and helped tremendously

thanks for the thorough explanation.

There's scary. And then there's John Danaher. Guy has so much BJJ knowledge.

It's a huge honor watching this.

Amazing details ,thanks...osssss

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks, very informative

This is tremendous. A master class in one technique.🙏

I think this will help me a lot. I just started Jiu Jitsu about 3 weeks ago. Given the amount of time spent leaning Jiu Jitsu I should be struggling doing this type of technique especially that I have short legs from being 5”6 in height. I will and practice it until I can do it swiftly. Thanks for this video 👍

Eliminating the shoulder is very Crucial and solve the problem Greatly ! Thanks John ,you are Wonderful .

You are an amazing instructor!

OMG I'm so excited to try this. I've been struggling with the damn 🔻 for months. This is the answer!

Unbelievable technique!! Danaher is TOP!

Learned some moves in my self-defense class and don't want to forget them (I practice when I can but I'm busy a LOT), this was helpful! Thanks

The new thing for me his bracing with the calf off the shoulder to turn the corner. That's what I need to drill as opposed to foot on the hip or even foot on the floor. It's really the same as an arm triangle but with the legs. As a 30" inside leg with fairly heavy thighs I am very happy to see this video. Pulling on the head is super important of course.

I just learnt so much,more than all the lessons I had at checkmat

That was really cool. Thank you 🙏🏽

Thank you so much

I love your videos. You seem very genuine and like you really wanta help people. You should have double the subscribers.

Fantastic. Thank you!

This guy is a true blessing for bjj

Thank you!!!

That looks like the tightest triangle I have ever seen. John Danaher is a genius.

Thank you...appreciate your content always

I've never seen that shoulder bypass approach. That is super cool!

Lmfao I watched this in the parking lot before my roll and I was like “I’m gonna hit that in class today” and my white belt comrades stood not chance 😂

So elegant and graceful 😮

Great explanation!!! Thank you! I am only 5ft and these tips are great!