Hand Fighting

Ethan Crelinsten on peeling the rear naked choke before it is fully set, from the B-Team approach to hand fighting.

Chewy on hiding the choking-hand grip so the bottom player cannot peel it off. A small detail that finishes a lot of defended RNCs.

Chewy's longer look at finishing more rear naked chokes: when to switch arms, how to take out slack and how to deal with a tucked chin.

A choke setup from back mount for when people keep escaping your hooks.

Stephan Kesting on escaping the rear naked choke itself: fighting the choking arm, tucking the chin and turning into the choke.

Gordon Ryan on the secrets of his back attacks: controlling the wrists, the straitjacket idea and forcing the neck open.

A walkthrough of Danaher's straitjacket system: trapping both arms so the choke becomes inevitable.

Ffion Davies on back-control concepts: seatbelt, following the turn and when to switch to a body triangle.

Giancarlo Bodoni on the hand-fighting sequences from the back that set up the rear naked choke instead of stalling in a grip fight.

Escaping turtle against a seatbelt: elbow and knee position that stops the first hook going in, then getting the head up to sit out.