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- This article is about triangle chokes using the legs, for usage of the arms in a similar manner, see Arm triangle choke.
| Triangle choke |
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| The bottom fighter's legs constrict the top fighter's neck and arm |
| Classification |
Chokehold |
| Parent style |
Judo |
| AKA |
Sankaku-Jime |
A Triangle choke (called Sankaku-Jime in judo) is a type of figure-four chokehold which strangles the opponent by encircling the opponent's neck and one arm with the legs in a configuration similar to the shape of a triangle. The technique is a type of lateral vascular restraint that constricts the blood flow from the carotid arteries to the brain. It was created in the early 1900's by the judoka Tsunetane Oda.
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- WWE professional wrestler The Undertaker used the triangle choke from 2003-2008; he has since changed to the gogoplata which is named 'Hell's Gate' or 'The Devil's Triangle'.
- Towards the end of the movie Lethal Weapon, Mel Gibson's character, Martin Riggs, applies the triangle choke to Gary Busey's character, Mr. Joshua, thereby ending their street fight.
- In the 7th and last episode of Generation Kill, "Bomb in the Garden", Rudy Reyes applies a mounted triangle choke on Ray Person before the fight was broken up.
- In the movie Never Back Down the triangle choke is applied more than once.
- In the 2009 film Fast & Furious, the character played by Vin Diesel is briefly caught in a variation of the triangle choke hold by the character played by Paul Walker before he slams him to the ground to escape the hold.
- The move is often utilized in mixed martial arts, usually by brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioners.
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