Triangle choke

Judo technique

三角絞

Type

Chokes and strangles, Grappling positions

Martial arts

Judo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu

Japanese

三角絞

Meaning

Triangular strangle (Triangle choke)

Classified as

judo technique, chokehold

Listed in

Shime-waza (Kodokan judo), Shime-waza (judo techniques), Submissions (Brazilian jiu-jitsu), Chokeholds (Brazilian jiu-jitsu)

Learning path

Brazilian jiu-jitsu: step 21 of 39 (intermediate)

A triangle choke (Japanese: 三角絞 sankaku-jime), is a type of figure-four chokehold that encircles the opponent's neck and one of their arms within the legs of the attacker. The configuration of the legs is similar to the shape of a triangle. Applying pressure using both legs and the opponent's own arm/shoulder, the technique is a type of lateral vascular restraint that constricts the blood flow from the carotid arteries to the brain, resulting in loss of consciousness in seconds when applied correctly. Recent studies have shown that the triangle choke takes an average of 9.5 seconds to render an opponent unconscious from the moment it is properly applied.

Kanji in 三角絞

↻ Replay stroke order

Other Judo chokes and strangles

• Arm triangle choke
• Chokehold
• Gyaku Jūji-jime
• Kata juji jime
• Nami juji jime
• Rear naked choke
• Do-jime
• Ude hishigi sankaku gatame
• North–south choke
• Guillotine choke
• Koshi-jime
• Sode guruma jime
• Gogoplata
• Kata ha jime
• Kata te jime
• Jigoku-jime
• Okuri eri jime
• Hasami jime
• Ura juji jime
• Ryo te jime
• Tsukkomi jime
• Tawara-Jime

Japanese terms for chokes and strangles

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q2375061 (CC0); text quoted from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); kanji data KANJIDIC2 and KanjiVG. Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Subskills sports technique taxonomy (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.