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
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
| Term | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 裸絞め | hadakajime | rear naked choke; sleeper hold |
| 絞め技 | shimewaza | shime-waza (judo stranglehold) |
| フロントチョーク | furontochooku | front choke |
External links
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.