Wednesday I nearly didn’t train. It is not my regular night, I just went to the dojo since I needed to clear out the cobwebs. It turned out to be an amazing night. It was just sensei and three of us training – so lots of 1 on 1 training time.
One of the people there showed this cool choke I had not seen before.
You start working up a collar. In the picture you grab with the lower right hand and slide the left hand up the collar. Then bring the right hand up. This leads into a bunch of things. This choke is used if the person on top bobs their head down, which if they are posting to pin the person on ground is not too uncommon. The choke gets set when the person on bottom, without letting go, pops their top hand over the head. This crosses the arms setting up the scissor choke.
Sensei pointed out that it is fairly easy to counter the setup for this choke by just pressing into the shoulder. I drew the picture with the top person pinning with their forearm – but seisei showed the counter with the left hand of the top person pressing into the GH joint of the shoulder.