Reddit reviews Mastering Triangle Chokes: Ground Marshal Submission Grappling

Saulo Ribeiro's Jiu-Jitsu University

Renzo Gracie and John Danaher's Mastering Jujitsu

Kid Peligro's The Essential Guard

Neil Melanson's Mastering Triangle Chokes

The techniques behind Lachlan and Danaher's insanely tight triangles definitely have some universal principles. Ryan Hall also popularized the hamstring curl method. However I think Neil Melanson's book Mastering Triangle Chokes covers their variations in really great detail. It won't break the bank like Danaher's dvd. It also came out in 2013 so it goes to show that this information has been out for a while now.

IF you have a chance, grab a copy of Neil Melanson's Mastering Triangle Chokes.

It is literally the triangle bible....it must have 600 triangle setups from every possible position

http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Triangle-Chokes-Submission-Grappling/dp/193660809X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1405011348&sr=1-1&keywords=mastering+triangle+chokes.

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Only difference is if it's gi or (tonight) no-gi.

Check out Neil Melanson’s book “Mastering Triangle Chokes”.

His setups are awesome, but the biggest take away for me - and this applies to all sub setups, not just triangles - is his philosophy of giving your opponent a problem to solve. Their reaction to solving that problem will have them give you the setup.

Here’s Neil demoing this - hand choke setup for the triangle.

Ryan Hall calls this “your money or your life”. The hip bump triangle is an example of this. The hip bump forces them to post, to prevent getting swept. Posting puts their arm a long way from their body, giving you the leg-through triangle setup.

Anyone who has been doing bjj for more ham a few months will recognize undisguised and unforced setups a mile away, and shut them down.

This book?
https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Triangle-Chokes-Submission-Grappling/dp/193660809X

Neil Melanson's Mastering Triangle Chokes

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Hopefullly its cheaper somewhere else then Amazon: https://imgur.com/a/5UExkq9

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For those who dont want to hit the link:

Amazon has it listed for: 3,214.79

https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Triangle-Chokes-Submission-Grappling/dp/193660809X

Ask, and ye shall receive. It was out of print when i first looked for it, but last week, this appeared in my Amazon feed. New editions, ~$26.

They just did a new printing and it's like 27 bucks now. I grabbed it just because I know at some point I'm going to want to get dope with it, and this is the cheapest it's gonna get. Did finish my first triangle in ages though, so thumbs up.

https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Triangle-Chokes-Submission-Grappling/dp/193660809X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496117512&sr=8-1&keywords=mastering+the+triangle

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