In this segment of BJJ Building Blocks, Nic takes an indepth look at the straight arm lock from guard. The technique can be very difficult to pull off successfully against another Jiu-Jitsu player because they know it’s coming and can defend against it, especially if you just try grabbing the arm and throwing your hips over. Nic covers the details required to make the arm lock from guard a high percentage move in your game.

I used to really struggle to finish opponents with this technique, but once I discovered where I was going wrong it quickly became one of my favourite submissions. Here I go over some of the finer points that will help you choke people from the mount position more effectively.

This is an incredibly basic but vitally important principle to understand. Internalizing it will turbo-charge all aspects of your jiu-jitsu.