Loop Choke

Also known as: Loop · Rolling Loop Choke · Koshi Jime (adjacent)

A gi strangle that turns your opponent’s forward pressure against them: a collar grip becomes a noose as you guide their head down and under your arm.

Submission · Strangle (blood choke) · Gi only · Difficulty 3/5 · Usually learned at Blue belt

Starts from Front Headlock as the attacker (on the head) → ends the match (submission).

The details that make it work

1. Grip the collar shallow with four fingers in; the "loop" appears when your elbow lifts over their ducking head.
2. Feed their head under your armpit as they drive or as you snap them down — their motion tightens it.
3. Finish by dropping to your side or rolling through, letting the collar do the strangling.

Where it goes wrong

• Muscling a static loop against a postured opponent instead of catching motion.

How opponents counter it

• Posture up the instant the collar grip crosses the neck
• Circle away from the looping elbow

Is the Loop Choke legal in competition?

Legal in all major rulesets at all levels (IBJJF, ADCC, sub-only). Rules change — always confirm against the current official rulebook for your event.

Same family: Strangle (blood choke)s

• Guillotine Choke — from Front Headlock
• D’Arce Choke — from Front Headlock
• Anaconda Choke — from Front Headlock
• Ninja Choke — from Front Headlock
• Peruvian Necktie — from Front Headlock
• Pad Thai — from Front Headlock
• Pad Lock — from Front Headlock
• Clock Choke — from Turtle
• Triangle Choke — from Closed Guard
• Cross Collar Choke — from Closed Guard
• Arm Triangle Choke — from Side Control
• Paper Cutter Choke — from Side Control
• Von Flue Choke — from Side Control
• Buggy Choke — from Side Control
• North-South Choke — from North-South
• Baseball Bat Choke — from Knee on Belly
• Rear Naked Choke — from Back Control
• Bow and Arrow Choke — from Back Control
• Crucifix Choke — from Crucifix

Related techniques

• Guillotine Choke
• Snap Down
• Clock Choke

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