Collar Control
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Also called: catch the collar, collar, collar control, collar grip, collar pressure, control collar
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- Establish collar and sleeve control
- Break your opponent’s grips
- Connect gripping to positioning
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7- Bread Cutter ChokeWhen: get four fingers in collar to set up choke
- Deep Lasso GuardWhen: use collar grip to control opponent and create distance
- Rear Naked ChokeWhen: griping the collar for the submission
- Guard RecoveryWhen: preventing pass with collar defense
- Knee on BellyWhen: controlling collar for knee on belly position
- X GuardWhen: controlling collar creates space for x guard transitions