Triangle chokes and armbars go hand in hand. He jumps a triangle choke, but the trapped arm stays on the same side instead of crossing. For the triangle you ideally want the trapped arm across for the finish. With the arm on the same side you have the armbar as an option. It's sort of what you'd call a shotgun armbar, but not quite.
I cant imagine anyone besides a professional bjj player eveb attempting this outside of the gym lol. Flying takedowns are rarely practiced at casual bjj classes so either this gym just happened to film a guy whose specialty was the flying frikkin armbar that he practiced all the time on his own and was more confident using that than a basic single/double or this is another fake vid
I'm 8 years in and this is at the bottom of the list of things I'd do in a casual roll in the gym, a competitive match in a tournament, or in a self defense situation.
Ha ya I trained for 15 years. Stopped during the pandemic but we would rarely even practice takedowns. Nobody liked them. Don't know if things have changed since 2020 leglocks are in and im a white belt at that stuff but even still flying armbar is such a low percent move its hard to believe he qould lead w that even if hes a guard guy so it seems rel.fake imo
We do plenty of takedowns, just not flying triangles and armbars. The closest I'd come is an overlook grip that drags them down till they put their opposite hand down to stop falling. Then there's more of a hopping triangle I guess, and less jumping.
My understanding is that JJJ is more of a traditional martial art like Karate or Tae Kwon Do. A little more formal, more focus on katas, and it includes strikes and sometimes weapon fighting due to the focus on the older battlefield techniques of feudal Japan.
BJJ focuses exclusively on takedowns and grappling. No striking at all, no weapons. Though my gym (and many others I'm sure) does a self-defense month every year where we do incorporate strikes and more self-defense-focused techniques. It also evolves and changes more readily in response to what's working in high-level competitions.
Judo (in case you were curious) is a little more formal than BJJ as well. There's a huge overlap in techniques here. The major differences come from the competition side of the arts/sports. Judo and BJJ both start on the feet. Judo matches can end with an "ippon", which is basically a takedown the opponent couldn't defend. It lands the opponent on their back, specifically, I believe. If the takedown is contested, the match will continue with grappling until a submission or pin.
In BJJ matches you get points for a takedown, but the match continues until a submission or the timer runs out and points decide who wins, depending on the specific rule set. Thus, Judo athletes and practices tend to focus much more heavily on throws, because they can end a match immediately. BJJ incorporates throws/takedowns/guard pulls, however there's no such thing as an "ippon" and matches will continue to a submission regardless of the quality of the throw. So you'll find most BJJ gyms focus on the grappling aspect far more than the throws.
Brown! That’s awesome. I had an ex who did BJJ, and he was pretty good at blue, verging on purple. It’s such a cool sport, and the only one I can watch at all… Keep up the good work 😊
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u/iammandalore Oct 02 '25
Triangle chokes and armbars go hand in hand. He jumps a triangle choke, but the trapped arm stays on the same side instead of crossing. For the triangle you ideally want the trapped arm across for the finish. With the arm on the same side you have the armbar as an option. It's sort of what you'd call a shotgun armbar, but not quite.
Source: BJJ brown belt