Apollo

[Kurzy]

Just watching MTS 87 Study Tape, loving the narrated rolls as always. I saw the Apollo (Arm and Neck triangle while playing from bottom half lockdown) and fell in love. I have had this position and choke so many times, just by nature of rolling, but I never felt strong enough on the arm triangle to finish it. I have had the position and bailed on it so many times.
I didn't know it was a legit move and I had never heard of it, but now seeing that and hearing Master Eddies commentary on how he feels about the Apollo, I am going to be actively looking for this sub.

See MTS episode 87 at 21:21 and at 25:18 for it.

[Tony "The Goods" Garcia]

Bobby Rivers caught me with that repeatedly. He attacked BMac with it and transitioned a couple times as well. I think he Gandalfed me, allowed me to believe I was escaping, then caught me with an Apollo.

[Jon Borrows]

I have been going for it a lot also. I really like waiting for them to settle and then putting in the butterfly to sweep, I think it was on an old episode. Then you can finish it from the top or just use it for the sweep atleast

[Andrew Alexander]

I use the The super stomp after I catch the head and arm, sweep on top, and finish
MTS: 20 37:00

[Kurzy]

I use mounted arm and neck choke all the time, it is a major part of my game. Chopping block is familiar to all the guys I roll with.

I hit this Apollo tonight in my first roll tonight, in the first minute of rolling. Nailed it again on another guy later on, tried it a third time on a third guy but he is a beast of a muscler, so he stopped me from getting the elbow raised and I had to bail on it.

But sheeeeit, it fits nicely and immediately into my game. Thanks Eddie!

[Kurzy]

I use the The super stomp after I catch the head and arm, sweep on top, and finish
MTS: 20 37:00

I would love to check this out, but it won't load the old MTS pages for me. I hit the "Previous Episodes" button and it just reloads the current page with the latest MTS.

[Andrew Alexander]

I would love to check this out, but it won't load the old MTS pages for me. I hit the "Previous Episodes" button and it just reloads the current page with the latest MTS.

Try going to the link on the ronin page

[Kevin Gibbs]

I finish with this in competition more often than any other sub in pretty much every tournament I either sub or sweep with it at some point. It also works well with some of the octopus style lockdown game I've been messing with. I must have at least some videos of me finishing it, I'll try to track some down.

[Kevin Gibbs]

If anyone is interested here are some clips from a few videos I found, white->purple, though looking at the white belt one It wasn't really the apollo, I somehow swept into a semi leg drag arm triangle, not sure where that started from. There are more videos floating around out there somewhere as well and I think some weren't filmed.

[FRANK BARCA]

One of my favorite chokes.
My team love attacking with this little beauty!