Body triangle

[Andrew Mendlik]

Hi guys! I was just after some opinions regarding body triangles. I like throwing them on in rolling if I manage to get to the back however I'm always a bit wary about the straight ankle lock counter that your partner can do if they can manage to fall to the side that your feet are on. I try to keep hooks in when I'm on my back and then switch it up to a body triangle when I fall to my choking arm side, however I'm having a lot of trouble stopping my partners from rolling back over to the side that my feet are on.

I've been trying to find videos about a way to prevent the partner from changing side (ie if they're lying on their right side then switching over to the left side, forcing you to either switch the body triangle or let it go) but haven't really found anything. All the videos out there talk about escaping and countering body triangles, rather than maintaining them.

If anyone has tips about either stopping the partner from being able to get onto their other side or even if you think that body triangles are a waste of time and ineffective I'd love to hear!

Hope my question is clear enough, first question posted on this forum. Thanks!

[FRANK BARCA]

Practice switching the body tri (anaconda switch) over to the other side. That is a skill in itself!
You have to be able to deal with guys who can defend it well. Defending the ankle lock is good for you to be able to do anyway so welcome it as a reason to practice your Anaconda switch.

Also, depending on your squeeze-a-bility, use your over under's more to control them better and use your hips to drive into them as well also helps control the opponent better. So....Squeeze your over unders more and drive hips in all at the same time. If that doesn't work, and they try ankle locking you, hit the switch and reset on the other side and finish them there.

Goodluck

[Tom Carbone]

If you know your opponent is gonna keep rolling to the side your body triangle you're on, it seems like a good opportunity to set them up and use their momentum against them

[Brent Smith]

Face crank or threaten the RNC and they forget instantly about going for that ankle lock.

[DavidBaut]

My opponents use to hit that ankle lock on me every time I pulled the anaconda, but I started drilling the switch as much as I could now it just comes natural. As soon as they start rolling switch and squeeze.

[Aaron Gustaveson]

I just switched to using hooks. If I can get your top leg up past your ankle joint, on your lower shin then put the boot on its really hard for them to do the ankle lock. It just squeezes them instead of bending your foot down. Matters how thick they are compared to your leg length.

best answer is going to be franks.

[Aaron Gustaveson]

Face crank or threaten the RNC and they forget instantly about going for that ankle lock.

lol, true. A cool guy I roll with is great at tucking his chin, I finally had to show him that I could just dan severn his ass if I felt like it. He was so nice and technical compared to the other guys i roll with that I just didn't really want to face crank him but i was getting burned out.

[Slick Rick]

Andrew, you definitely need to anticipate the roll to the ankle. As the others mention, it's a skill in itself.
If they bail in mid transition, you'll usually have one hook left.
Master getting back to 2 hooks, regardless of which hook is in. Key is to keep the seatbelt at all times and head on his/her shoulders.

[Andrew Mendlik]

Awesome, thanks for all the replies guys, really appreciate it. Definitely got plenty to go away and work on from this!