Opinions on inverted triangles?

[JoshGriest]

I've been playing with getting to an inverted triangle from side control and i'm curious if it's worth pursuing.... I'm getting to the triangle a lot but the finish rate is about 1 in 4. Any ideas or suggestions?

[Will Thaxton]

Catch your ankle on the choking leg and try to tighten/adjust. Attack the arm. Transition to mount triangle.

[Will Thaxton]

Erik Paulson goes over it on budo videos I think.

[David Stager]

As someone who gets caught in a fair share of inverted triangles, I think it's a great move to have in your bag of tricks if the guy in side control puts his arm between your legs. As Will mentioned, you don't have to finish with the triangle, the Americana is there if you're quick about it.

[Keith Jennings]

Catch your ankle on the choking leg and try to tighten/adjust. Attack the arm. Transition to mount triangle.

like Will said I pull on my foot to tighten the triangle, also cut more of an angle by twisting your hips for that extra inch of squeeze

[David Stager]

Roy Dean demonstrates attacking the other arm (straight armlock, americana) from the inverted triangle at 4:45 of this vid. Btw this video is also chock full of great escapes from side control.

[Terriebourgeois]

Work on cinching up your triangles from all positions. If triangles aren't your strong suit (because of body type or whatever) use it to set up other moves. It's called chain grappling and it's necessary to become a high level grappler. Here's a good chain from Erik Paulson that I use ALL THE TIME from the side control triangle setup.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_B7Wd4LF28

[Dylan Ehrnreiter]

You can snag a toe hold from there too.

[Chris Herzog]

Start around the 9:50 mark. The Judo Side Triangle is on of my goto techniques from side control and Judo side control

[Brent Smith]

Start around the 9:50 mark. The Judo Side Triangle is on of my goto techniques from side control and Judo side control

Thats where I set my inverted triangles up. Love attacking that free arm too