Cross collar choke: how often it lands in real training
The cross collar choke is the #12 submission in BJJBuddy logs, finished by 688 people. How the classic guard and mount gi choke works, and by belt.
Finished it. Got caught by it.
The same person can be in both groups. Across all logs, 1,515 finishes and 966 taps were recorded on separate training days.
Gi vs no-gi
1,118 finishes on days with a logged gi or no-gi session. Across all sessions the split is 51.5% gi.
The cross collar choke (juji jime) is the classic gi choke from closed guard and mount: both hands grip the collar on opposite sides and the wrists cut into the sides of the neck.
How the cross collar choke works
- Feed your first hand deep into the opposite collar, four fingers in, thumb out.
- Pull your partner down to break posture and keep them close.
- Bring the second hand under or over the first and into the other side of the collar.
- Pull your elbows out and down toward the mat while bringing them close to you.
Common mistakes
- Shallow grips: the first hand should be right behind the neck.
- Letting them posture up between grips.
- Squeezing the arms together instead of driving the elbows outward.
Learn and drill techniques with a qualified coach and a cooperative partner, and let go the moment your partner taps. This overview is not a substitute for live instruction.
How often each belt finishes it
Share of each belt’s users (among those who logged any submission) who have finished with it. Belt is the rank set in the app today.
How to read these figures
“Finished it” means a user logged this move as a submission they got. “Caught by it” means they logged tapping to it. The rank orders all 36 submissions by how many different people logged them either way. From BJJBuddy training logs, November 2015 to November 2026. Duplicate uploads are removed, so a session is one person on one training day. Each person counts once per technique. Groups smaller than 10 people are not shown.