Submission profile

Ezekiel choke: how often it lands in real training

The Ezekiel choke is the #9 submission in BJJBuddy logs, finished by 892 people. How the sleeve choke works from mount, guard and even under side control.

People who finished it892Logged it as their submission
People caught by it544Logged tapping to it
Rank#09Among 36 submissions
Gi share52.5%Of finishes on a logged gi day
Both sides of the exchange

Finished it. Got caught by it.

Finished it892
Caught by it544

The same person can be in both groups. Across all logs, 2,105 finishes and 870 taps were recorded on separate training days.

Training format

Gi vs no-gi

52.5%gi
Gi 52.5%No-gi 47.5%

1,588 finishes on days with a logged gi or no-gi session. Across all sessions the split is 51.5% gi.

The Ezekiel (sode guruma jime) uses your own sleeve as an anchor: one hand grips inside the other sleeve, and the forearm slides across the neck. It is famous for working from bottom positions where few other chokes do.

How the ezekiel choke works

  1. Reach one arm behind your partner’s neck and grab inside your own opposite sleeve.
  2. Bring the free hand over and slide the blade of that forearm across the front of their neck.
  3. Keep your elbows tight and your body close.
  4. Press the forearm in while pulling with the sleeve grip, so the neck is squeezed between your arms.

Common mistakes

  • Gripping the sleeve too far down your arm, which leaves slack.
  • Starting it from bad position and giving up mount.
  • Forgetting it in no-gi: a hand gripping your own wrist can work, but it is weaker.

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

White belt14.8%
Blue belt22.9%
Purple belt25.6%
Brown belt26.3%
Black belt20%

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.