The Akula choke starts with me in side control with my arm controlling their arm and gripping the belt. It's important that when I control their arm they aren't able to drop their elbow to the ground. The next objective is to clear the near side arm. I can do this by switching my base or bring my knee in to B's rib and then just sliding it towards the head. Once the arm is cleared I circle to a north south position while smashing B's arm against their head and make them uncomfortable. Their reaction will most likely be to pull their arm out and that is when I use my right arm or arm that was blocking their hip to reach up underneath their armpit and grab their lapel. I then go back to side control and use my shoulder to place all my weight on their sternum. I then use my left hand and grab the opposite lapel and bring my elbow to the floor and drag it up towards the top of B's head. A tip is to not let B ever touch their elbow to the mat as this will help them to escape.
Defense for akula choke:
One defense is to get my elbow to the ground when he has his shoulder on my sternum. I then use my free arm to push the back of B's head towards my head and shrimp out to take the top position
The other defense is to bring my free arm and weave it in front of B's choking arm and using my head+hand to break the choke and bring the arm he was using to choke me across my body. I can escape my trapped arm and use my arms to lock up an arm triangle from the bottom. I then use my leg to hook his leg and while extending his leg, I bridge up and backwards to sweep.
Mount tip: when people are blocking your mount from sidecontrol but their foot isn't on their thigh but past their thigh, you can mount and trap their ankle. it makes it hard for them to move and is very uncomfortable.
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