🥊✈️ Rear Naked Choke... Off a Push?

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Hey Warrior,

This week, we’ve been digging into the push.

Not just the move, but the intent behind it.

Someone storms into your space, arms out, trying to dominate and throw your balance off.

You’ve got a fraction of a second to decide…

… resist, redirect, or retaliate.

Let’s explore.

We’ve already broken down the basic Push Defense.

You slap the hands down, meet the momentum with an elbow, shut it down fast.

But what if you don’t like that angle?

What if the push comes at a different line…

or you catch it half a second sooner?

That’s where today’s breakdown lives—in that “what if.”

What If You Shifted Off-Line?

What if instead of meeting the push head-on and countering with an elbow, you deflected with an inside block and shifted off-line?

Suddenly you’re no longer a wall…

…they’re falling forward into empty space.

And from that side angle, new options open up.

You can clothesline the neck. Effective.

You can get behind them, grab the head and slam them backwards.They may not get back up!

Or if you're feeling especially assertive…

…take the back and slide into a rear naked choke. Nice.

These are just three options. There are many more.

The point is that now you’re not just defending…

…you’ve repositioning yourself to control the rest of the encounter.

Join us in our Facebook Group and discuss options.…

Before You Go...

So, here’s your question for the week…

When you’re pushed—what’s your instinct?

Do you strike right away?

Shift to the side?

Clinch and control?

More importantly… is your instinct the same under pressure?

Think on it. Then jump in the group and tell me which path you’d run, and why.

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