Saw Inception last night and was pretty pumped when I saw BJJ on the big screen. Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character, Arthur, uses an Ezekiel variant from twisting arm control. We worked this in last year’s Penny Thomas seminar, but I have no idea of its proper name. Anyone able to shed some light?
Addendum: The good people over at the EFN forum suggest it is a ‘cobra choke’; makes sense!
Addendum: I’m not the only who got a little bit excited when Joey boy got all BJJ on that dude’s a$$! Check it out
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19 Feb 2011 @ 6:43 pm
[…] practical ‘smash’ via BJJ and grappling arts in these representations, for instance the cobra choke in Inception. While ground and pound to a rear choke is increasingly apparent in the popularised representations […]
19 Jun 2011 @ 11:07 am
Greetings.
I think that calling the move JGl does in Inception, the cobra choke is a misnomer. From what I have seen, the Cobra is only neck while JGL did a triangle like variant initially using the “gift wrap” move. So he has the thug’s right arm extended, around the neck and grabs the guys wrist with his left hand (where the thug is being choked with his own arm). He then applies extra pressure by slipping his right arm under the assailant’s so his forearm is parallel to the carotid artery. JGL grabs his own left wrist and pulls in. This is known as the “needle and thread” in some BJJ systems He could have created pressure by pressing his own body against the thug (since he already had full guard) but I guess being in mid air makes that difficult. 😛
I thought it pertinent to make sure the distinctions were addressed. 🙂 Please let me know what you think.
19 Jun 2011 @ 3:30 pm
Thanks very much for your thoughts, Gregory.