Help with Triangle defense

[Adonis]

yep. Timing has to be were you counter before the arm is across and they have it sunk in.

[Maddwraph]

isnt is it kind of easy for a bigger person to powerbomb the one hes doing the triagnle on? like if the maker of this topic is bigger than his opponent, he cant do the traingle?

[Maddwraph]

isnt is it kind of easy for a bigger person to powerbomb the one hes doing the triagnle on? like if the maker of this topic is bigger than his opponent, he can powerbomb his opponent?

[Adonis]

not necasiarrly. IF the person has better technique, really good technique its hard to do that. once they sink in the lock its hard to get out.

So recognizing it earlier on and doing preventive messures to not get caught in it is whats needed.

[SubGrappler]

Its not easy for someone to pick someone else up and powerbomb them out of a triangle attempt, but it sure isnt uncommon.

In reference to fighting a much larger opponent, yes it should be relatively easy to slam out of the triangle, but not everyone thinks like that.

Getting posture/lifting your head is the first defense on a triangle thats in the midst of being setup (i.e. the triangle is not "locked"). Some Jiu Jitsu fighers hold on to the triangle in attempts to finish it (slamming from triangle is illegal in BJJ competition) and get seriously hurt because of it. Newton vs Hughes is a good example, and perhaps there is no better examples than Quinton Jackson vs Ricardo Arona.

If you succeed in holding your opponents head down, it becomes extremely difficult for him to pick you up for a slam. A good example of this is Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs Mark Coleman.

Should your opponent have good posture and you have a locked triangle, hooking his leg will prevent him from lifting you off the ground for the slam, allowing you to finish the triangle from there, or sweep and finish it from the mounted position.

Another option is switching to the arm bar.

[Adonis]

good advice subgrappler. Or if you can't get the arm of the opponent acroos your body to help with the triangle because they are holding it behind yoru back you cna also work for Kimura from the triangle lock.

[BJJ is 1]

another good way is to take your trapped arm and grab you own pants or belt, but then you would have to watch for the omoplata