Senji's choke training

[ThatPolishDude]

Senji's hold was good, most importantly he knew what to aim for in this choke, cutting off blood was always more effective. Still, Huan would press every advantage she had and there were very few that could match her at striking and her strength was also superior in this case. She would reach back for his neck and pull his head over her shoulder to lessen the pressure and force him out of the most favorable angle. While that was she would be striking his side with an elbow of her other hand.
If he was to lose his grip she would waste no time using her newfound flexibility to both turn and pull him to one side while sitting up before throwing another fake punch followed by by a pat on the cheek.

[TheLoneWanderer]

Senji had a good counter for this. It was another variation of the RNC specifically for a troublesome arm. He tried to lean towards the side corresponding to the arm Lei used to reach towards him. If she reached with her left then he leaned to the right side and vice versa. After that, Senji dropped his supporting arm to try to catch and steadily push it down.

The elbow sinks into his side, making Senji grunt in pain but try to work past it and rely on his core's durability. If that worked, then he tried to drive her arm downward in order to hook his leg around that arm as to trap it against her side --- outstretched. Senji relocked the choke and continued to squeeze if this all managed to work out.

"T-tap?", He questioned while she presumably continued to hammer elbows into his side. Senji was very clearly feeling the blows but was trying to choke Lei out before he wasn't able to take the blows and had to release.

[ThatPolishDude]

One way or another Senji had to make an opening and realiseing the supporting arm was a bad idea. Now she simply brute forced it open while using her arm previously occupied with hammering his side to give herself momentum in a turn towards the arm Senji has grabbed yanking it back. If this was a real fight she would have tried to land a punch but she didn't instead landing it on the mat next to him and once again patting him on the cheek this time remembering his question on taping she would do it three times. "That was good, I would have gone for the legs but you know how to do that already. Reactions were solid, you adapt quickly. Don't expect people to tap before it's their last stretch though" She said with a nod and a smile on her face, clearly pleased with her student.

[TheLoneWanderer]

Senji leered up at her after the counter fail. Right. He was supposed to use his leg before he locked in the choke. Taking the pat to the cheek with a light coloring to his face, Senji decided to move on to the next activity she wanted them to do. Senji flipped to the right to get on his knees. After that, he crawled over to Lei and tried to get her to lean on her back.

He then went to place his palms on her knees and pull her legs apart. Senji crawled in to settle in her open guard. The young student pointed at her legs to indicate he wanted her to enclose them around his waist or lower back. Should she cooperate with his set up, he leaned over Huan to continue to the eventual next phase to set up an Ezekiel Choke. As a final act, he tried to pull her face into his chest by placing the palm of his hand on the back of her neck before pulling up.

[ThatPolishDude]

Huan could break it now, pulling his hand from her neck and working it under her armpit while stretching another to the side and rolling to turn them. That wouldn't be much of a teaching moment though so she waited for him to lock in fully.

Ezekiel choke was easy to get, but like with most holds like that, a counter was an easy one too. She would reach her arm around to put pressure on his shoulder making it hard to lack it in fully while pressing with her other hand to the side while rotating her hips. That way she would end up on top and be able to put more pressure on his shoulder hopefully making him abandon the hold. If not she would put pressure on the other shoulder from the inside trying to make the position more awkward and hard to use for him.

[TheLoneWanderer]

The way things ended, he'd managed to slip it on. However, due to his strength difference, Senji couldn't lock it in due to her interference. The Ezekiel Choke was easy as stated but so were the counters, especially if one was to fight without any rules for themselves. Lei ended up on top, and as he had failed to retain the hold, Senji returned to the bottom position.

Senji recognized where he went wrong after the fact. It was a simple matter of strength and his own lack of leverage. He could overpower most fighters, male or female, but Huan looked to be far better than most even if she was more striking oriented. She was definitely skilled in chokeholds. Her Rear Naked Choke in particular might be the best technical move yet. She knew how to apply deep hooks and made sure that she was squeezing the sides of his neck mainly as opposed to nearly crushing his trachea like some amateur would do. Senji settled underneath her, not exactly by choice, and returned to the neutral position of having his hands on her sides --- near the ribcage. Takijima thought they'd be moving on to the next hold and that's why he'd reset to the drilling position.

[ThatPolishDude]

Huan would settle relaxed on top of her student a content smile on her face. "That was good, one thing you might want to work on is the speed with that one so your opponent won't have time to adjust or a way to throw them off the track. As the technic goes nothing wrong there. You sure have some good base." She said before standing up.
"Most fighters here are not as used to this kind of situations, so that can be a big advantage for you. Now, do you have any preference on what we try next?" Huan continued as she reached a hand out to help Senji to his feet.

[TheLoneWanderer]

As she helped him up, Senji chose to ponder what he'd want out of this. "----A Triangle Choke? Want to try that?"

If Lei wanted to squeeze Senji using this, then he'd try to put a hand on her shoulder and opposite side and then go to guide her onto the floor. Once that was done, he got between her legs to settle into her open guard once more. It required a bit of flexibility to pull off, and was a common occurrence in his arsenal even if he use it as much as some others. On the off chance she didn't know it, Senji wouldn't be opposed to directing her as she went. He awaited for her to set it up if this was not the case though.

Lei wasn't proving to be a bad person to grapple with, not so far. She wasn't pounding his face in either so that likely had something to do with his opinion.

[ThatPolishDude]

Lei grabbed his hand and locked his head and arm in position. She wanted to make it a little harder than most people would try when locking it in and would make sure to have his shoulder out of the way for a tighter squeeze. Then she would bend her locked legs behind him and pull in the knees to tighten it up further while using one hand to pull his head further in. Locking a basic version of a triangle was simple but there were a few additions that could be made to make it more effective one could use if they knew what they were doing and Huan was curious how would Senji approach such a modified hold.

[TheLoneWanderer]

The sanctimonious squeeze came with speed and aggression. Huan's legs coiled around his head and arm like pythons or steel cables. Within a few seconds, Senji was squirming around due to initial panic but managed to calm himself down after that brief case. Her hand was also cradling the back of his from what he could feel. Textbook perfection. Or getting very close towards the perfect Triangle.

Now for the escape attempt, Senji aimed to target the hand around his head first. To begin the struggle, he tried to bring his free hand over and try to pry it from the back of his scalp. There was an escape but it was more physical than he wanted or what was intended towards his training. That's why he was starting off with something simple to see where it'd take him before building up to the more severe attempts.

On the off chance he was forced to stay subdued, then he kept shifting as opposed to tapping out. He was resisting the urge to go to sleep, clearly.