Details on Baseball Choke and defending the triangle

master daniel interrrupted my sparring session to show a neat defense against a triangle when it first locked on. if i can posture up high and slip both my knees under uke's back, it makes it nearly impossible for him to push my head down. the above video describes this defense and also how to break the triangle afterwards. the video does not adequately describe the importance of the high posture in this position.

he also went over some finer points of the baseball choke we worked on in weeks past. he noted that when holding someone down by grabbing behind the collar, it is important to keep the arm only slightly bent. i can then use my forearm to put uke back down if he tries to turn into me.

one other detail for the baseball choke: after both legs are locked around uke's head, i have to straigthen out both arms before dropping my head on his belly and then pulling my elbows out.