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Getting passed out in class is a little weird. I wouldn’t call it embarrassing, but it’s just weird. Tonight one of the students went out, via a collar choke. It happens. Sometimes we think we have more time than we actually do, and you find yourself waking up to a smiling face making sure you’re still alive.

It’s pretty surreal; the world closes in on you and then you’re out, and upon coming back the question is always the same, “What happened?” Being choked unconscious is like wiping your memory for a split second, you really don’t know what happened until someone tells you.

The other side of the choke is the scariest, however. The choker upon realizing that his training partner and friend is unconscious by his hand sometimes freaks out thinking that he’s just killed his buddy. Relax. He’s not dead; jiu-jitsu has done its job, and done it more efficiently than either of you thought possible.

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