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Step 1
Get your hooks in. The rear naked choke must be performed from behind your opponent. You can be on top, on the bottom or on your side, but you must always be behind. Reach your legs around his body and hook your feet inside his thighs. Your pelvis should be pressed against your opponent's lower back.
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Step 2
Slide your arm around your opponent's neck. This can be difficult if your opponent realizes that you are trying to get him in a rear naked choke. He will be pressing his chin against his chest to prevent you from getting your arm around his neck. Counter this by sliding the top of your forearm into the crease of his neck. Since the radius bone in your forearm is somewhat sharp, you should be able to pry your way under his chin.
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Step 3
Wrap your arm all the way around your opponent's neck. Create a "V" with your arm with the lower point at your elbow located beneath your opponent's chin. Your hand should be up by your opposite shoulder.
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Step 4
Reach behind your opponent's head with your other arm. Place your hand on the base of his skull. This arm should be farther away from your body than the arm choking your opponent.
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Step 5
Grab your own bicep. Use the hand on the arm that is choking your opponent. It should already be under the arm that is holding the back of your opponent's head. Turn it outward and grab onto the muscles on your upper arm. You now have your opponent's head completely locked up.
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Step 6
Squeeze your elbows together while you arch your back and pull on your leg hooks. Your choking arm is putting pressure on the carotid arteries supplying blood to the brain. It doesn't take much pressure to cut off that supply. Since you have hooks in between your opponent's legs he can't roll away from your choke. He will either tap out or pass out in a matter of seconds.
