Brown belt · Submission · Core
Front headlock chain: guillotine, d'arce, anaconda & go-behind
Guillotine, d'arce, anaconda and go-behind linked off their reactions. Use it every time you land a front headlock from a snap-down or sprawl.
Front headlock Submission
Step by step
- From front headlock, chin strap with one arm and control their near arm with the other. Hips back, weight on their head.
- If their head is low and both arms are out, wrap the neck for a guillotine.
- If they drive into you with their near arm forward, thread your arm under that arm and around the neck for a d'arce.
- If they sit back or turn heavy onto their knees, thread the same arm for the anaconda and roll them over the trapped arm.
- If they lift their head or turn into you to defend, spin behind for the go-behind and take the back.
- Whichever choke you land, finish slowly and give them time to tap.
Details that make it work
- Their reaction picks the attack. Keep your weight on their head while you read it.
- Every choke failure is a back take if you keep the headlock.
Common mistakes
- Pulling them on top of you with a bad guillotine and losing the position.
- Letting your hips sit close to their head, so they shoot your legs.
Drill it
Chain drill: partner shows one defense at a time, you switch attack. 5 slow cycles, then 3 × 1 min live from front headlock.
If it fails, or what comes next
- Guillotine (arm-in / high elbow) Submission · Front headlock
- D'Arce choke Submission · Front headlock
- Go-behind from front headlock Back take · Front headlock
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