Blue belt · Submission · Key
Guillotine from guard
A front choke around their neck from your guard. Use it when their head drops in front of you, such as when they reach in or after a hip bump.
Closed guard Submission
Step by step
- When their head drops (they reach in, or after a hip bump), wrap their neck: forearm under the chin, blade of the wrist into the throat.
- Grip your hands together (palm to palm, or your wrist).
- Close your guard high or put a foot on their hip.
- Pull their head down and arch your hips up and back, lifting your forearm into the throat (high elbow).
Details that make it work
- The choke comes from your hips and your forearm lifting, not from squeezing with your arms.
- Arm-in (one of their arms inside the choke) is often tighter in no-gi.
Common mistakes
- Choking the jaw instead of the throat.
- Lying flat and squeezing with your arms only.
Drill it
5 each side to a slow finish.
If it fails, or what comes next
- Hip bump sweep Sweep · Closed guard
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How to defend it
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