Guillotine from Guard
- BJJ
- Guard Attacks
- fundamental
- Closed guard
- 3 steps
When the head drops in, wrap under the chin, close the guard and extend to strangle. Also known as the Front guillotine or the Mae hadaka jime. Here is the exact breakdown from the DARCE app: 3 steps, the details that make it work, and the mistakes to avoid.
Step by step
- 01
Their head drops in
As they posture down or shoot, their head comes inside your guard.
- 02
Wrap the chin
Thread one arm under their chin around the neck and grip it with the other hand, blade of the wrist on the throat.
- 03
Close guard & extend
Lock your guard high on their back, arch your hips away and lift the choking arm up to finish.
Key details
- Get the arm deep so the wrist, not the forearm, is on the throat.
- Close the guard high and push the hips away to stretch them out.
- Lift the choking elbow upward as you arch.
Common mistakes
- A shallow wrap that chokes nothing.
- Pulling with the arms without arching the hips.
- Letting them pull their head out to the side.
Related techniques
- OmoplataBJJA leg-powered shoulder lock, swing a leg over the arm and shoulder and sit up to crank it.
- Triangle ChokeBJJTrap the head and one arm and strangle with your legs in a figure-four around the neck.
- Armbar from GuardBJJIsolate an arm, swing a leg over the head and extend the hips to attack the elbow.
- Scissor SweepBJJLoad a shin across the body and scissor the legs to sweep the opponent and come up on top.
- Hip Bump SweepBJJSit up, reach over the shoulder and bump your hips to roll the opponent over into mount.
- Cross-Collar ChokeBJJFeed both hands deep into the collars and flare the elbows to strangle from guard.
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