In Today’s lesson we will learn how to do the very popular Guillotine Choke. This is a very popular move that is used very often in the world of Mixed Martial Arts.

The Guillotine Choke is used when your opponent goes for a take down and places their head to the outside of your body. Once they do this they ultimately put themselves into the right position for you to lock in a Guillotine Choke.

Now how do we apply the Guillotine Choke. Well we are about to cover that right now.

1st thing you need to do is From an standing position get a firm base with your legs about medium width apart, or from the guard. Pull your opponent’s head down by placing your hand on the back of his neck or by pulling down on his gi so that he faces the ground.

2nd Thing you need to do is you need to put your arm around his head into a position that resembles a headlock. Slide your forearm down, under his chin and across his neck, making sure that the bigger part of your forearm is firm against your opponents neck.

3rd Thing you need to do is Grab the wrist of your choking arm with your free hand. Keep the grip on his neck tight and try to keep his head wedged under your arm as deeply as possible. This applies more pressure and makes him tap even faster.

The Last step of executing the Guillotine Choke is to move one leg slightly forward, then you Stand up straight and twist your hips in the direction of your forward leg to execute the choke ad apply the pressure making him tap.

Here are a few videos for you to show you How to Execute a Guillotine Choke.

How To Do Bas Ruttens Guillotine Choke

MMA Connected Showing Up Their Version of The Guillotine Choke This one is shown from the guard position also.

Charles Bishop going more into detail on how to do a Guillotine Choke from the guard position.