Wait for any time your opponent comes toward you with their head toward the outside of your body. This is an ideal position for you to perform this choke. [1] X Research source
Face the palm of your hand toward your own chest to keep the pressure tight.
You can also try a cup-and-saucer grip by making the hand of your choking arm into a fist and grasping that fist with the open palm of your other hand. Another variation is to use a chainlink grip, in which the fingers of each hand are cupped to grasp the other. You can also hold your opponent’s back by hooking your arm under theirs to reach the back and grasping your bicep with your choking arm. Or, hold their tricep or trapezius (top of the shoulder) and grasp your own bicep or wrist with your choking arm. [2] X Research source
Push your hips forward, squeeze your elbows in toward your body, and inhale in order to complete this hold and stretching of your opponent. [3] X Research source You may also step forward with one foot and twist your hips in the direction of that foot to trap them in this position.
Pull with your hands and push with your legs, as if you are stretching your opponent out.
Place your feet flat on the ground and put a hand on the ground behind you. Prepare to move your hips back to a sitting position.
Your opponent will attempt to counter this move by placing their right hand behind your back, where you can’t reach it. This puts your opponent’s head and body closer to you, which is ideal for beginning the choke. [4] X Research source
Keep your right hand near your stomach to tighten the hold. Also keep your hand out of your opponent’s view if possible. [5] X Research source
For a tighter grasp, try turning your hips and body slightly to the right toward your opponent’s head. This should create less space and thus a tighter hold. [6] X Research source
Pull up with your arms and push down with your legs to stretch your opponent and finish the choke.
Ideal situations for using this choke are when an opponent lunges toward your legs, when they move to escape from your guard position on the ground, or any other time that their head is low and close enough to your body to position your choking arm behind the neck.
For a “blood choke,” make sure to place the radial bone on your inner wrist against your opponent’s carotid artery, located at either side of the neck. For an “air choke,” place the full pressure of your forearm against your opponent’s windpipe, located at the front of the neck. [7] X Research source Both methods will force an opponent into submission, as they will lose consciousness quickly from either suffocation or lack of blood flow.
This method differs from the standard guillotine choke in that your choking arm doesn’t wrap from the back around to the front of your opponent’s neck, but rather reaches under for the front of the neck directly. Your non-choking arm reaches for the opposite shoulder to create a tight hold. Use this variation any time that you would perform a regular guillotine choke. You may prefer this version if your opponent’s head is not close enough or down far enough for you to easily wrap your arm over the neck as in a regular guillotine.
