The standing guard break is the most powerful way to open the closed guard and needed in many situations when breaking from the knees is challenging. The double under pass is one of the all time most successful passes in sport jiu jitsu.

Basic drill to learn the proper footwork and body movements needed to learn the powerful double leg takedown.

Matt shows the details of his version of the guillotine choke which he calls the choke slam. Matt explains some of the key details of this great choke and why angles and levers are so important in jiu jitsu. Pay close attention to the way Matt locks his hands and how he uses his hips and his op...

Combination of a leg weave guard pass with an unconventional chin strap grip make this a unique modification to the typical cross face grip. Typically, your opponent will try and turn belly down to avoid the leg weave pin and the chin strap grip creates a guillotine threat if they decide to bell...

Matt Lindland uses a strong guillotine variation to lever a strangle from the standing position in this technique. The key to this choke is to keep pressure on the back of your opponents neck while also engaging your hips.

Jeff Glover breaks down the risks of coming out the back door and how to prevent the guillotine counter.

A great front headlock wrestling takedown which can lead right into a one armed guillotine choke. As with all takedowns, its critical to notice Tyrone's level change and proper head position prior to his throw.

Matt Lindland shows a nice guillotine strangle as a counter to the high single. Notice how Matt clears his leg out of the single prior to dropping for the guillotine choke. As with any guillotine, notice the angle of Matts body and how he keeps his choking arm tucked in.

Jeff explains a great set up to the guillotine choke off a back step pass. This technique is a bait so your timing can ruin the surprise if you reach for the neck to soon. Often times creating space can encourage your opponent to move into traps if set up properly.

The freestyle guillotine in folkstyle wrestling being used in BJJ to set up back takes and submission holds like the twister. It's important to remember wrestling controls are tested at the highest levels and should be used heavily in submission wrestling to set up the finish.

Like all guillotines from the guard, moving your body into the wedge position is the most challenging aspect of the technique. The wedge allows us to lean forward and apply pressure to the back of our opponents neck. ***A good drill is to practice just moving from the guard to the wedge position.

Sean Apperson explains how to counter the common double under guard pass using the guillotine choke as a counter. Stopping this pass requires first breaking your opponents grip so you can free your hips to create much needed space. Remember, all guillotines require space to allow the choke to h...

Matt Lindland uses his wedge position to set up the guillotine choke. Matt does an excellent job of explaining the angles and leverage of the wedge position for this choke. We see all the time beginner students really struggle with the guillotine because they don't move their hips back and lear...

Matt demonstrates the angle and levers available in the guillotine choke from the open guard. A very important and often overlooked detail is keeping the chest tight to your opponent which creates pressure down on your opponents neck. One major mistake we see a lot in the guillotine choke is pu...