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.

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.

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.

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...

Sean Apperson demonstrates the set up to the guillotine choke from the closed guard. The guillotine is one of the most powerful chokes in grappling and has been very successful in MMA competition. This technique seems easy enough, however the movements and subtle adjustments required make it di...

Matt goes over several solid options when the guillotine choke is defended and there is a need to move on. Its important to see that while maintaining control of the neck, a simple hip escape can help you regain top position or allow you to sweep your partner to the mount using the hook.