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Guillotine defense

Defend the guillotine by fighting the choking hand, protecting your chin, and moving to the side that relieves the choke.

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Key steps

  1. Grab their choking wrist with both hands and pull it down.
  2. Tuck your chin and keep your hands working on the grip.
  3. Turn and walk your body to the side that relieves the choke, so their forearm can't stay under your chin.
  4. Clear their legs and settle in side control on that side.

Key details

  • Resist the urge to rip your head out; against a tight grip that only feeds them more neck.
  • Hand fight first, then move; moving with no hand control is slow.
  • Feel which way the pressure eases before you commit; if a step makes the choke tighter, go the other way.