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Von Flue choke

A shoulder choke that counters an arm-out guillotine. You pass to side control on the side that relieves the choke and drive your shoulder into their neck.

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Key steps

  1. Defend the guillotine with your hands so the grip can't tighten.
  2. Pass their legs to the side that relieves the choke, ending perpendicular with your head and hips split across their body.
  3. Settle in side control, chest to chest, while they keep holding your neck.
  4. Wrap one arm under their head, trap their choking arm with the other, and clasp your hands.
  5. Drop your shoulder into the side of their neck and keep your hips low to finish.

Key details

  • Feel which way the pressure eases before you pass; going the wrong way makes the guillotine worse.
  • The choke only exists while their arm stays wrapped around your neck; once they release, it's gone.
  • Stay heavy and low; lifting your chest gives them room to let go.