With Arm or Without

Today in BJJ class we explored the arm-in guillotine. It is, not surprisingly, a lot like the guillotine but you’ve got one of your partner’s arms wrapped up along with their neck.

In my mind, it is very similar to the arm triangle, in that you are using your arm on one carotid and their arm on the other carotid to create the choke. For this reason, it is far easier to get a blood choke from this guillotine that the “non arm in” kind.

Check out this video for a step by step instruction on how to do the choke.