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The Marcelotine (High-Elbow Guillotine from Standing Snap-Down) is the most devastating guillotine choke variation — developed and perfected by Marcelo Garcia, where the choking arm secures the head w...
The Marcelotine is a guillotine choke performed without the opponent's arm trapped inside, using a high elbow position over the opponent's trapezius to create direct blade-of-wrist pressure on the tra...
The Standard X-Guard subfamily covers the classic X-guard position with both legs inserted between the opponent's legs, one hook behind the knee and one on the hip, creating a strong X-configuration t...
The Back Position Transition family covers techniques for transitioning to and maintaining back control — the second-most dominant position in grappling (after mount in some hierarchies, or the most d...
The Standard Seated Arm Drag executes the fundamental seated arm drag where the attacker, sitting with butterfly hooks or in seated guard, grabs the opponent's wrist with one hand and the tricep with ...
The Running Escape uses a continuous, rapid shrimping motion that mimics a running movement to create maximum distance from the opponent and recover guard. [1] The defender performs rapid alternating ...
The north-south choke is a strangulation applied from the north-south position (kami-shiho-gatame orientation), where the attacker lies chest-to-chest on top of the opponent but facing the opposite di...
The north-south choke is applied from the north-south position by wrapping one arm around the opponent's neck, dropping the shoulder downward in a 'paper cutter' motion against the wrist, and using bo...
The monoplata is a shoulder lock applied from top position (mount or side control) where the attacker traps the opponent's arm under their armpit using a single leg, then sits down to hyperextend the ...
Open guard encompasses all guard positions where the bottom player's legs are NOT locked around the opponent, instead using feet on hips, hooks on legs, grips on sleeves/collars, and dynamic hip movem...