An old Submission hold - The Reverse Guillotine

The reverse guillotine is one of the most dangerous submissions in all of combat. It is a crank technique that puts a great amount of pressure on your opponent’s neck and spine and MUST BE USED WITH GREAT CAUTION IN PRACTISE. It must never be done at full speed.

Like all submission holds, it can be applied from many positions, but I shall explain in this article how it can be applied from an upper four quarters hold on the ground, and with your left arm and knee. (This will make sense after you have read the article)

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The person on top is the one applying the submission. From here you wrap your left arm around the back of your opponents head and grasp your hands together as you would when performing a standard guillotine choke (Your opponents head should be under your left armpit)

Then you bring your left knee off the floor (resting your weight on the right knee and left foot. Whilst you do this, because your opponents head is secure under your left armpit, it lifts off the floor also.

To gain the submission you simply arch your hips forward and pull your opponents head up, applying pressure to his/her neck and back. To make the submission even more effective, you can stand from this position then arch forward.

There are many variations to this submission and should be studied greatly in order to gain understanding of them. As mentioned above, this is a dangerous technique and is best practised under the guidance of someone who knows what there doing.

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