Front chokes

[skribs]

I'm having a hard time understanding the difference between the front chokes. It's something I've not really had much opportunity to work. (And many of the times we have worked on it in class, I've been out sick or traveling). Can someone explain to me, in stupid simple terms, what is the difference between a darce, anaconda, and guillotine (and any others I'm missing)?

 

[Tony Dismukes]

Darce: an arm triangle from the front where your choking arm enters from the side of your opponents enclosed arm. The hand of your choking arm typically anchors in the bicep of your secondary arm, RNC style (although there are other variations). You cut off blood flow on one side of the neck with your forearm and on the other side with the shoulder of your opponent's enclosed arm. Typically entered from top of side control when opponent comes up with an underhook.

Anaconda: the mirror image of the Darce. Your choking arm enters from the side of your opponents neck. You cut off blood flow on one side of the neck with your bicep and on the other side with the shoulder of your opponent's enclosed arm. Typically entered from front headlock position with opponent on all fours.

Both the Darce and Anaconda are best finished with your body perpendicular to your opponents body.

Guillotine: Lot of variations here. It can be executed as a blood choke or as air choke, opponents arm in or arm out. One common factor is that you are parallel with your opponent, chests more or less facing, with your legs pointing more or less the same direction. The finishing mechanics for the arm-in guillotine are different from the Darce or anaconda. You can't really drive their shoulder into their neck, so you have a shallower grip with your wrist on their trachea and crunch your body towards their head, basically folding their throat over your wrist.

Schultz choke: Sort of like the anaconda, except you have a Gable grip instead of the figure-4 RNC grip and you use your head to help drive their shoulder into their neck.

Peruvian necktie: Like a guillotine, except you throw your leg over the back of their head.

 

[skribs]

(Checking my understanding): It looks like the principles of the arm triangle apply to the Darce, Anaconda, and Schultz; and the principles of the guillotine apply to the peruvian necktie.

The darce, anaconda, and schultz get one side of the neck with your arm, and one side with their shoulder; the guillotines use only your arm to apply the choke - either straight to the trachea, or the no-arm guillotine working like a RNC or short choke.

 

[Tony Dismukes]

(Checking my understanding): It looks like the principles of the arm triangle apply to the Darce, Anaconda, and Schultz; and the principles of the guillotine apply to the peruvian necktie.

The darce, anaconda, and schultz get one side of the neck with your arm, and one side with their shoulder; the guillotines use only your arm to apply the choke - either straight to the trachea, or the no-arm guillotine working like a RNC or short choke.

Correct.

 

[drop bear]

Now go and just pistol choke (Ezekiel?) everyone like a damn thug.

Also good as a counter to a double leg and a von flue. If you don't want any friends.

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

Darce: an arm triangle from the front where your choking arm enters from the side of your opponents enclosed arm. The hand of your choking arm typically anchors in the bicep of your secondary arm, RNC style (although there are other variations). You cut off blood flow on one side of the neck with your forearm and on the other side with the shoulder of your opponent's enclosed arm. Typically entered from top of side control when opponent comes up with an underhook.

Anaconda: the mirror image of the Darce. Your choking arm enters from the side of your opponents neck. You cut off blood flow on one side of the neck with your bicep and on the other side with the shoulder of your opponent's enclosed arm. Typically entered from front headlock position with opponent on all fours.

Both the Darce and Anaconda are best finished with your body perpendicular to your opponents body.

Guillotine: Lot of variations here. It can be executed as a blood choke or as air choke, opponents arm in or arm out. One common factor is that you are parallel with your opponent, chests more or less facing, with your legs pointing more or less the same direction. The finishing mechanics for the arm-in guillotine are different from the Darce or anaconda. You can't really drive their shoulder into their neck, so you have a shallower grip with your wrist on their trachea and crunch your body towards their head, basically folding their throat over your wrist.

Schultz choke: Sort of like the anaconda, except you have a Gable grip instead of the figure-4 RNC grip and you use your head to help drive their shoulder into their neck.

Peruvian necktie: Like a guillotine, except you throw your leg over the back of their head.

Wow nice.