Alias · Front Headlock
Arm-out guillotine
Also known as Guillotine (High-Elbow) — the canonical term used on this site.
Training background: Distinguishing from the arm-in variant
Standard guillotine — arm not trapped inside the choke
Arm-out guillotine is the variant name for the standard guillotine — the configuration in which the opponent’s arm is outside the choke loop, distinct from the arm-in guillotine where the arm sits inside the strangle and reduces mechanical efficiency.
Etymology. “Arm-out” specifies that the opponent’s arm is not trapped inside the choke loop. The standard guillotine is the arm-out variant; the qualifier appears when explicitly distinguishing from the arm-in version.
Mechanics. The arm-out configuration is the mechanically efficient version — the closing pressure has direct access to both carotids without the buffering arm geometry.
Cross-reference. “Guillotine choke” is the standard name; “arm-in guillotine” is the more difficult variant. Full mechanical coverage on Guillotine.