Alias · Front Headlock
Baseball choke
Also known as Baseball Bat Choke — the canonical term used on this site.
Training background: Shortened term
Common — baseball-bat grip strangle
Baseball choke is the common shortened name for the baseball-bat choke — drawn from the visual resemblance between the attacker’s two-hand grip configuration and the way a batter holds a baseball bat.
Etymology. “Baseball” drops “bat” from the full name — common in coaching shorthand where context makes the grip-style clear. “Baseball choke” predominates in spoken vocabulary; “baseball-bat choke” appears in published material.
Mechanics. The two-hand grip closes the strangle from opposite sides of the neck, producing bilateral carotid compression as the closing pressure tightens.
Cross-reference. “Cross-grip choke” is the descriptive alternate name. Full mechanical coverage on Baseball Bat Choke.