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Foot choke
Also known as Gogoplata — the canonical term used on this site.
Training background: Descriptive informal term
Colloquial — foot-against-neck choke (gogoplata)
Foot choke is the colloquial name for the gogoplata — the rubber-guard-derived strangle in which the attacker’s shin and foot drive into the opponent’s throat to close the bilateral compression from underneath.
Etymology. “Foot” specifies the body part doing the choking work; “choke” attaches the submission category. The colloquial label appears in coaching shorthand; “gogoplata” is the canonical name.
Mechanics. The foot-and-shin combination compresses the carotids while the attacker’s hand pulls the head down into the closing pressure — the leg-vs-neck geometry produces bilateral compression from a configuration the opponent cannot defend easily.
Cross-reference. “Gogoplata” is the canonical name. Full mechanical coverage on Gogoplata.