Glossary /// Alias
Front headlock garrot
Also known as Short Choke — Front Headlock — the canonical term used on this site.
Training background: the older name for this version of the strangle
Older name for the front-headlock short choke
Front headlock garrot is the older name for the short choke taken from the front headlock — the bent-arm strangle applied beside a turtled opponent.
Etymology. “Garrot” was carried as a separate technique name on this site until the SS-3/4 census established that it is the one-arm short choke reached from a different platform. The name survives here because it is still in coaching use and because the front-headlock entry is the one it usually referred to.
Mechanics. The bend is the mechanism: the forearm crosses the front of the neck and the bicep closes the far side as the angle shortens. Straightening the arm converts it into a poor guillotine attempted from the wrong angle, which is the most common way it is lost.
Cross-reference. Full mechanical coverage on Front headlock garrot.