Alias · Front Headlock
Head-and-arm choke
Also known as Arm Triangle (Kata Gatame) — the canonical term used on this site.
Wrestling-derived — head-and-arm structural control choke
Head-and-arm choke is the wrestling-derived descriptive name for the arm triangle — flagging the two structural control elements (the head and the trapped arm) that close the bilateral neck compression.
Etymology. “Head-and-arm” enumerates the structural elements the attacker controls; “choke” attaches the submission category. The label predominates in wrestling-adjacent no-gi vocabulary; “arm triangle” is the BJJ-standard label and kata gatame is the Japanese name.
Mechanics. The choke requires bilateral compression via the trapped arm pressing one carotid and the attacker’s arm closing the other side from above.
Cross-reference. “Arm triangle choke,” “arm triangle,” and kata gatame are alternate names. Full mechanical coverage on Arm Triangle.