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Marcelotine
Also known as Arm-In Guillotine — the canonical term used on this site.
Training background: Person-named variant — refers to the arm-in guillotine with a specific high-elbow finish variation
Marcelo Garcia's high-elbow arm-in guillotine
Marcelotine is the portmanteau name for the Marcelo Garcia–vocabulary high-elbow arm-in guillotine — combining “Marcelo” with “guillotine” to flag the variant’s competitive lineage in 2000s and 2010s no-gi competition.
Etymology. “Marcelotine” combines “Marcelo” (Garcia) with the back end of “guillotine” — a portmanteau coined in Garcia’s instructional and competition material. The variant emphasises the high-elbow finishing angle and the arm-in geometry. Outside Garcia’s lineage, the technique is described as “high-elbow arm-in guillotine” or simply “guillotine variant.”
Mechanics. The high-elbow angle loads the choke steeper than the standard arm-in guillotine — the arm-in configuration demands tighter mechanics, and the high-elbow position compensates for the buffering arm.
Cross-reference. “High-elbow arm-in” is the descriptive alternate name. Full mechanical coverage on Arm-in Guillotine.