Alias · Front Headlock
Mat return choke
Also known as Guillotine (High-Elbow) — the canonical term used on this site.
Training background: When applied from standing shot defense
Wrestling — guillotine applied during mat return
Mat return choke is the wrestling-vocabulary name for the guillotine when applied during a mat-return sequence — the attacker returning the standing-up bottom player to the mat while applying the choke as the take-down momentum carries them down.
Etymology. “Mat return” is the wrestling term for the action of forcing a stand-up attempt back to the mat; “choke” attaches the submission category. The compound predominates in folkstyle-adjacent no-gi vocabulary where the technique is taught as a counter to stand-up escapes.
Mechanics. The mat-return-into-guillotine uses the takedown momentum to close the choke as the bottom player drops — the closing pressure and the body weight combine to load the strangle quickly.
Cross-reference. “Guillotine choke” is the canonical name. Full mechanical coverage on Guillotine.