Glossary /// Alias
Power guillotine
Also known as Ninja Choke (No-Gi) — the canonical term used on this site.
Training background: Alternative name — emphasises the power of the figure-four finish relative to the standard guillotine cupped-fist grip
Overloaded — names both the ninja choke and a chin-strap guillotine variation
Power guillotine is an overloaded name. It is used for the ninja choke — the figure-four front strangle that finishes with a squeeze-and-pull rather than an elbow drive — and separately for a chin-strap variation of the ordinary guillotine.
Etymology. “Power” points at the finishing pressure in both cases, which is why the label attached to two different techniques. ⚠ The overload is worth knowing about: the SS-3/4 accuracy pass found the name applied to the high-elbow guillotine on this site, which no source supports, and corrected it.
Mechanics. In the ninja choke the figure-four closes rear-naked-choke style — the hooking hand grips the free arm’s bicep and the free arm folds behind the head — so the loop itself does the compressing and the finish is a pull rather than a vertical drive.
Cross-reference. Full mechanical coverage on Ninja Choke.