Alias · Front Headlock
Power guillotine
Also known as High Elbow Guillotine — the canonical term used on this site.
Descriptive — power-application high-elbow guillotine
Power guillotine is the descriptive name for the high-elbow guillotine — flagging the powerful finishing pressure the high-elbow geometry produces compared to the standard guillotine.
Etymology. “Power” specifies the application emphasis (high finishing pressure); “guillotine” attaches the submission category. The label appears in coaching vocabulary that emphasises the variant’s faster finishing speed relative to the standard.
Mechanics. The high-elbow position transfers more attacker body weight into the choke than the standard horizontal-elbow configuration — the bilateral compression closes faster.
Cross-reference. “High elbow choke” is the alternate descriptive name. Full mechanical coverage on High Elbow Guillotine.