Alias · Standing
Standing headlock
Also known as Standing Front Headlock — the canonical term used on this site.
Training background: colloquial
Informal — standing front headlock
Standing headlock is a colloquial name for the standing front headlock — the everyday term for controlling the head from the front while both stay on the feet.
Etymology. “Standing headlock” names the position in plain language: a headlock applied standing. The label is informal and slightly loose, since the grappling front headlock controls the head and an arm rather than wrapping the neck like a schoolyard headlock.
Mechanics. The front headlock controls the head, and steering the head destabilises the whole frame; pulling the head down and forward breaks the opponent’s posture and balance, setting up the spin to the back or the snap to the mat that the position threatens.
Cross-reference. “Head down position” is a sibling alias. Full mechanical coverage on Standing Front Headlock.