Hey. Ando again from Happy Life Martial Arts. Why am I so happy?
Because I'm back together with Mr. Stephan Kesting of grapplearts.com and
selfdefensetutorials.com. You may recall a year ago, Stephan showed us some defenses from a
rear naked choke. Today, I thought--if it's okay-- I'd like to go over some defenses
for a standing guillotine choke, probably the second most common choke you might
see on the street. So, Mr. Kesting, if you would, help me. How do I get out of a freakin'
standing guillotine. <<Well, there's always a before, during, and after phases of an
escape. So, prevention. It's so much easier to get out, to prevent a situation
from happening than getting out of it once it's applied. So, the biggest thing about
not getting caught in one is not to be looking down at the floor. Even if I'm
down here, I'm looking up. If I'm here, even if my head is in close, it's
hard to guillotine me. That will actually set up the second part of it, which is
escaping during. But if I'm here, no problem. Easy to loop around. If I'm here,
much harder. And if I'm also grip fighting, if I'm not giving you
clear access to my head, that's number one.
So, prevention, prevention, prevention. This is why, when people start doing wrestling
badly, they come in like this. And when people get better at wrestling, they lead
with their face. You're gonna get your face smushed, but it's better than getting choked.
>>Absolutely. >>Number two is the during. As we're here, and I see or feel this coming,
I have to look to the sky. There's a little element, almost of a hammerlock
here. It's not going to tap you out, it's not going to hurt you, but it is a strong
position. I mean you do this all the time? >>Constantly! >> Yeah. >> Hey, honey!
>>Which way to the gun show?
But you don't flex back here because that's a weak position. yes sir so we're
>>Maybe you, baby. Okay, yeah.
>>What happens in the privacy of your bathroom, in front of your mirror...
>>A little oil, a little music, it's nice.
>>Moving right along. >>Yes, sir.
So, we're here, you're going for that, I look up. If I catch the timing on this right, I actually
bypass the entire choke and then I turn here, and now I'm in a great position, as
long as I don't leave my head out here to get elbowed. Keep my face close. I can lift,
I can push, I can do whatever I like. I can go to the rear naked choke that we did last year.
>>Right. Absolutely. >>The hardest one is when it's locked on and I'm not gonna lie, it's a
terrible position. You're gonna suffer. Honestly, if the guy is a very good
guillotiner, or if you're not a great grappler, you're probably gonna get choked out.
There are a couple of things you can do. So, number one, I'm gonna try to protect
here. I'm gonna try and pull your wrist down because you're trying to remove
space by pulling it. If I pull down here that helps quite a bit. >>Anchor yourself down there.
>>I anchor down and this is one of those times that I am gonna use all the strength
I have. If I don't use all the strength I have, the fight's over. So, don't use strength except
here. >>So, do you use deadweight? Do you drop your body with that? >> A little bit,
but the deadweight part is the second part of this because there are
two things that activate it. One is the pulling up--well, two main things. The pulling up and
the arching in of the hips. So, if I'm here,
this also just pads my throat a bit, I take my other hand and pull here.
This prevents to some extent your ability to arch. So, arch now. Pull in.
What I can do here is, I can do a couple of different things to get out of here.
Either he gets bored and let's go, which is great. >>Nope. Not me, baby.
Perhaps I can strike the knee, strike the groin with a knee, or start hitting
his knee with my knee, but of course, this just opens up the same possibility of
him doing the same to me. The other thing if you get lazy on the arch, right-- we've
been here, you've been pulling, link your hands, please Ando.
>>Make sure we can see that.
You've been arching, I've been stalling. Just hanging, looking up. Now you get
bored a little bit and your head starts coming down. If I can come over your head with
this arm, if I see that opportunity, now we kind of have each other in a double
headlock. This totally nullifies it and I'm going to try my best to take you
down by taking a half-step back and pulling you down this way. Because of the
way the bodies are configured, it's a stronger position biomechanically, to be the guy countering.
If I can loop your head. So, if I've got you, and I'm here,
and I'm arching. You're protecting here. You're going over the shoulder.
You're hanging. You're pulling. We're getting bored. My head comes down. You switch here and
you link, I'm bigger than you, but if you take a half- step back and spin, I'm the one who's going down.
>>Right. Beautiful.
So, number one, don't get caught in it. Number two, if you feel it coming, look to
the sky, turn the corner. Number three, grab over the shoulder and prayer
at that point is also efficacious. >>Prayer is always a good idea. Excellent. I think that's a perfect
summary. I love every part of that. It's interesting how the attack mirrors the
defense in many ways. For me to get a good attack, I need to arch. For you to
defend very well, you need to arch. If you want to get the choke, you have to loop my
head, if I want to defend, I can also loop your head. So, it's who does the
right thing first. >>Exactly. >>So, I enjoy putting these two
together. Because it's the right way to do the guillotine, it's also the right way to defend the guillotine.
Well, the analogy is you're punching me and I'm punching you. >>You win. >> Whoever does the right thing first wins.
>>Right. Timing. >>Exactly. Timing is everything.
If you plant that in my nose when I'm here, you win.
Same is true with the guillotine. >>Absolutely. Love that. Thank you very much, Mr. Kesting. Not surprising to get
quality information from this man. Please, if you're not following his channels, do
so. Not just on YouTube, on Instagram, and Facebook. He's everywhere. He makes
that easy. So, please, do that. Thank you, again. Until next time, stay on
your feet, my friend and keep fighting for a happy life.
>>It's rolling. >>Okay, so I'm going to go like this, look at you--ha. Boom.
Okay? >>Okay. You stay on me. >>Yeah.
>>I actually did chip my tooth.
>>Are you serious? >>Yeah.
>>See how things happen? >>Wow. >> I hope that was on tape.
Put that on Instagram because that's real life right there.