No-gi Beginner
Three simple attacks from front headlock to get the position working as a control and submission hub.
Control
Control and Entries
The chin strap, arm control and entries from snap-downs, sprawls and the turtle.
Front Headlock Top · Front Headlock
The other side: Front Headlock Bottom
Techniques in this topic
Shorts
No-gi Beginner
Snap-down to front headlock to spin-behind: the wrestling go-behind that turns a defended choke into the back.
YouTube videos
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Chewy's three-choke attack sequence from the front headlock so you are not stuck hunting a single guillotine.
Jiu Jitsu needs this! Wrestling insights from the front headlock
Less Impressed More Involved BJJ YouTube
Wrestling insights for BJJ players on the front headlock: snap-downs, the chin strap and why most jiu-jitsu front headlocks are too loose.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
Front headlock concepts: chin strap, pins and how to keep the opponent's head under your chest so the chokes are available.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
A complete front headlock system covering entries from the snap-down and sprawl through to the attacking choices.
Written instruction
Front Headlock
BJJ Atlas BJJ Atlas
Written overview of the front headlock as a hub for guillotines, D'Arces and go-behinds.