Arm in Guillotine

I've never had any success with this technique, Do you have any tips?

What grip do you prefer? What's the best leg positioning?

Watch MTS 16. Marcello's Guillotine is th shit. Once I learned that shit, my guillotines where unstoppable. I usually never try to choke with the arm in now. I only use it for control, until I can let it go and grab my wrist. Ball and Socket grip is what I think they call it.

hey.. im just a white belt so take what i say with a grain of salt.. but ive had some success with the arm-in and i used to suck at it. so i figured id just let you know my mistakes and you can see if they ring any bells. But for me, one mistake i used to make (and this might sound stupid.. but try it and see if it helps) I was actually getting the choke in "too deep".. whereas with the arm in triangle ive found getting a "shallow" choke in seems to be much more effective. what i mean by that is instead of clasping my hands on the same side of his arm (because i would reach all the way under his neck with my hand not holding the arm), i found it worked better if i would just place my wrist (of the arm going behind his head).. on his neck/under his chin, and then join hands there. another problem i had was i would lay back when i would do it. as if i were trying to arch my back or something.. i guess just thinking i could get more torque. but then they would end up getting my arm off and posturing up.. so now i like to stay crunched while i do it. then just like a rear naked, breathe deep, slowly squeeze, and make sure you keep there hips down. other than that the only thing i can think of is grip. i dont know the name of what i use.. but its similar to ball n socket except i keep my "ball" hand flat and grab my hand instead of wrist. but thats just me. im sure its different for different people. anyway. thats all i got :P

Watch MTS 8 i break that all down with my 10 finger pretzel grip

Renato also give his little take on the guillotine and why it's better with the gi