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A good chokehold should render the opponent unconsciousness quickly and without injury. Basic requirements for applying an effective choke are:

• Make sure your body always has complete freedom of action so that you are in the best position for the technique you intend to use and that you are flexible enough to respond to your opponent's attempts to escape. Your position should be stable so you can use your entire body in applying the technique.

• Lead your opponent into a position where it is most difficult to put up resistance, and control all of his or her actions. Your opponent must be unstable and under your control as much as possible. Very often, this means stretching out your opponent's body backwards.

• Train your hands to get an accurate hold the minute you begin a technique, make your choke work in a very brief time, and once you begin the pressure refrain from continually releasing to adjust your position. Your techniques will have much greater effect if you are firmly resolved not to let your opponent get away but to continue until the end without slackening. Constancy of pressure, rather than extreme force, is what is called for. Excessive reliance on strength would indicate a defect in the technique since very little pressure is needed to compress an artery and render a person unconscious.

The following chokes start from the hands and arms being held in a basic guard position: Hands in fists held just below cheekbones with palms toward face, with forearms almost vertical.  

Normal Cross Lock

From the front with arms crossed grasping the collars with the thumb inside.

Reverse Cross Lock

 From the front with the fingers inside.

Half Cross Lock

From the front with one hand fingers-in and one hand thumb-in.

Naked Lock

Applied from the rear with the forearm pulled back across the throat.

Front Naked Lock

Sometimes called the guillotine. From front, one hand grabs opposite shoulder with forearm pushing against windpipe, other hand grabs other side and pulls.

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