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The Front Headlock System

By John Danaher

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The Front Headlock System by John Danaher connects entries and control with both submission and positional options. Its eight volumes cover standing, kneeling and seated exchanges, with a separate guard-passing section.

Alongside guillotines, anacondas and darces, the course includes go-behinds and cradles. Its breadth suits grapplers who want the front headlock to serve more than one finishing option.

Is this for you?

• You want front-headlock entries and positional options as well as choke finishes.
• You use the front headlock in both standing exchanges and seated or passing situations.

Also consider

Craig Jones: Riding Control with Power Ride — For a course centered on holding an opponent down with leg rides, upper-body controls and turtle rides.

Coverage and limits

• Reactive entries, snapdowns and transitions from standing front headlock to the mat.
• Guillotine, anaconda and darce variations, cradles and go-behinds.
• Seated front headlocks, hip heists and applications against seated guard and half guard.

Limits

• The course follows front-headlock exchanges; it is not a complete turtle-riding or general guard-passing course.

Go to this course: The Front Headlock System

Related guides and principles

These related references are not a claim about what the course teaches or evidence of practical mastery.

Head Position

Control Maintenance

Positional Hierarchy

Position Chains

Fork Attacks

Craig Jones: Riding Control with Power Ride — For a course centered on holding an opponent down with leg rides, upper-body controls and turtle rides.

Review related technique cards

• Front Headlock (Position)

• Guillotine Control (Position)

• Anaconda Control (Position)

• Darce Control (Position)

• Back Control (Position)

• Turtle (Position)

• Crucifix (Position)

• Truck (Position)

• Standing Position (Position)

• Combat Base (Position)

• Gift Wrap (Position)

• Snap Down to Front Headlock (Transition)

• Sprawl (Transition)

• Anaconda Setup (Transition)

• Darce Setup (Transition)

• Guillotine Setup (Transition)

• Turtle to Back Take (Transition)

• Guillotine Choke (Submission)

• Arm in Guillotine (Submission)

• High Elbow Guillotine (Submission)

• Chin Strap Guillotine from Front Headlock (Submission)

• Ten Finger Guillotine (Submission)

• Anaconda Choke (Submission)

• Darce Choke (Submission)

• Rear Naked Choke (Submission)

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The Front Headlock System by John Danaher — official listing; checked 2026-09-19. Verified title, John Danaher attribution and eight-volume outline covering standing, kneeling, seated and passing contexts. The page labels an embedded sample; sample content not reviewed. On 2026-09-19 UTC, verified the introductory player in the product banner and the course cover image. Muted inline autoplay was verified on https://bjjgraph.org by observing advancing video time. The introduction content was not reviewed.

Power Ride: A New Philosophy on Pinning by Craig Jones — official listing; checked 2026-09-16. Verified title, Craig Jones attribution and six-volume outline separating leg control, upper-body tools, turtle, entries and submissions. Official page labels an embedded free sample; sample content not reviewed.