The baseball choke in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a choke much like the basic cross-collar choke, in that the forearms put pressure on both carotid arteries, but the forearms are held parallel to each other, touching like in a baseball swing, rather than across each other. It functions as a "blood choke", cutting off blood flow to the brain through pressure on the carotid arteries, like the cross-collar choke.