A surgical handgrip (10) for a surgical tubular shaft instrument (14), wherein the handgrip (10) comprises a coupling device (48) for coupling to a tubular shaft implement (12), which has a tubular shaft (28) and a force transmission element (30) that is movable back and forth in relation thereto, wherein the coupling device (48) has a coupling element (49) for coupling to the force transmission element (30) and a connecting element (46) for connecting to the tubular shaft (28), wherein the handgrip (10) also comprises a gripping device (53), which is in operative connection with the coupling element (49) and can be transferred from a non-actuating position into at least one actuating position, and vice versa, thereby changing the relative distance between the coupling element (49) and the connecting element (46), and wherein the handgrip (10) comprises a guiding device (89), which has a guiding body (38) for guiding the coupling element (49) during the transfer from the non-actuating position into the at least one actuating position along the grip axis (41).
