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The Krav Maga Weapon Defence family covers techniques for defending against armed attacks — knife threats, gun threats, stick attacks, and other weapons — designed for life-or-death self-defence scena...

The Limp Arm Finish completes the single leg by deliberately releasing one arm from the leg grip and using it to create an angle change or secondary attack while maintaining control with the remaining...

The Standard Russian Tie subfamily represents the classical two-on-one grip position where one hand controls the opponent's wrist and the other grips the tricep or upper arm, with the attacker's chest...

The Outside Arm Drag subfamily covers arm drags where the attacker pulls the opponent's arm to the outside, away from the opponent's centreline, creating access to the near side of the body. [1] The o...

Double Attack to Kata-Gatame transitions from the double attack mount position directly into a kata-gatame arm triangle, using the dual threat to force the opponent's arm across their neck. [1]

Seiken Chudan Soto Uke (commonly abbreviated as Soto Uke) is the fundamental outside forearm block in traditional karate, deflecting straight punches and strikes directed at the midsection by sweeping...

The Hybrid RNC Kata Gatame is a crossover submission that combines elements of the rear naked choke (applied from back control) with the arm triangle (kata gatame) — threading the choking arm around t...

The Weapon Defence group encompasses defensive techniques against armed attacks, including knife defence, gun defence, and stick/baton defence. [1] Weapon defence is the most serious self-defence scen...

The Arm Drag family covers clinch techniques where the attacker grips the opponent's arm and pulls it across their body, using the drag motion to clear the arm and access the opponent's side or back. ...

The arm triangle choke (kata-gatame) is a family of blood chokes that use the attacker's arms in combination with the opponent's own trapped shoulder to compress both carotid arteries. [1,2] The defin...

A no-gi guard variation of the arm triangle where the attacker first immobilizes the opponent’s arm via wrist control (pinning the wrist to the mat or across the chest). With the wrist anchored, the a...

The Double Arm Block (Morote Uke) uses both arms simultaneously to block a powerful incoming attack, with one arm performing the primary block and the other reinforcing it. [1] In karate, it is called...

The Standing Arm Drag subfamily covers arm drag takedowns from a standing position, where the attacker grabs the opponent's arm and pulls it across to create an angle for attack. [1] From standing, th...

The Standard Inside Arm Drag executes the fundamental inside arm drag where the attacker grips the opponent's wrist with the same-side hand and the tricep with the cross hand, then pulls the arm sharp...

The Arm Drag Takedown family covers takedowns initiated by an arm drag — a technique where the attacker grabs the opponent's arm at the wrist or tricep and pulls it across the body, creating an angle ...

The Two-On-One Russian Tie family covers clinch positions where the attacker controls one of the opponent's arms with both hands, creating a dominant two-against-one grip configuration. [1] The Russia...

The Standard Epee Counter-Attack executes the basic stop hit or time-hit by extending the arm into the path of the attacker, aiming to land the point on the attacker's closest target (typically the ha...

The Standard Overhook Position wraps the arm over the opponent's bicep and shoulder, hooking deep so the hand can grip the opponent's far shoulder or lat, pulling the overhook arm tight against the at...

The Inside Arm Drag subfamily executes arm drags where the attacker pulls the opponent's arm across their centreline toward the inside, creating access to the far side of the opponent's body. [1] The ...

The High Crotch Russian Tie subfamily covers the variation of the two-on-one position where the controlling grip is positioned high on the opponent's arm near the shoulder, with the attacker's body cl...

The standard triangle choke from closed guard is the foundational variety of the triangle family, where the attacker locks a figure-four leg configuration around the opponent's head and one arm from b...

The crossface face crank from crucifix uses the crossface forearm to drive across the opponent's face while the crucifix position traps both arms, preventing any defensive action. [1] The attacker con...

The Under-Arms Bear Hug subfamily covers bear hug positions where the attacker's arms encircle the opponent's torso beneath the opponent's arms, leaving the opponent's arms free above the grip. [1] Wh...

The head-and-arm choke subfamily encompasses all arm triangle variations where the attacker traps the opponent’s head and one arm together, using the trapped arm as a wedge against one carotid artery ...

The Standard Outside Arm Drag executes the fundamental outside arm drag where the attacker grips the opponent's wrist and elbow, pulling the arm outward and away from the body while stepping to the in...

The Standard Two-On-One Drag executes the fundamental two-on-one drag takedown where the attacker secures both hands on one of the opponent's arms and uses a sharp pulling motion to drag the opponent ...

The crucifix rear strangle is applied from the crucifix position, where the attacker traps one of the opponent's arms with their legs (typically threading the far arm between the legs and locking it) ...

Seiken Jodan Uke (commonly called Age Uke or Rising Block) is the fundamental karate defence against attacks descending toward the head — overhead strikes, hammer fists, downward bottle or stick attac...

The Standard Headlock Control wraps one arm around the opponent's head from the side, securing the head against the attacker's ribcage, while the other arm controls the opponent's near arm to prevent ...

The Standard Knife Disarm is a technique that intercepts an incoming knife attack, controls the weapon arm through a joint lock or wrist manipulation, and strips the knife from the attacker's grip. [1...

The two-on-one choke from front headlock uses both hands gripping the same wrist or forearm to drive the choking arm deeper across the opponent's neck, creating concentrated pressure with doubled grip...

The ten-finger guillotine from standing snap-down is a no-arm-trapped variant where the attacker clasps all ten fingers together around the opponent's neck without trapping an arm inside the loop. [1]...

The Stacking Armbar Escape subfamily covers escapes that use forward pressure (stacking) to compress the attacker and relieve the hyperextension on the trapped arm. [1] By driving forward and putting ...

The Standard Turtle subfamily covers the basic defensive turtle position with the fighter on hands and knees, elbows tight to the body, chin tucked, and head down to protect against chokes and submiss...

Arm cranks apply rotational or torsional force along the axis of the arm — twisting the humerus, forearm, or both in ways that stress the shoulder capsule, elbow ligaments, and surrounding musculature...

The Standard Z-Guard establishes the Z-guard with the top knee angled across the opponent's midsection and the bottom leg controlling the opponent's leg in half guard, with hands controlling the colla...

The Whizzer subfamily covers the active overhook variant where the attacker combines the arm wrap with aggressive hip pressure, driving the hip into the opponent's body on the overhook side to create ...

The Arm Wrap Choke is a closed guard submission where the attacker wraps the opponent's arm across their own neck and secures a deep collar grip on the far side, creating a choking mechanism that uses...

The Armbar Escape family covers all techniques for escaping the juji-gatame (cross-body armbar) and its variants once the attack has been initiated. [1] The armbar is one of the most common and highes...

The Inside Defense is a Krav Maga technique where the defender deflects an incoming straight attack by sweeping the hand or forearm from outside to inside across the body's centerline. [1] The open pa...

A no-gi variation of the arm triangle choke applied from half guard. The attacker threads their arm under the opponent’s head and traps the far arm, then uses shoulder pressure, chest connection, and ...

Standard Headlock Throw is the classical head-and-arm throw in wrestling, in which the attacker wraps one arm around the opponent's head, secures the grip with the other hand, loads the opponent onto ...

The Standard Standing Arm Drag executes the fundamental standing arm drag where the attacker grabs the opponent's wrist and tricep, pulls the arm sharply across the body, and steps behind the opponent...

The Neck Crush Finish is a one-arm rear naked choke variation where the attacker uses a single arm wrapped behind the opponent's head to create a crushing compression on the neck — squeezing the neck ...

Seiken Chudan Uchi Uke (commonly called Uchi Uke or Inside Block) is the inside forearm block in traditional karate, deflecting straight punches and strikes directed at the midsection by sweeping the ...

The Standard Kesa Gatame wraps one arm around the opponent's head, controls the near arm with the other hand, and turns the hips to face the opponent's head, with the near hip pressing against the opp...

The Overhook-Whizzer family covers clinch positions where the attacker hooks their arm over the opponent's arm from the outside, wrapping around the upper arm or shoulder to control or redirect the op...

The Standard High Crotch Russian Tie executes the fundamental high crotch entry from the two-on-one position, where the attacker maintains the Russian tie grip high on the opponent's arm while steppin...

Ude Gatame is a straight arm lock in judo and jujutsu where the attacker controls the opponent's arm in an extended position and applies pressure against the elbow joint using the hands, forearms, or ...

The Single Arm Block is a defensive technique using one forearm to deflect or stop an incoming strike. [1] In Korean martial arts, it is called han palmok makgi (one forearm block) and serves as the f...