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The Standard Chin Tuck pulls the chin firmly to the chest while tensing the neck muscles, creating a compressed space beneath the jawline that prevents the opponent from inserting their arm or collar ...
Cervical flexion cranks force the opponent's chin toward their chest, compressing the anterior cervical spine and intervertebral discs. [1,2] These cranks are often applied from front headlock positio...
The Chin Tuck Defence subfamily covers the defensive technique of pulling the chin tight to the chest, creating a barrier of bone and muscle that prevents the opponent from accessing the neck for chok...
The chin strap neck crank uses a cupping grip under the opponent's chin to force cervical flexion — driving the chin toward the chest. [1,2] The attacker places one or both hands under the chin in a '...
The Standard Flying Front Kick is executed by leaping off the rear foot, driving the lead knee upward for height, and then extending the kicking leg in a linear front kick thrust at the apex of the ju...
The chin-down wrist lock from clinch is applied during a standing clinch by gripping the opponent's hand and pressing the wrist into flexion while simultaneously driving the bent wrist downward toward...
The Tight Turtle subfamily covers the defensive turtle variation where the fighter compresses the body as much as possible, tucking the elbows to the knees, chin to chest, and hips low, creating the s...
The chin-down wrist lock from seated guard is a flexion-based wrist submission where the attacker, working from a seated or guard position, traps the opponent's hand and forces the wrist into acute fl...
Cervical extension cranks force the opponent's head backward, hyperextending the cervical spine. [1,2] The can opener (from inside closed guard) is the most common example — the attacker clasps hands ...
The Standard Shell covers the head by placing both hands over the ears and temples, tucking the chin to the chest, and bringing the elbows together in front of the face, creating a compact protective ...
The Standard Rear Headbutt Technique is executed by dropping the chin toward the chest, then explosively snapping the head backward to strike the opponent's face with the hard occipital bone. [1] The ...
The can opener is a cervical flexion crank applied from inside the opponent's closed guard by clasping both hands behind the opponent's head and forcefully driving the chin toward the chest. [1,2,3] T...
The Nelson neck crank uses a half-nelson or full-nelson position to drive the opponent's chin toward their chest (flexion) or force the head sideways, creating cervical spine pressure. [1,2] In the fu...
Sok Ngad (the Uppercut Elbow) drives the point of the elbow vertically upward into the opponent's chin from below, combining the knockout mechanics of a boxing uppercut with the devastating hardness o...
The Standard Sprawl Headlock executes the fundamental sprawl-to-headlock sequence where the defender sprawls on a takedown attempt, drives hips to the mat, and secures the opponent's head under the ar...
The short-lever chin strap flexion applies cervical flexion cranking from front headlock using a short lever arm — the attacker's hands grip directly on the chin or jaw, applying downward force at min...
The nelson neck crank from turtle is applied against a turtled opponent by the attacker threading a half-nelson or full-nelson grip behind the opponent's neck and cranking the head forward while maint...
From a standing backpack control the attacker feeds the near lapel under the opponent's chin to the far hand, secures a cross-grip on the far lapel, drops the chest and rotates the wrists in a basebal...
The standard can opener is a cervical flexion crank applied from inside the opponent's closed guard, where the attacker clasps both hands behind the opponent's head and pulls it forward toward the che...
The Standard Front Headlock Position secures the opponent's head under one armpit, with the controlling arm wrapping around the neck so the hand reaches the far side of the opponent's head or chin. [1...
The attacker secures back control using double hooks and seatbelt grip. One lapel is fed under the opponent's chin to the far hand, while the other hand crosses over gripping the opposite lapel. By ro...
The Jiu-Claw is a 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu submission from rubber guard where the attacker grips the opponent's face with an open-hand claw grip while the legs control posture, creating a combination fac...
The rear neck crank from back without hooks is a cervical-spine submission applied from a partial back position — chest-to-back contact established, but no hooks or body triangle. [1] Rather than rely...
The own-lapel rear noose choke is executed by the attacker pulling their own gi lapel free, feeding it under the opponent's chin from back control, catching the tail with the other hand, and cinching ...
The Seatbelt Escape family covers techniques for breaking the seatbelt grip (over-under arm control from behind) — the most critical first step in any back escape, because the seatbelt grip enables th...