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The Fundamental Pin Escape family covers the core techniques for escaping wrestling pins and judo hold-downs — the essential survival skills that prevent a loss by fall in wrestling or ippon by osaeko...

The Takedown group covers all fundamental techniques for bringing an opponent from a standing position to the ground while the attacker remains in a dominant or neutral position — the essential bridge...

The Guard Sweep family covers all sweeping techniques executed from guard positions to reverse the top and bottom positions — the primary offensive tool for the bottom player in BJJ. [1] Guard sweeps ...

The Wrestling Bottom Escape family covers escape techniques from the wrestling bottom (referee's) position — the on-hands-and-knees starting position used in folkstyle wrestling where one wrestler is ...

The Sweep group encompasses all ground-based reversal techniques where the bottom player uses leverage, momentum, and leg work to reverse the top and bottom positions — the primary offensive tool for ...

The Standard Referee Position places the bottom wrestler on hands and knees with the top wrestler positioned behind with one arm around the waist and one hand on the elbow. [1] This standardised start...

The Guard Sweep family within the Throw class covers sweeping techniques from guard that reverse the top and bottom positions — classified under Throw because sweeps achieve the same outcome as throws...

The Phoenix Eye Fist is a Chinese martial arts striking technique where the index finger knuckle is extended beyond the other knuckles to form a single protruding point, creating a concentrated striki...

The Lunge is the fundamental attacking movement in Western fencing, combining a full arm extension with a powerful forward drive of the body to deliver a thrust across a distance greater than the fenc...

The Standard Collar Tie Snap executes the fundamental collar tie snap down where the attacker, with one hand gripping behind the opponent's neck (collar tie), pulls sharply downward to break the oppon...

The TKD Punch family encompasses the hand striking techniques (jirugi — punches, and taerigi — strikes) of Taekwondo, which are classified separately from the punching systems of boxing, karate, or Mu...

The Snapping Side Kick subfamily covers side kicks executed with a fast, snapping motion that prioritises speed and retraction over penetrating force. [1] The snapping side kick chambers by lifting th...

Ko Soto Gari (minor outer reap) is a foot sweep subfamily where the attacker reaps the opponent's heel or ankle from the outside using the sole of the foot or the heel, while driving the opponent's up...

The Standard Snapping Side Kick is executed by chambering the knee to the chest, turning the hip over to align the foot laterally, and snapping the leg out to strike with the blade or heel of the foot...

The Foot Sweep family covers techniques where the attacker uses their foot to sweep the opponent's foot or ankle out from under them while simultaneously directing the upper body in the opposite direc...

The Standard Spider Guard establishes the full spider guard with both hands gripping the opponent's sleeves, both feet placed on the biceps, and the legs extended to create maximum distance and contro...

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 Knee On Belly family covers the top position where the controlling fighter places one knee on the bottom fighter's torso while the other foot is posted on the mat for base, creating a mobile and a...

The HEMA Guard family encompasses the named sword guard positions (Huten or Leger) of the German and Italian longsword traditions. [1] Guards are specific positions in which the sword is held relative...

The Standard Two-On-One Snap executes the fundamental two-on-one snap down where the attacker, controlling the opponent's arm with both hands, pulls the arm sharply downward while stepping back, break...

The Kung Fu Strike family within the Punch group covers fist-based striking techniques from Chinese martial arts (kung fu/wushu) systems, which have developed an extraordinarily diverse array of punch...

The Kung Fu Strike family within the Open Hand Strike group covers open-handed striking techniques from Chinese martial arts systems — the most diverse collection of open-hand formations and striking ...

The north-south headscissors applies the leg-based head squeeze from the north-south position, where the attacker is positioned head-to-head above the supine opponent. [1] The attacker captures the op...

The Leg Compression Defence subfamily covers defences against calf slicers and leg crushes, where the opponent places their shin across the back of the defender's knee or calf and folds the leg to com...

The Standard Technical Standup From Turtle executes the escape by transitioning from turtle to a seated posting position (hand behind on the mat), then performing the technical standup by stepping up ...

The Standard Halberd Technique executes the core pollaxe actions: the overhead strike (delivering the axe head or hammer to the opponent's head or shoulders), the thrust (driving the top spike at the ...

The thrust lapel choke from guard is executed by the bottom player who grips the opponent's collar and drives the fist directly into the throat or the side of the neck, using a pistol-grip or thumb-in...

The Iron Palm Strike (鐵砂掌, Tieh Sha Chang) is a Chinese martial arts palm strike that uses internally cultivated chi (qi) energy directed through a conditioned palm rather than relying on muscular for...

The Standard Russian Tie Position is the genus-level execution of the classical two-on-one grip where the attacker secures the opponent's wrist with the far hand, grips the tricep with the near hand, ...

Standard Koshi Guruma executes the classical hip wheel where the thrower turns in, wraps the throwing arm around the opponent's neck, loads the opponent onto the hip, and rotates forward to wheel the ...

The Standard Two-On-One Grip Break grips the opponent's wrist with one hand and their fingers with the other, then peels the grip open by pulling the fingers in the direction opposite to their curl wh...

The Inside Trip Finish completes the single leg by using the attacker's inside leg to trip or hook the opponent's standing (free) leg while maintaining control of the captured leg. [1] With one leg se...

The elbow-fulcrum headlock choke uses the point of the attacker's elbow as the primary fulcrum against the opponent's neck from a front headlock position. [1] The attacker wraps the opponent's head, t...

The Standard Long Guard extends the lead arm fully forward, hand open or in a loose fist, placing the palm or forearm against the opponent's forehead, chin, or shoulder to create a frame that prevents...

Washide Uchi is a karate open-hand strike where all five fingertips are brought together into a single point, forming a shape resembling an eagle's beak or a bird's beak. [1] The tips of all five fing...

The Ankle Pick X-Guard sweep completes the X-guard sweep by reaching out and picking the opponent's far ankle while elevating with the X-guard hooks, removing their base and toppling them. [1] From th...

Seiken Jodan Tsuki is the fundamental upper-level straight punch in traditional karate, delivering the fore-fist (seiken — the front two knuckles of the index and middle fingers) to the opponent's fac...

The Single Hook back control uses one foot inserted inside the opponent's thigh while the other leg is positioned differently — typically wrapped around the waist, posted on the mat, or in transition....

The Z-lock wrist lock from seated guard is a flexion-based submission that uses a distinctive Z-shaped arm configuration to hyperextend the opponent's wrist joint from a bottom guard or seated positio...

The Double Hook back control inserts both feet inside the opponent's inner thighs from behind, creating two points of lower body control that prevent the opponent from turning, sliding down, or bridgi...

The Chopping Elbow subfamily covers downward elbow strikes delivered on a steep diagonal angle, resembling the motion of a hatchet or cleaver cutting downward and across. [1] Unlike a straight vertica...

The Standard Low Double executes the fundamental below-the-knee double leg where the attacker drops to both knees with an explosive penetration step, wraps both arms around the opponent's lower legs o...

The Dagger (HEMA) family covers the European historical dagger combat techniques preserved in medieval and Renaissance fight-books. [1] HEMA dagger fighting is characterised by its integration with ar...

The Standard Inside Elbow Control positions the attacker's hand on the inside of the opponent's elbow, cupping the joint and using it as a steering handle to redirect the opponent's arm and prevent th...

The Dump Finish completes the single leg by lifting the captured leg high while rotating the opponent over it, 'dumping' them sideways or backward onto the mat. [1] The attacker elevates the captured ...

Sasae Tsurikomi Ashi (lifting-pulling propping ankle block) is a foot sweep subfamily where the attacker blocks the opponent's advancing foot with the sole of their own foot while using a lifting-pull...

The Salto Suplex is the most acrobatic variant of the suplex family, in which the attacker generates sufficient lift and rotation to send the opponent through a near-complete aerial arc, often resulti...

The Rising Elbow subfamily covers uppercut-trajectory elbow strikes that travel upward from a low starting position to target the chin, jaw, or underside of the opponent's face. [1] The rising elbow i...

The Standard Wall Walk Standup places the upper back against the cage fence, plants both feet underneath the body, and drives upward using the legs while the fence provides balance and prevents the op...

The Foot-Leg Technique Throw group, known in Japanese as ashi-waza, comprises all throwing techniques in which the primary mechanism of force generation is the action of the thrower's foot or leg agai...