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The Japanese Sword family encompasses the interrelated disciplines of kenjutsu (classical sword combat), kendō (modern bamboo-sword fencing), and iaidō/iaijutsu (the art of drawing and cutting), all p...

The Japanese necktie is a front headlock choke that combines blood choke compression with neck crank mechanics, executed by threading one arm under the opponent's arm and around their head (similar to...

The Japanese Necktie is a front headlock choke/crank hybrid that combines elements of the D'Arce choke and the front headlock guillotine — the attacker threads the choking arm under the opponent's arm...

Tantō-jutsu is the Japanese art of fighting with the tantō, a single-edged blade typically measuring 15–30 cm (6–12 inches). [1] Within classical Japanese martial arts (koryū), tantō-jutsu encompasses...

The Sojutsu (Spear) family covers Japanese spear fighting techniques using the yari, a straight-bladed spear that became the dominant battlefield weapon of the Sengoku period (1467-1615), surpassing t...

The Naginata family covers fighting techniques using the naginata — a Japanese polearm consisting of a curved, single-edged blade mounted on a long wooden shaft, typically measuring five to seven feet...

The Traditional-Other Throw group encompasses throwing techniques from martial arts traditions outside the primary Japanese judo framework, including throws from sambo, sanda (Chinese kickboxing), and...

The Short Blade group encompasses all combat techniques employing edged weapons shorter than a standard sword, including knives, daggers, and tantō. [1] Short blades have been carried as secondary wea...

The Crane Beak Strike bunches all five fingertips together into a single pointed formation — like the beak of a crane — and drives this concentrated point into vulnerable anatomical targets such as th...

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 Sword group encompasses all combat techniques employing bladed weapons of sword length, spanning both East Asian and European traditions. [1] This group unifies the Japanese sword arts (kenjutsu, ...

The Kenjutsu Cut subfamily encompasses the primary cutting techniques of classical Japanese swordsmanship, classified by their trajectory and target. [1] The major cuts include shōmen-uchi (straight d...

The Standard Tantō-Jutsu subfamily covers the core tantō techniques taught in koryū curricula, including forward thrusts, upward stabs, slashing cuts, and the defensive tantō-dori (knife-taking) metho...

The Iaidō Draw Cut subfamily covers the techniques of drawing the Japanese sword from its scabbard and delivering an immediate cutting strike in a single fluid motion — the defining action of iaidō an...

Japanese art of throwing bladed projectiles, divided into bo-shuriken (spike-type) and hira-shuriken (star-type) methods.

The Men Cut is a descending vertical or slightly diagonal cut to the top of the opponent's head, the most fundamental and frequently practised technique in Japanese swordsmanship. [1] A correct men cu...

The Kamae subfamily encompasses the five standard sword guards (go-gyō-no-kamae) used across Japanese sword arts — chūdan, jōdan, gedan, hassō, and waki-gamae. [1] Each kamae positions the sword to de...

The Standard Tantō Technique genus encompasses the fundamental offensive and defensive actions with the tantō — the direct thrust (tsuki), the slash (kiri), and the defensive response (tantō-dori). [1...

Chūdan-no-kamae (middle guard) positions the sword with the tip (kissaki) pointed at the opponent's throat or eyes, the tsuka (handle) held at navel height, embodying the principle of centre-line domi...

The Weapon class encompasses all fighting techniques that employ an external implement — whether bladed, blunt, flexible, or projectile — as the primary means of offence and defence. [1] Weapon-based ...

The Polearm group encompasses all fighting techniques using long-shafted weapons — typically ranging from five to twelve feet in length — that combine reach advantage with the leverage provided by a l...

The Naginata Cut subfamily covers all cutting (slashing) techniques with the naginata, exploiting the weapon's curved blade to deliver sweeping cuts to the opponent's body, legs, and head. [1] Naginat...

Techniques using long and short staff weapons, spanning Japanese bojutsu and jojutsu as well as European quarterstaff traditions.

Japanese long staff (rokushakubo, approximately 6 feet) techniques including strikes, blocks, and sweeps from Okinawan kobudo and mainland traditions.

Japanese short staff (jo, approximately 4 feet) techniques blending striking, thrusting, and sweeping, notably systematized in Shinto Muso-ryu.

The Leg Lock Entry family covers techniques for entering leg entanglement positions (ashi garami) from standing — primarily through rolling entries, sit-outs, and guard-pull-to-leg-lock transitions th...

The TKD Ground Position family covers ground fighting positions and techniques within Taekwondo's curriculum, which though primarily a striking and kicking art, includes ground awareness and basic pos...

Rolling Entry takedowns are techniques where the attacker uses a forward or lateral roll to rapidly close distance and enter into leg entanglements, takedowns, or submission positions — sacrificing st...

Small Wrap Hand (小纏手, Xiǎo Chán Shǒu — "small wrap/coil hand") is an outward-rotating wrist lock from Chinese Qin Na (擒拿, the joint-locking art embedded across Chinese martial styles), documented by D...

Sabaki is a family of evasive footwork patterns from Japanese martial arts (especially Aikido, Kyokushin karate, and the Ashihara/Enshin lineage) that move the defender off the opponent's attack line ...

The Horse Stance (kiba-dachi in Japanese, ma bu in Chinese) is a wide low-stance position with both feet pointing forward, knees deeply bent, and weight distributed equally between both legs — as if s...

Mae Geri Keage is the Japanese karate term for the snapping front kick, in which the leg is chambered by raising the knee and then snapped forward rapidly using the knee joint as a hinge, striking wit...

Mae Geri Kekomi is the Japanese karate term for the thrusting front kick, in which the leg is chambered and then driven forward in a straight penetrating line, striking with the heel or ball of the fo...

The Tiger Claw Strike is a Chinese martial arts open-hand technique where the fingers are spread wide and curved like a tiger's claws, striking the opponent's face, throat, or body with the fingertips...

Strikes delivered with an open hand, grouping the traditional striking surfaces of Okinawan and Japanese karate — the spear hand (nukite), palm heel (shotei / teisho), bent wrist (kakuto), arc hand (k...

The Karate Block family covers traditional karate blocking techniques (uke waza, 受け技) — the formalised defensive system of Japanese and Okinawan karate that uses powerful, decisive arm movements to in...

The Imanari Roll is a rolling leg lock entry named after Japanese MMA fighter Masakazu Imanari — a forward shoulder roll from standing that threads the legs around the opponent's lead leg, landing dir...

The Imanari roll is a rolling entry into leg entanglement positions, developed by Japanese MMA fighter Masakazu Imanari around 1998-1999. [1] The attacker grips the opponent's ankle, drops onto their ...

The Aikido Throw group covers the throwing techniques of aikido — the modern Japanese martial art founded by Morihei Ueshiba (1883-1969) that emphasises blending with and redirecting an opponent's ene...

Kokyu Nage (literally 'breath throw') is the most fundamental and widely-practiced throw in aikido — a category of throws unified by the principle of using kokyū (the Japanese concept of unified breat...

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...

The Hand Technique Throw group, known in Japanese as te-waza, comprises all throwing techniques in which the primary mechanism of the throw is the action of the hands and arms rather than the hips or ...

The Hip Technique Throw group, known in Japanese as koshi-waza, comprises all throwing techniques in which the thrower's hip serves as the primary fulcrum or lifting mechanism, rotating or wheeling th...

Sacrifice Throw, known in Japanese as Sutemi Waza, is the group of throwing techniques in which the thrower deliberately abandons their own standing base to complete the throw. [1] Unlike standing thr...

Techniques for projecting weapons at a target from a distance, including Japanese shuriken, knife throwing, and javelin arts.

Jōdan-no-kamae (high guard) raises the sword overhead with the arms extended, threatening an immediate downward cut to any target. [1] Jōdan is the most aggressive of the five standard kamae, projecti...

Waki-gamae (side guard) conceals the sword behind the body with the blade pointing rearward, hiding the weapon's length and the wielder's intent from the opponent. [1] This deceptive guard denies the ...

The Kendō Waza subfamily covers the competitive techniques of kendō — the four valid target strikes (men, kote, dō, tsuki), the footwork that delivers them, and the tactical categories of shikake-waza...

Ōji Waza (counter techniques) are defensive-offensive tactics in kendō where the defender responds to the opponent's attack with a parry, block, or evasion followed by an immediate counter-strike, inc...

Shikake Waza (initiating techniques) are the offensive tactics in kendō where the attacker creates an opening in the opponent's guard and strikes first, including debana-waza (striking as the opponent...