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The Standard Outside Ankle Trip executes the fundamental outside ankle hook-and-trip where the attacker hooks or blocks the opponent's outside ankle with their foot while driving the opponent's upper ...

The Standard Inside Ankle Trip executes the fundamental inside ankle hook-and-trip where the attacker, from a clinch position, steps between the opponent's legs, hooks the near ankle with the instep, ...

The Inside Ankle Trip subfamily specifically targets the opponent's ankle from the inside, using the attacker's foot to hook or block the ankle while upper body pressure drives the opponent over the t...

The Outside Ankle Trip subfamily targets the opponent's ankle from the outside, using the attacker's foot to hook or block the outer ankle while upper body control directs the opponent's fall over the...

The Heel Drag Escape subfamily covers mount escape techniques where the defender uses one foot to hook and drag the opponent's ankle, creating enough space to insert the knee and transition to half gu...

The Leg Lock family encompasses all joint lock submissions targeting the hip, knee, or ankle joints of the lower extremity — including heel hooks, kneebars, toe holds, calf slicers, and straight ankle...

Yoko Gake is a side sacrifice throw where the attacker hooks the opponent's ankle with their foot while falling sideways, dragging the opponent down with them. [1] The attacker steps to the side, hook...

Ko Soto Gake (minor outer hook) is a judo ashi-waza technique in which the thrower hooks the opponent's heel or ankle from the outside with the sole of the foot, trapping the foot while driving the op...

Joint locks are submission techniques that isolate a joint — elbow, shoulder, knee, ankle, hip, wrist, or spine — and apply force to hyperextend, hyperrotate, or compress it beyond its anatomical rang...

The Leglock Escape family covers all techniques for escaping leg-based joint locks and compression holds, including ankle locks, heel hooks, kneebars, and toe holds. [1] Leglock escapes have become on...

The Tripod Sweep is an open guard sweep where the bottom player places one foot on the opponent's hip and hooks behind one of their ankles with the other foot, then pushes and pulls simultaneously to ...

The Standard De La Riva Sweep executes the fundamental DLR guard sweep by using the DLR hook to stretch and off-balance the opponent backward, controlling the ankle of the hooked leg while pulling the...

The Toe Hold is a foot lock submission that attacks the ankle and foot by gripping the opponent's toes/ball of foot and rotating the foot outward (or inward) using a figure-four grip — creating torsio...

The De La Riva Sweep subfamily covers sweeps from the De La Riva guard, where the guard player hooks one leg around the opponent's lead leg from the outside while controlling the ankle of that leg. [1...

The De La Riva Guard subfamily covers the open guard position where the guard player hooks one leg around the opponent's lead leg from the outside, wrapping the foot behind the knee, while controlling...

The Standard Leg Over threads the far leg over the opponent's head from behind, hooks the ankle or calf around the opponent's neck, and pulls backward to break the kesa gatame control and force the op...

Standard Ko Soto Gake executes the classical minor outer hook where the thrower places the sole of the foot behind the opponent's heel from the outside, hooks it to prevent backward stepping, and driv...

The tripod sweep is a foundational open guard sweep where the guard player places one foot on the opponent's hip, hooks behind the opponent's ankle with the other foot, and grips the far ankle — simul...

The Standard Boot curls the toes downward, points the foot, and tucks the heel tight behind the opponent's thigh or hip, making the foot impossible to grip and preventing the opponent from isolating i...

The Boot Defence subfamily covers the technique of hiding the foot from the opponent's grip by curling the toes, pointing the foot, and tucking the heel behind the opponent's body or thigh. [1] The bo...

The reverse triangle from side control locks the triangle choke in reverse orientation — the attacker's legs wrap around the opponent's head and arm from the opposite direction compared to the standar...

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 mounted triangle applies the triangle choke from the mounted position, where the attacker transitions from mount to a triangle configuration by isolating one arm and threading the legs around the ...

The flying triangle is a spectacular variety where the attacker jumps from standing directly into a triangle choke configuration around the opponent's head and arm. [1] The attacker leaps upward, thro...

The Standard Single Leg X establishes the basic SLX position with one foot on the opponent's hip and the other foot behind the knee of the same leg, both from the outside, with hands controlling the a...

The Jean Jacques Sweep is a half guard sweep from the 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu system, executed from the lockdown position by establishing a deep underhook, elevating the opponent using a hip-whip motion...

The Submission Escape group encompasses all techniques for escaping submission attempts — joint locks, chokes, and compression holds — that have been initiated but not yet fully secured. [1] Submissio...

The knee knot is a leg entanglement control position originating from sambo where the attacker intertwines their legs around the opponent's trapped leg — placing one leg over the opponent's hip (knee ...

The Electric Chair Submission is a groin and inner-thigh hyperextension applied from the lockdown half guard position, where the attacker elevates the opponent's trapped leg upward and outward while s...

The Inside Trip family covers techniques where the attacker uses their leg to trip the opponent from the inside — threading the tripping leg between or inside the opponent's legs to hook, reap, or blo...

The Leg Entanglement (Ashi Garami) family covers the system of leg-on-leg control positions that serve as the platform for all modern leg lock attacks — the positional hierarchy that revolutionised su...

The Standard Upa (trap and roll) traps the opponent's wrist and hooks the same-side ankle with the foot, then bridges explosively by driving the hips toward the ceiling while turning to the trapped si...

The Guantanamo Escape is a 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu technique for recovering half guard from the mounted position, using a specific hip movement combined with knee insertion that differs from the standar...

The Leglock Defence family covers all defensive techniques against leg-based submissions including heel hooks, kneebars, toe holds, and ankle locks. [1] Leglock defence has become one of the most crit...

The Outside Trip family covers techniques where the attacker uses their leg to trip the opponent from the outside — attacking the outside of the opponent's leg by stepping around or behind to hook, re...

Standard O Uchi Gari executes the classical major inner reap where the thrower steps between the opponent's legs, hooks the far leg's inner ankle or calf with the sole of the foot, and reaps it backwa...

Ko Uchi Gari (minor inner reap) is a judo ashi-waza technique in which the thrower reaps the opponent's near leg from the inside, using a small, quick hooking or sweeping action against the inner ankl...

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 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...

The Ko Uchi Gari Trip subfamily applies judo's minor inner reap as a takedown, where the attacker reaps the opponent's inner ankle or lower leg from the inside while directing the upper body backward ...

The Standard Heel Drag hooks one foot around the opponent's same-side ankle, drags it inward toward the centreline, and simultaneously inserts the knee through the space created to establish half guar...

O Uchi Gari (major inner reap) is a judo ashi-waza technique in which the thrower drives the leg between the opponent's legs and reaps the far leg from the inside, sweeping it backward while pushing t...

The Cocoon to X-Guard Sweep transitions from the Cocoon position to X-guard hooks, then sweeps the opponent by extending the legs while controlling the ankle. [1]

Standard Ko Uchi Gari executes the classical minor inner reap where the thrower hooks or sweeps the opponent's near foot from the inside with a quick reaping action of the sole, pulling the foot out f...

The Standard De La Riva establishes the classic DLR guard with the outside hook wrapped around the opponent's lead leg, foot behind the knee, near hand controlling the ankle, and the far hand gripping...

The Standard X-Guard subfamily covers the classic X-guard position with both legs inserted between the opponent's legs, one hook behind the knee and one on the hip, creating a strong X-configuration t...

The Hooking Throw family encompasses ashi-waza techniques in which the thrower uses the foot or leg to hook behind or around the opponent's leg, trapping it and preventing retreat while the upper body...

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 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 Standard Half Guard Recovery executes the fundamental technique of catching one of the opponent's legs with both legs during a guard pass, typically by threading the inside leg between the opponen...