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The Close Range subfamily covers the fighting distance where fighters are within arm's reach and clinch engagement is imminent or active. [1] Close range is the distance where hooks, uppercuts, elbows...

The Standard Close Range position places both fighters within arm's reach, typically at a distance where the lead hand can touch the opponent without fully extending. [1] At standard close range, the ...

The Distance Management family covers the spatial zones between fighters and the tactical implications of each distance. [1] Distance management is one of the most fundamental concepts in all combat s...

Jab-Teep Range Management uses the longest-range striking tools — the jab (boxing) and teep/push kick (Muay Thai) — as defensive weapons to maintain distance and prevent the opponent from closing rang...

The Standard Stick Defence subfamily covers fundamental techniques for defending against attacks with sticks, batons, and similar impact weapons, using a combination of blocking, evasion, and closing ...

The Short Back Kick is a compact variant of the back kick that uses minimal leg extension to deliver the heel into a target directly behind the practitioner, optimised for very close range situations ...

The Elbow Strike family encompasses elbow techniques that do not fit neatly into the specific trajectory-based families (Horizontal, Downward, Uppercut, Spinning, Reverse) but are practiced as general...

The Clinch Takedown family covers all takedowns executed from clinch range — where both fighters already have gripping contact — using trips, throws, drives, and lifts rather than shot-based entries f...

The Jolt Punch is a short, explosive punch that combines the falling step with a whipping shoulder rotation, designed to deliver knockout power at close range without a full wind-up or visible prepara...

The Front Leg Front Kick is a fast front kick delivered with the lead leg by sliding the rear foot forward to close distance before launching the kick. [1] The rear leg slides forward without moving t...

The Small Roundhouse Kick is a tight, compact variant of the roundhouse kick that uses a shortened circular arc and minimal hip rotation, optimised for close range where a full roundhouse kick would b...

Seiken Ago Uchi is a Kyokushin karate rising punch specifically targeting the chin from below, driving the fore-fist (seiken — the index and middle finger knuckles) upward into the underside of the op...

The Foot Stomp is a close-range stomping strike delivered onto the top of the opponent's foot, typically executed from the clinch position against the cage in MMA, used to create pain, disrupt the opp...

The Headbutt group encompasses all striking techniques in which the fighter uses the skull — particularly the hard frontal bone above the brow ridge — as an impact weapon to strike the opponent. [1] T...

The Gun Defence family covers defensive techniques against firearm threats, including disarms and redirections at close range. [1] Gun defence is the most extreme self-defence scenario and should only...

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 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 Long Range subfamily covers the fighting distance where fighters are beyond punching range, requiring kicks, long jabs, or forward movement to close distance. [1] Long range is the distance where ...

The Stick And Dagger (Espada Y Daga) family covers techniques using a long weapon (stick or sword) in the dominant hand and a short weapon (dagger or short stick) in the other hand, which is one of th...

The Standard Sok Klap is the fundamental execution of the spinning back elbow, where the fighter initiates a sharp pivot on the lead foot, rotates the torso 180 degrees, and drives the rear elbow into...

The Closed Guard family covers the guard position where the bottom fighter wraps the legs around the opponent's waist with ankles crossed behind the back, creating a locked-leg control that keeps the ...

The Stick Defence family covers defensive techniques against impact weapon attacks, including sticks, batons, clubs, and similar blunt instruments. [1] Stick defence addresses the challenge of defendi...

Strikes delivered using the knee as the primary impact surface, leveraging close-range body mechanics and clinch control to generate devastating force.

The clinch encompasses all standing grappling techniques performed at close range where both fighters have gripping contact — the critical transitional zone between striking distance and the ground. [...

The Standard Horizontal Elbow Strike is the textbook execution of the horizontal elbow, where the fighter pivots on the lead foot, rotates the hips and shoulders, and drives the point of the elbow lat...

The Head Movement family covers defensive techniques where the fighter moves the head and upper body to evade strikes while the feet remain relatively stationary, using trunk flexion, rotation, and la...

The Standing Position group encompasses all positions that occur while both fighters are on their feet, including stances, distance management frameworks, and standing guard positions. [1] Standing po...

The Half-Pivot Hook Kick uses only a 90-degree pivot rather than the standard hook kick's full 180-degree turn, enabling significantly faster delivery at closer range at the cost of reduced power. [1]...

The chin-down wrist lock from standing is applied by gripping the opponent's hand and bending the wrist into flexion while directing the pressure downward toward the opponent's own chin or sternum. [1...

The figure-four wrist lock from clinch uses a figure-four grip configuration — one hand gripping the opponent's wrist while the other hand grabs its own wrist to form a four-shaped structure — to appl...

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...

Koken Uchi is a strike using the top of the bent wrist (koken/kakuto) — the wrist is bent sharply backward and the bony top of the wrist joint is driven into the target. [1] This unusual striking surf...

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 Espada Y Daga subfamily covers the fundamental techniques and drills of the sword-and-dagger combination, including the basic guard positions, coordination patterns between the long and s...

A hybrid punch between a hook and an uppercut, traveling in a 45-degree upward arc and landing with the palm facing partially upward, effective at close range.

The Snatch Double subfamily executes the double leg with a quick snatch-and-pull motion rather than a deep penetration step, grabbing both legs from a short distance and pulling them toward the attack...

A knee strike driven upward at a diagonal angle, targeting the ribs, floating ribs, or side of the body from within the clinch or at close range.

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 Standard Gun Defence subfamily covers the fundamental techniques for defending against a handgun presented at close range, including muzzle redirection, weapon control, and disarm sequences. [1] T...

The Horizontal Elbow family encompasses all elbow strikes delivered along a horizontal or near-horizontal plane, swinging the elbow laterally across the body in a motion analogous to a hook punch but ...

The Double Leg From Cage subfamily covers double-leg takedown entries executed while the opponent is pressed against the cage wall, using the fence as a backstop. [1] Unlike open-mat double legs that ...

The Elbow Strike group comprises all striking techniques delivered with the proximal end of the ulna — the hard, bony point of the elbow — making it one of the most devastating close-range weapons in ...

A compact hook thrown with a sharply bent elbow at less than 90 degrees, effective at close range and inside fighting with reduced telegraphing.

The Major Inner Reap family covers ashi-waza techniques in which the thrower reaps the opponent's leg from the inside, driving the attacking leg between the opponent's legs to sweep away the supportin...

Hiji Uchi is the generic karate elbow strike, delivered in various trajectories — horizontal, vertical (ascending or descending), diagonal, and spinning. [1] In karate, elbow strikes are classified as...

The Mae Mai (แม่ไม้, 'mother techniques') of Muay Thai clinch work represent the foundational clinch techniques of traditional Thai boxing — the core curriculum for controlling an opponent at close ra...

The Fundamental Elbow Strike family covers elbow-striking techniques across all martial arts traditions — the most devastating close-range weapon in combat sports, using the sharp point and hard bone ...

Inao Taeng Krit (Inao Thrusts His Dagger) uses a close-range upward elbow thrust to the chin, mimicking a dagger thrust. [1] Named after the Thai literary hero Inao, this technique targets the exposed...

The Krav Maga Eye Gouge is a close-range attack using the fingers or thumb to strike the eyes, used in life-threatening situations as a primary or secondary attack. [1]

The Clinch Control family covers techniques for establishing and maintaining dominant control positions in the clinch — the grip configurations, body positions, and pummeling strategies that determine...