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A strike delivered with the bottom of the closed fist (the ulnar side), swinging the fist in a downward or horizontal arc like a hammer.
Strikes delivered with a closed fist, using rotational force from the hips and shoulders to generate power through the knuckles.
The Fundamental Punch family covers punching techniques that span multiple martial arts traditions beyond Western boxing — including backfists, hammer fists, spinning backfists, and superman punches t...
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 Krav Maga Palm Strike uses the heel of the palm to deliver a powerful strike to the face, chin, or nose, reducing the risk of hand injury compared to a closed fist. [1]
Shotei Jodan Uchi is a palm heel strike targeting the upper level — the heel of the palm drives upward into the opponent's chin, nose, or jaw. [1] The palm heel provides a solid striking surface that ...
The Fundamental Open Hand Strike family covers striking techniques delivered with an open hand rather than a closed fist — including palm strikes, knife-hand strikes (shuto/chop), ridge-hand strikes, ...
The Strike class encompasses all combat techniques in which a fighter delivers percussive force to an opponent using a part of the body — fist, elbow, knee, shin, foot, or head — to cause damage, crea...
The Pistol Grip family covers the specific gripping method where the attacker grips the opponent's sleeve or gi material by inserting the four fingers inside the sleeve end and closing the fist, creat...
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...
The Standard Pistol Grip Position executes the fundamental pistol grip with fingers inserted into the sleeve opening at the wrist, hand closed into a fist with thumb pressing against the index finger....
The Standard Pistol Grip subfamily executes the fundamental pistol grip where four fingers are inserted into the sleeve opening and the hand closes into a fist, locking onto the fabric at the wrist en...
The Defence Against Uppercut is the Krav Maga technique for defending against rising uppercut punches — close-range attacks that drive the fist upward from below into the chin, jaw, or solar plexus. [...
The Reverse Grip (also called icepick grip) holds the knife with the blade extending from the little-finger side of the fist, point downward. [1] This grip excels at close-range downward stabs, hookin...
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...
Ippon Ken is a single-knuckle fist strike where the middle finger's knuckle protrudes from the fist to create a concentrated point of impact. [1] The fist is formed by extending the middle finger's se...
The one-hand thrust lapel choke from guard is a minimalist gi strangulation where the attacker uses a single hand to thrust the knuckles or fist deep into the opponent's collar, driving the lapel dire...
The Panantukan subfamily covers Filipino boxing (also called suntukan or dirty boxing), a striking system that uses the same angles of attack from stick fighting applied with the fists, forearms, elbo...
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 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 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 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 ...
The Ezekiel choke (sode-guruma-jime) uses the attacker's own gi sleeve as a fulcrum: one arm threads behind the opponent's head, the opposite hand feeds through the sleeve of the first arm, and the fi...
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...
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...
Sok Fan Nah (the Elbow Chop) is the most fundamental elbow strike in Muay Thai, delivered in a diagonal downward arc from high to low, mimicking the swift motion of a sickle clearing a field — a motio...
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...
Sok Tad (the Horizontal Elbow) is the second foundational elbow strike in Muay Thai's classical 24-elbow system (Cherng Sok 24 Cherng), delivered in a sweeping horizontal arc parallel to the ground, t...