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The Defensive Turtle family covers the turtle positions from the perspective of the defending fighter, who uses the curled-up posture to protect against submissions, pins, and strikes while working to...
The Posture Guillotine Escape uses postural adjustment to relieve the choking pressure of the guillotine by extending the spine and lifting the chin line above the attacker's choking arm. [1] The defe...
The Posture Triangle Escape uses postural alignment to relieve the choking pressure of the triangle by straightening the spine, lifting the trapped shoulder, and creating distance between the defender...
The Posture Defence subfamily covers choke defensive techniques that use body positioning and postural alignment to prevent the opponent from applying choking pressure. [1] Posture defence addresses t...
The Turtle Position group encompasses all positions related to the turtle — the defensive curled-up posture on hands and knees — from both the perspective of the turtled fighter and the attacking figh...
Standard Posture Defence maintains an upright spine with the head high, chest lifted, and hips forward, creating an aligned body position that prevents the opponent from breaking the defender down for...
The Technical Standup family covers systematic methods of returning to a standing position from the ground while maintaining defensive awareness and balance. [1] The technical standup is distinguished...
The turtle collapse headscissors attacks a turtled opponent by collapsing their defensive shell and trapping the head between the attacker's legs. [1] The attacker, positioned behind or to the side of...
The Shoulder Roll Defence is a boxing defensive posture where the lead shoulder is raised high to protect the chin, the lead arm hangs low across the body, and the rear hand is held tight against the ...
The High Guard Cover subfamily positions both hands high beside the head with the elbows tucked tight, creating a protective frame around the head and face that absorbs and deflects incoming strikes. ...
The Shell Cover subfamily covers the defensive posture where the fighter curls into a compact protective shape, tucking the chin behind the shoulders and covering the head with the arms, creating a tu...
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 Low Base Defence subfamily covers the preventive defensive stance where the fighter maintains a low, wide athletic base that makes takedowns mechanically difficult before any specific takedown att...
Running O Soto Gari is a dynamic variation in which the thrower drives forward aggressively, taking several running steps to build momentum before executing the outer reap, using the accumulated forwa...
Pain compliance holds are submission techniques that generate sustained pain through pressure, pinching, or grinding — without directly threatening a joint, blood supply, or airway. [5] The goal is to...
The D'Arce choke applied against an opponent in the turtle position, where the attacker threads the choking arm under the turtled opponent's neck and near-side arm. This entry exploits the opponent's ...
Ear pulls use gripping or pulling force on the opponent's ear to generate sharp pain and force positional changes. [1,2] While not a structural submission (no joint or vascular compromise), ear pulls ...
The Long Guard subfamily covers the defensive posture where one or both arms are extended forward, creating a barrier at maximum arm's length that disrupts the opponent's attacks before they develop f...
The Cover Defence family encompasses defensive postures and techniques where the fighter positions the arms, hands, and shoulders to create a protective shell that absorbs strikes on non-vulnerable ar...
The Head-And-Arm Control family covers clinch positions where the attacker simultaneously controls the opponent's head and one arm, creating an asymmetric control that limits the opponent's ability to...
The Turtle Escape group encompasses all techniques for escaping the turtle position — the defensive curled-up posture on hands and knees where a grappler protects against attacks from the opponent on ...
Sumi Gaeshi, the corner reversal throw, is a rear sacrifice technique in which tori drops underneath uke while hooking the inside of uke's thigh with one leg and rolling backward to sweep uke over. [1...
The Two-On-One Snap Down subfamily uses a two-on-one arm control (both hands gripping one of the opponent's arms) to snap the opponent's posture down, using the controlled arm as a lever to break post...
The Striking Interception Defence group encompasses all defensive techniques that physically intercept, redirect, or absorb incoming strikes using the arms, legs, or body as shields and deflectors. [1...
The Full Guard Recovery subfamily covers techniques for re-establishing closed (full) guard — legs wrapped around the opponent's torso with ankles crossed — after the guard has been opened or partiall...
The Choke Defence family covers all defensive techniques used to prevent or escape from choking attacks including blood chokes (strangulations that compress the carotid arteries), air chokes (compress...
The Guard Top group covers all positions, techniques, and strategies for the fighter on top when the opponent is playing guard — the offensive counterpart to the guard player's sweeps and submissions....
The Offensive Whizzer uses the overhook with hip pressure as an attacking tool rather than purely defensive, leveraging the whizzer position to initiate throws, trips, and go-behind transitions. [1] T...
The Clinch class encompasses all standing grappling positions where two fighters are in direct body-to-body contact, using grips on the opponent's body, limbs, or clothing to control distance, posture...
The Stacking Armbar Escape subfamily covers escapes that use forward pressure (stacking) to compress the attacker and relieve the hyperextension on the trapped arm. [1] By driving forward and putting ...
The Collar Elbow Clinch is the most fundamental clinch position in wrestling, where one hand grips the back of the opponent's neck or collar (the collar tie) while the other hand controls the opponent...
The Guillotine Escape subfamily covers techniques for escaping the guillotine choke (mae-hadaka-jime), a front headlock strangulation applied from standing or guard position. [1] Guillotine escapes mu...
The Triangle Escape subfamily covers techniques for escaping the sankaku-jime (triangle choke), where the attacker uses the legs to form a triangle around the defender's head and one arm, creating a s...
Clinch locks are standing submission techniques applied from a clinch position — an upright grappling engagement where both fighters maintain grip contact. [6] Unlike ground-based submissions, clinch ...
The Defence class encompasses all techniques designed to prevent, neutralise, or mitigate an opponent's offensive actions across all ranges and phases of combat. [1] Defence is the complementary pilla...
Zombie is an advanced rubber guard control position within the 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu system where the attacker maintains an overhook on the opponent's arm while threading one leg across the opponent's...
The Crossface Control subfamily covers clinch positions where the attacker drives a forearm across the opponent's face or jaw to turn the head and control posture, while maintaining arm or body contro...