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Forearm Deflection uses the forearm to redirect incoming punches off their intended path rather than absorbing the force, requiring precise timing and angle. [1] Dempsey emphasised deflection over blo...

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 Outside Defence Against Straight Punch is the complementary pair to the Inside Defence, deflecting an incoming straight punch from the OUTSIDE line — the hand moves from the defender's centreline ...

Seiken Chudan Uchi Uke (commonly called Uchi Uke or Inside Block) is the inside forearm block in traditional karate, deflecting straight punches and strikes directed at the midsection by sweeping the ...

The Inside Defence Against Straight Punch is a core Krav Maga defensive technique where the defender uses the palm of the hand to deflect an incoming straight punch from the inside line — the hand mov...

Seiken Jodan Uke (commonly called Age Uke or Rising Block) is the fundamental karate defence against attacks descending toward the head — overhead strikes, hammer fists, downward bottle or stick attac...

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 Standard Epee Parry executes a blade deflection using one of the eight classical parry positions (prime, seconde, tierce, quarte, quinte, sixte, septime, octave) to redirect the opponent's point a...

The Knife Redirect subfamily covers defensive techniques that redirect the trajectory of a knife attack without attempting an immediate disarm, using hand deflections and body movement to guide the bl...

The Cross Parry subfamily covers parrying techniques that use the rear hand to deflect the opponent's cross (rear straight punch), redirecting the straight punch off its intended path to the chin or h...

The Parry family covers defensive techniques that redirect incoming strikes by using a quick hand movement to deflect the attack off its intended path, rather than absorbing the impact through blockin...

Seiken Chudan Soto Uke (commonly abbreviated as Soto Uke) is the fundamental outside forearm block in traditional karate, deflecting straight punches and strikes directed at the midsection by sweeping...

The Outside Defense is a Krav Maga defensive technique where the defender uses the forearm or open hand to deflect an incoming straight attack (punch, knife thrust) by sweeping the arm from inside to ...

The Shoulder Roll (Philly Shell) subfamily covers the defensive stance and technique where the fighter turns the lead shoulder upward to deflect punches off the shoulder while simultaneously rolling t...

The Defence Against Hook Punch is the Krav Maga technique for defending against circular hook punches to the head or body, using a raised forearm shield that absorbs and deflects the hook's arc while ...

The Kung Fu Defence family covers defensive blocking, deflecting, and intercepting techniques from Chinese martial arts (kung fu/wushu) systems — the most diverse collection of defensive hand techniqu...

Seiken Gedan Barai (commonly called Gedan Barai or Low Block) is the fundamental downward sweeping block in traditional karate, deflecting attacks directed at the lower body — low punches, front kicks...

The Standard Cross Parry uses the rear hand to tap or push the incoming cross punch to the inside (toward the defender's centreline), deflecting the straight punch so it slides past the defender's hea...

The Jab Parry subfamily covers parrying techniques that deflect the opponent's jab, the most commonly thrown punch in boxing and MMA. [1] Jab parries are the most frequently used parrying technique be...

The Inside Jab Parry uses the rear hand to tap the incoming jab inward, across the defender's body and toward the opponent's centreline, deflecting the jab past the defender's head on the inside. [1] ...

The Outside Jab Parry uses the lead hand to push the incoming jab outward, away from the defender's face and toward the outside, deflecting the punch past the defender's lead shoulder. [1] The outside...

The Parry of Quarte is the most fundamental defensive action in Western fencing, deflecting attacks directed to the inside high line — the area of the chest and torso on the sword-arm side — by moving...

The Standard Knife Redirect uses the open hand or forearm to deflect the knife attack's trajectory while simultaneously stepping offline, guiding the blade past the body and into empty space. [1] The ...

The Crescent Kick family groups kicking techniques that follow a wide, sweeping arc — rising from low to high in a curved crescent-shaped path — using the sole, instep, or blade of the foot to strike ...

The Krav Maga Defence family within the Block group covers Krav Maga's blocking and deflection system for defending against unarmed strikes — designed for real-world self-defence where the defender ma...

The Inside Defense is a Krav Maga technique where the defender deflects an incoming straight attack by sweeping the hand or forearm from outside to inside across the body's centerline. [1] The open pa...

The Hop-Gar Inside Block deflects incoming attacks from the inside line using a circular motion that redirects force rather than opposing it directly, following Taoist principles of yielding. [1]

The Epee Parry subfamily covers all blade-deflection actions in epee, where the fencer uses their blade to redirect or block an incoming thrust before responding with a riposte. [1] Parries in epee mu...

The Quarte Parry (4th parry) defends the high inside line by moving the blade across the body to the inside (left side for a right-handed fencer), with the hand in pronation (palm down) or semi-supina...

Age Uke (rising block) is the traditional karate high block where the forearm rises upward in an arc to intercept a downward-striking attack, deflecting it up and away from the head. [1] The block is ...

The Standard Stick Defence Technique executes the fundamental impact weapon defence by stepping inside the arc of the swing, blocking the weapon arm at the wrist or forearm with both hands, and immedi...

Soto Uke (outside-to-inside block) is a traditional karate middle block where the forearm sweeps from outside the body inward, intercepting a straight punch or kick targeting the torso. [1] The block ...

Uchi Uke (inside-to-outside block) is a traditional karate middle block where the forearm sweeps from inside the body outward, intercepting an incoming strike and deflecting it to the outside. [1] 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 Single Arm Block is a defensive technique using one forearm to deflect or stop an incoming strike. [1] In Korean martial arts, it is called han palmok makgi (one forearm block) and serves as the f...

Shuto Jodan Uke (Upper Knife-Hand Block) is a Kyokushin Karate knife-hand rising block using the outer edge of the hand to deflect high attacks. [1] Mas Oyama taught that every block must also be an a...

The Sabre Parry subfamily covers all defensive blade actions in sabre where the fencer deflects an incoming cut or thrust with their own blade, transferring right-of-way and earning the right to ripos...

The Standard Sabre Parry executes the fundamental blade deflection against incoming cuts or thrusts, using one of the sabre-specific parry positions: quinte (horizontal blade above the head to defend ...

Reverse Sinawali (also called Earth or Abaniko Sinawali in some systems) reverses the standard weaving pattern so that the sticks travel from outside to inside rather than the standard inside-to-outsi...

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 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...

Shuto Chudan Uke (Middle Knife-Hand Block) is a Kyokushin Karate knife-hand block to the midsection, deflecting punches and strikes with the blade of the hand. [1] Mas Oyama taught that every block mu...

The Spear Sweep subfamily covers techniques that use the shaft of the yari in sweeping arcs to strike, deflect, or unbalance the opponent, employing the weapon as a staff rather than using the blade t...

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...

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 Standard Spear Sweep executes the fundamental shaft strike by sliding the grip position and swinging the butt end or mid-shaft in a horizontal or diagonal arc to strike the opponent's legs, midsec...

The Inside Crescent Kick subfamily covers crescent kicks that travel from the outside to the inside in a sweeping arc, with the kicking leg crossing the body's centreline as it strikes. [1] The inside...

The Front Kick family groups all kicking techniques delivered in a forward linear trajectory, where the leg extends directly toward the opponent to strike with the ball of the foot, heel, or sole. [1]...

The Tilted Heel Front Kick is a front kick delivered with the heel while tilting the foot outward at approximately 15-30 degrees from vertical, allowing the kick to penetrate at a slight angle past th...

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...