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The Double Underhook subfamily covers the clinch position where both arms are hooked under the opponent's arms, giving the attacker bilateral inside position and direct access to the body. [1] Double ...

The Standard Double Underhook positions both arms under the opponent's armpits, hooking up and around the shoulders or upper back, with hands clasped behind the opponent's back in a Gable grip or simi...

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...

The Stomp Position is entered when the opponent achieves double underhooks from inside guard; the bottom player uses the position to set up stomps, sweeps, and the Godfather series. [1]

The Double Lasso Guard uses the lasso wrap on both sides — both legs threaded over and through the opponent's arms — creating a symmetrical control that severely restricts the opponent's ability to us...

The Standard Double Wrist Control positions the attacker's hands on both of the opponent's wrists, gripping firmly to control hand placement and prevent the opponent from establishing offensive grips ...

The Double Collar Cage Clinch subfamily positions the attacker with both hands gripping behind the opponent's neck (double collar tie) while the opponent's back is pressed against the cage fence. [1] ...

The Standard Double Collar Cage positions both hands behind the opponent's neck with elbows tight against the opponent's collarbones, the opponent's back against the cage, creating a trapped plum clin...

The Double Wrist Control subfamily covers positions where the attacker controls both of the opponent's wrists simultaneously, completely managing the opponent's hand placement and grip establishment. ...

The Whizzer To Kimura subfamily covers the transition from a defensive whizzer position into an offensive kimura (double wrist lock) submission, converting a defensive position into an attacking oppor...

The Double Attack Mount is a high mount position where the attacker threatens both an armbar and an arm triangle simultaneously, forcing the opponent to defend one and opening up the other. [1] BJ Pen...

The Underhook family covers clinch positions where the attacker threads their arm under the opponent's arm from inside, hooking around the upper body and securing inside position. [1] The underhook is...

Double Attack to Kata-Gatame transitions from the double attack mount position directly into a kata-gatame arm triangle, using the dual threat to force the opponent's arm across their neck. [1]

The DeSouza Special is an MMA-specific technique that converts a defended double-leg takedown attempt directly into a guard pass, bypassing the intermediate step of landing in the opponent's guard. [1...

The Double Under Pass is a classic pressure pass where the passer threads both arms under the opponent's legs, stacks them by walking forward, and passes around the compressed guard — one of the most ...

The Double Collar Tie (Thai Plum) subfamily covers the clinch position where both hands grip behind the opponent's neck, creating maximum head control with bilateral grip. [1] The Thai plum is the sig...

The Godfather Sweep is a 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu technique executed from The Stomp Position — a specific guard configuration entered when the opponent achieves double underhooks from inside the practiti...

The Standard Double Leg Wrestle-Up drives from the bottom position into a double-leg entry, wrapping both arms around the opponent's legs while driving upward with the legs to return to standing. [1] ...

The Standard Blast Double executes the fundamental explosive double leg where the attacker fires a deep penetration step, drives the shoulder into the opponent's midsection, wraps both arms around the...

The Wrestling Takedown family covers takedown techniques originating from competitive wrestling — freestyle, Greco-Roman, and folkstyle — the most battle-tested and highest-percentage takedown system ...

The Double Hook back control inserts both feet inside the opponent's inner thighs from behind, creating two points of lower body control that prevent the opponent from turning, sliding down, or bridgi...

The Wrestle-Up family covers techniques for returning to a standing position by using wrestling-based movements — such as single-leg and double-leg entries — from the bottom position to stand up while...

The Standard Single Butterfly establishes one butterfly hook inside the opponent's thigh while the other foot is positioned on the mat, on the hip, or in a secondary control position. [1] This positio...

The Standard Underhook Cage Clinch positions the attacker with one or both underhooks secured, chest-to-chest with the opponent, while the opponent's back is pressed against the cage fence. [1] The at...

The Single Hook back control uses one foot inserted inside the opponent's thigh while the other leg is positioned differently — typically wrapped around the waist, posted on the mat, or in transition....

The Wall Walk Clinch family covers the technique of advancing position along the cage wall by systematically climbing from a lower clinch position to a more dominant one while the opponent is pressed ...

The two-on-one wrist lock from prone control is applied against a face-down opponent by isolating one wrist with both hands and bending it into flexion using the doubled grip leverage. [1,2] The prone...

The Wrist Control family covers clinch positions where the attacker's primary control mechanism is gripping one or both of the opponent's wrists, providing direct control over the hands and their abil...

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 Wrestling Clinch family covers clinch techniques from competitive wrestling disciplines — the collar-and-elbow tie-up, underhook positions, and the pummeling exchanges that form the opening of mos...

The Front Waist Lock subfamily positions the locked grip around the opponent's waist from the front, with the attacker's head typically driven into the opponent's midsection or chest. [1] The front wa...

The Standard Double Leg From Cage executes the fundamental cage-wall double leg where the attacker drops level from a clinch position, wraps both arms around the opponent's thighs, and drives upward a...

The Standard Whizzer Kimura transitions from the overhook position by reaching the free hand across to grab the opponent's wrist on the overhook side, then locking the figure-four grip by connecting t...

The Double Under-the-Legs Defense to Sweep converts a defensive position (when the opponent has both legs stacked) into an offensive sweep by timing a hip escape and roll. [1]

The Standard Fifty-Fifty positions both fighters with one underhook and one overhook each, heads positioned on the underhook side, with hips squared and active. [1] The position is neutral — both figh...

The Jaws of Life is a critical transitional position from the lockdown half guard where the guard player establishes double underhooks on the opponent while maintaining the lockdown leg configuration....

The Standard Under-Arms Bear Hug positions the attacker's arms beneath the opponent's armpits, wrapping around the lower torso with hands locked behind the opponent's back. [1] The attacker presses th...

The double under pass is a fundamental pressure-based guard pass where the passer threads both arms underneath the opponent's legs, gable-grips the hands together near the hips, and stacks the opponen...

The Standard Spider Guard establishes the full spider guard with both hands gripping the opponent's sleeves, both feet placed on the biceps, and the legs extended to create maximum distance and contro...

The Butterfly Guard family covers the guard position where the bottom fighter sits with both feet hooked inside the opponent's thighs, using the hooks as levers for sweeping, off-balancing, and transi...

The Standard High Crotch executes the fundamental high crotch single leg entry and finish where the attacker shoots a penetration step to the inside, drives the head to the inner thigh, and wraps the ...

The Full X-Guard establishes the complete X-guard with both hooks fully inserted — one behind the opponent's knee and one on the hip — with the guard player's body directly underneath the opponent's c...

The Cross-Arm Cover subfamily positions both arms crossed in front of the face or body, creating a double-layered barrier against incoming strikes. [1] The cross-arm cover provides maximum facial prot...

The Kimura Grip North-South establishes north-south control while maintaining a kimura grip (double wrist lock) on one of the opponent's arms, creating immediate submission pressure from the position....

The Upper Body Clinch group encompasses clinch positions defined by specific upper-body tie configurations — underhooks, overhooks (whizzers), and the over-under combination — where the primary contro...

The Front Body Lock Takedown family covers all takedowns executed from a front-facing body lock position where the attacker's arms encircle the opponent's torso from the front. [1] The attacker typica...

The Hook Back Control subfamily covers back control positions using hooks — feet inserted inside the opponent's thighs from behind — as the primary lower body control method. [1] Hooks are the traditi...

The Head Control Clinch group encompasses all clinch positions where the primary mechanism of control is managing the opponent's head position, using collar ties, headlocks, front headlocks, or framin...

The Single Leg From Cage subfamily covers single-leg takedown entries executed while the opponent is pressed against the cage, targeting one leg from the clinch position. [1] The attacker drops level ...

The figure-four wrist lock from standing applies a figure-four grip configuration to the opponent's wrist while both fighters are on their feet, using the doubled leverage of the interlocked hands to ...