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The Desperation Escape is a high-energy, explosive escape used when standard technical escapes have failed and the fighter is in immediate danger of being finished — a last-resort survival technique t...

The Kipping Escape subfamily covers mount escape techniques that use a sharp hip thrust (kip) to explosively create space, disrupting the opponent's base and enabling escape or reversal. [1] The kippi...

The Hip Heist is a wrestling escape technique where the bottom wrestler explosively lifts and shifts the hips to create space and reverse position — a dynamic escape that uses hip explosion to break t...

The Standard Snap Roll executes a quick lateral roll from turtle, tucking the shoulder and rolling explosively to the side to create separation and immediately transition to a guard position or stand ...

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 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 Hip Bump Sweep subfamily covers the closed guard sweep that uses an explosive hip thrust (bump) to drive the opponent backwards off their base. [1] The guard player sits up explosively, wraps an o...

The Standard Sit-Out Technique executes the fundamental sit-out escape by kicking the hips out to one side from the turtle position, rotating the body to face the opponent while landing on the hip or ...

The Running Up the Cage Mount Escape is an MMA-specific technique that uses the cage wall as a physical prop to generate the hip bridge needed to escape mount when the defender is flat on their back n...

Standard Lateral Drop Technique is the textbook execution in which the wrestler secures an over-under clinch, steps to one side to create an angle, drops their hips while simultaneously arching backwa...

The Sabre (Sport) family covers all techniques specific to the sabre discipline, the only fencing weapon that scores with both the edge and the point, targeting the entire body above the waist includi...

The Push Off subfamily covers defensive techniques where the fighter uses an explosive backward step or push to create distance from an advancing opponent. [1] The push off is a reactive defence used ...

The Standard Rear Lift executes the fundamental rear body lock lift where the attacker clasps the hands around the opponent's waist from behind, drops the hips, and explosively extends the legs and hi...

The Blast Double subfamily executes the double leg with maximum forward explosive force, driving straight through the opponent rather than lifting or redirecting. [1] The attacker shoots from distance...

The Lunge is the fundamental attacking movement in Western fencing, combining a full arm extension with a powerful forward drive of the body to deliver a thrust across a distance greater than the fenc...

The Lift High Crotch is a genus where the attacker, having secured the high crotch position with head on the inside and arm deep between the legs, finishes by explosively lifting the opponent off the ...

Standard Lateral Drop is the core execution of the lateral drop throw, performed from an over-under or body-lock clinch position. [1,2] The attacker secures the clinch, shifts their hips to one side, ...

Standard Salto is the fundamental salto suplex execution in which the wrestler secures a tight body lock, explosively extends the legs and hips to launch the opponent into the air, and arches backward...

The Fundamental Pin Escape family covers the core techniques for escaping wrestling pins and judo hold-downs — the essential survival skills that prevent a loss by fall in wrestling or ippon by osaeko...

The Snap Roll subfamily covers quick, explosive rolling escapes from turtle that use a snapping rotational motion to create separation from the opponent and transition to a guard or standing position....

The High Double Leg is a variation of the double leg takedown where the attacker secures the grip around the opponent's waist or above the hips rather than at the thighs — a blast-style takedown that ...

The Bridge And Roll Side Control subfamily covers side control escapes where the defender bridges explosively and rolls the opponent over, reversing from bottom to top position. [1] The bridge and rol...

The Footwork Defence family covers all defensive techniques that use foot and body movement to evade attacks, reposition, or create distance from the opponent. [1] Footwork defence is the foundation o...

The Balestra is a preparation combining a forward jump (appel) with an immediate lunge, used to close distance explosively while maintaining the structure of a lunge. [1] The jump startles the opponen...

The Standard Bridge And Roll Kesa executes the fundamental kesa gatame escape by trapping the opponent's far arm, bridging explosively toward the opponent's head, and rolling them over the bridge. [1]...

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 Kipping Escape executes a sharp upward hip thrust that launches the opponent momentarily off balance, then immediately follows with a shrimp or knee insertion to recover guard before the ...

The Standard Upa (trap and roll) traps the opponent's wrist and hooks the same-side ankle with the foot, then bridges explosively by driving the hips toward the ceiling while turning to the trapped si...

The Bridge And Roll Kesa subfamily covers the escape from kesa gatame where the defender bridges explosively toward the opponent and rolls them over, using the opponent's headlock grip against them by...

The Standard Bridge And Roll from side control bridges the hips explosively while turning into the opponent, using the bridge momentum and body rotation to tip the opponent over. [1] The defender time...

The Shoulder Walk Escape subfamily covers back escape techniques where the defender walks the shoulders along the mat, sliding downward and out of the attacker's back control by incrementally shifting...

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 Fencing Thrust family covers the offensive attacking techniques in fencing — the extension of the arm and blade to land a touch on the opponent's valid target area, which is the fundamental scorin...

The En Garde is the fundamental ready position in modern Olympic fencing — feet at right angles with the front foot pointing toward the opponent, rear foot perpendicular and roughly shoulder-width beh...

The Standard Crucifix Roll executes the fundamental crucifix escape by bridging explosively and rolling toward the side where the arm is trapped by the opponent's legs, using the rolling momentum to d...

The Standard Gun Defence Technique executes the fundamental handgun disarm by simultaneously redirecting the muzzle away from the body with one hand while stepping offline, then immediately securing t...

The Standard Inside Arm Drag executes the fundamental inside arm drag where the attacker grips the opponent's wrist with the same-side hand and the tricep with the cross hand, then pulls the arm sharp...

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 Roll Escape family covers turtle escapes that use rolling mechanics to reverse the position, moving the turtled fighter from a bottom defensive position to a more favourable one through rotational...

The Standard Hip Bump executes the sweep by sitting up explosively from closed guard, wrapping an overhook around the opponent's arm on one side, then driving the hips forward into the opponent's ches...

The Hip Sprawl drives the hips backward and away from the attacker while maintaining light chest contact, creating distance between the defender's legs and the attacker's grasp. [1] The hip sprawl emp...

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 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] ...

Sok Tee is the Thai designation for the slashing elbow, executed as a sharp horizontal or slightly diagonal elbow strike designed to cut the opponent's face. [1] The striker rotates the hips explosive...

The Rising Elbow subfamily covers uppercut-trajectory elbow strikes that travel upward from a low starting position to target the chin, jaw, or underside of the opponent's face. [1] The rising elbow i...

The Standard Rising Elbow is the fundamental upward elbow strike where the fighter drops the elbow to hip or waist level and then explosively drives it upward into the opponent's chin or jaw. [1] The ...

The Standard Sok Ngat executes the classical Thai uppercut elbow, where the fighter drops the striking arm to the side, bends the knees slightly, and then drives upward through the legs and hips to la...

The Standard Forward Headbutt subfamily describes the conventional forward headbutt where the striker drives the forehead directly into the opponent's facial targets from a face-to-face position. [1] ...

The Standard Forward Headbutt Technique is executed by tucking the chin to present the hard frontal bone, gripping the opponent's shoulders or head for control, and driving the forehead explosively in...

The Leglock Defence family covers all defensive techniques against leg-based submissions including heel hooks, kneebars, toe holds, and ankle locks. [1] Leglock defence has become one of the most crit...