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Mae Geri Kekomi is the Japanese karate term for the thrusting front kick, in which the leg is chambered and then driven forward in a straight penetrating line, striking with the heel or ball of the fo...

Kin Geri is the dedicated groin kick in karate — a rising snap kick targeting specifically the groin using the instep or ball of the foot. [1] While any front kick can target the groin, Kin Geri is tr...

Calf slicers from guard are applied when the bottom player catches the opponent's leg during guard passing attempts, threading a shin behind the knee and folding the calf. [1,2] Common entries include...

Mae Geri Keage is the Japanese karate term for the snapping front kick, in which the leg is chambered by raising the knee and then snapped forward rapidly using the knee joint as a hinge, striking wit...

The karate spear hand thrust using four fingers held tightly together and extended forward to pierce into soft targets such as the throat or solar plexus.

Tsumasaki Geri is a front kick delivered with the tips of the toes as the striking surface, rather than the ball of the foot (chusoku) or instep (haisoku). [1] The toes are pulled tightly together and...

The Hopping Front Kick combines a quick skip-step forward with a rear-leg front kick, using the hop to close distance rapidly while maintaining the full power of a rear-leg kick — solving the fundamen...

Haisoku Geri is a kick delivered using the instep (top of the foot) as the striking surface, typically in a roundhouse or snapping trajectory. [1] The instep provides a larger contact area than the ba...

Hiji Uchi is the generic karate elbow strike, delivered in various trajectories — horizontal, vertical (ascending or descending), diagonal, and spinning. [1] In karate, elbow strikes are classified as...

The Elbow Strike family encompasses elbow techniques that do not fit neatly into the specific trajectory-based families (Horizontal, Downward, Uppercut, Spinning, Reverse) but are practiced as general...

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...

Kneebars from guard are applied when the bottom player catches the opponent's leg during passing attempts and transitions to a kneebar position, controlling the thigh and applying hip pressure to hype...

Silat Stances (kuda-kuda and sikap pasang) are the foundational fighting positions of Pencak Silat, the martial art of the Malay Archipelago. [1] Unlike the upright guards of boxing or karate, Silat s...

The Side Front Kick is a front kick performed with a hip turn so that at full extension the upper body is perpendicular to the opponent rather than facing them. [1] Practiced extensively in Wado-ryu k...

Uraken Ganmen Uchi is a back-fist strike targeting the face — the back of the fist whips outward in a snapping horizontal arc to the opponent's nose, temple, or jaw. [1] The striking motion uses the w...

Kumade Uchi is a karate open-hand strike that uses the palm and curled fingers in a bear-claw formation. [1] The fingers are bent at the second knuckle joints with the tips pressing firmly into the pa...

Shuto Gedan Barai (Lower Knife-Hand Sweep) is a Kyokushin Karate knife-hand sweeping block to the lower level. [1] Mas Oyama taught that every block must also be an attack — the blocking motion itself...

The Standard Hook Kick subfamily covers the basic hook kick where the kicker extends the leg as if throwing a side kick, then hooks the foot back to strike the target with the heel as the leg retracts...

The Standard Back Kick subfamily covers the fundamental back kick execution, where the fighter looks over the shoulder, pivots on the lead foot, and drives the heel of the rear foot straight back into...

The radial deviation wrist lock from closed guard applies sideways wrist pressure toward the thumb side while the attacker maintains closed guard control. [1,2] The attacker isolates the opponent's po...

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 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 Standard Turtle To Half Guard executes the transition by sitting the hips to one side, threading the inside leg between the opponent's legs to hook one leg, and establishing half guard with an imm...

The chin-down wrist lock from seated guard uses a sharp downward flexion of the opponent's wrist while controlling the forearm from guard position. [1] The attacker traps the opponent's hand and drive...

The ear pull from guard is a pain compliance technique where the attacker, while playing guard, grips the opponent's ear and pulls or twists to create pain and disrupt posture. [1,2] From closed or op...

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...

The Z-lock from seated guard is a wrist lock that bends the opponent's wrist into a Z-shaped configuration by combining flexion with lateral deviation. [1] Applied from guard, the attacker traps the h...

The figure-four wrist lock from seated guard uses a figure-four grip configuration to hyper-flex or hyper-extend the opponent's wrist while maintaining guard control. [1] The attacker isolates the opp...

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 two-on-one wrist lock from seated guard uses both hands to control and manipulate a single wrist while maintaining guard position. [1] The attacker grips the opponent's hand with both hands and ap...

The gooseneck wrist lock from guard is applied by the bottom player who traps the opponent's hand and bends the wrist into flexion while simultaneously curling the fingers, creating the distinctive cu...

The Turtle To Half Guard subfamily covers the specific transition from turtle to half guard, where the turtled fighter sits through to one hip while capturing one of the opponent's legs in a half guar...

The Spinning Back Kick is a powerful spinning technique where the fighter rotates 180 degrees and delivers a linear back kick with the heel, combining the rotational momentum of the spin with the thru...

The Standard Snapping Side Kick is executed by chambering the knee to the chest, turning the hip over to align the foot laterally, and snapping the leg out to strike with the blade or heel of the foot...

The Standard Thrusting Side Kick is executed by chambering the knee, turning the hip over, and driving the heel into the target with a full linear thrust of the leg and hip, following through the targ...

The Standard Hook Kick Technique is executed by chambering the knee, extending the leg past the target as if delivering a side kick, then sharply bending the knee and pulling the heel back to contact ...

The Standard Flying Side Kick is executed by running or stepping forward, leaping off the lead foot, chambering the kicking leg in flight, and thrusting the heel or blade of the foot laterally into th...

The Standard Flying Roundhouse Kick is executed by leaping forward and upward, then delivering a full circular roundhouse kick at the peak of the jump, striking the target — typically the opponent's h...

The radial deviation wrist lock from the clinch applies sideways pressure to the wrist — bending it toward the thumb side (radial deviation) — while standing in a clinch position. [1,2] The attacker i...

The Block group encompasses all defensive techniques that use the arms, hands, legs, or body to physically intercept and absorb incoming strikes — the most fundamental form of defence across every str...

The arm drag from seated guard applies a wrist flexion lock while the bottom player uses an arm drag to off-balance the top player from the guard position. [1,2] The guard player grips the opponent's ...

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 Standard Flying Front Kick is executed by leaping off the rear foot, driving the lead knee upward for height, and then extending the kicking leg in a linear front kick thrust at the apex of the ju...

The Spinning Hook Kick is a rotational kick where the fighter spins 180 degrees or more and delivers a hooking kick to the opponent's head, striking with the heel as the leg retracts through a curved ...

Nidan Geri is a jumping double kick where the attacker delivers two kicks at different heights while airborne — typically a front kick to the midsection followed immediately by a front kick to the fac...

Kansetsu Geri is a stomping kick targeting the opponent's knee joint — the foot drives downward or diagonally into the front or side of the knee, hyperextending or laterally stressing the joint. [1] I...

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...

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 ...

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 Elbow Block subfamily covers blocking techniques where the fighter uses the elbow — one of the hardest and most durable bones in the body — to intercept incoming strikes, both defending the target...