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The fundamental ground knee strike delivered from side control or mount, driving the knee into the opponent's midsection or thigh using hip pressure and body weight.

Knee strikes delivered to a grounded opponent or while in a ground position, commonly used in ground-and-pound situations from top control.

A knee strike delivered from a dominant top position on the ground, using body weight and hip drive to strike a downed opponent's body or head.

The Kneeling-Up Side Kick is a side kick delivered while rising from a kneeling or ground position, often as a surprise counter-attack. [1] As the practitioner rises, they use the upward momentum to p...

The Kneeling Up Roundhouse Kick is delivered while rising from a kneeling position, using the upward momentum to power the circular kick. [1] The rising motion adds vertical force to the horizontal ar...

The fundamental flying knee executed by explosively pushing off the ground, driving one knee upward while pulling the opponent's head down with the hands to maximize impact.

A Muay Thai horizontal knee strike swinging the knee in a lateral arc parallel to the ground, attacking the opponent's side or thigh with a sweeping motion.

The Position class encompasses all distinct body configurations and spatial relationships between fighters that define the tactical landscape of grappling and striking combat. [1] Positions are the fo...

The Standard Shell covers the head by placing both hands over the ears and temples, tucking the chin to the chest, and bringing the elbows together in front of the face, creating a compact protective ...

The Lift Kick is a short-range upward scooping kick delivered with minimal or no chambering, targeting the groin with a fast upward arc of the foot from the ground. [1] Unlike a standard front kick th...

The Frame Defence family covers ground-based defensive techniques where the fighter uses rigid arm, knee, and hip structures (frames) to create barriers that prevent the opponent from advancing their ...

The Standard Kani Basami executes the fundamental crab scissors where the attacker drops to the mat beside the opponent, extends one leg behind the opponent's ankles and the other in front of the oppo...

The mount is the most dominant ground position in grappling, where one fighter sits astride the opponent's torso with knees planted on either side, applying gravitational pressure and controlling the ...

Bottom Escape covers all techniques for escaping inferior bottom positions where the opponent has established dominant top control — the defensive survival skills that keep a fighter in the fight afte...

The Top Position group encompasses all dominant ground positions where the fighter on top has passed the opponent's guard and achieved a controlling position. [1] Top positions represent the upper hal...

The Guard Top family within the Guard Group covers the techniques and strategies for the top player when trapped inside an opponent's guard — maintaining posture, controlling grips, and working to bre...

The Scissor Takedown family covers techniques where the attacker uses a scissors-like leg action — one leg attacking high and the other attacking low simultaneously — to take the opponent to the groun...

The Referee Position family covers the specific turtle-like starting position used in wrestling, where one fighter starts on hands and knees and the other starts on top with a defined grip position. [...

The high double leg is the classical form of the double leg takedown where the attacker makes contact at the opponent's waist/hip level rather than the knees, maintaining a straight back with hips und...

The clinch encompasses all standing grappling techniques performed at close range where both fighters have gripping contact — the critical transitional zone between striking distance and the ground. [...

The Standard Referee Position places the bottom wrestler on hands and knees with the top wrestler positioned behind with one arm around the waist and one hand on the elbow. [1] This standardised start...

The flying triangle is a spectacular variety where the attacker jumps from standing directly into a triangle choke configuration around the opponent's head and arm. [1] The attacker leaps upward, thro...

Rolling Entry takedowns are techniques where the attacker uses a forward or lateral roll to rapidly close distance and enter into leg entanglements, takedowns, or submission positions — sacrificing st...

Fireman's Carry, known in wrestling as the fireman's carry throw or kata guruma in judo, is a family of throws in which the attacker ducks under the opponent, loads them across their shoulders, and wh...

The Horse Stance (kiba-dachi in Japanese, ma bu in Chinese) is a wide low-stance position with both feet pointing forward, knees deeply bent, and weight distributed equally between both legs — as if s...

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 Standard Mount positions the top fighter straddling the opponent's torso with the hips centred on the midsection, knees tight to the sides, and feet hooked under the opponent's thighs or extended ...

The Goes Guard is a specific open guard configuration from MMA grappling where the bottom player hooks one leg behind the opponent's knee while controlling the same-side sleeve or wrist, creating a dy...

The Hip Out Mount Escape is the fundamental technique for recovering guard from the bottom of mount position, combining a hip escape (shrimp) with an elbow-knee connection that inserts the knee betwee...

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 ...

Side control is a dominant ground position where the top player lies chest-to-chest across the opponent's torso, perpendicular to their body, using a combination of crossface, underhook, and chest pre...

Half guard is a ground position where the bottom player controls ONE of the top player's legs between their own legs, creating a position that is half-way between full guard and being fully passed — o...

The Body-Lock Takedown secures a tight body lock (clasping both hands around the opponent's torso, typically with one arm over the shoulder and one under the armpit, hands clasped behind the opponent'...

The Fundamental Mount family covers the core mount position variations and techniques for maintaining, controlling, and attacking from the mounted position — the apex of the BJJ positional hierarchy a...