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The Hand Fighting Defence subfamily covers choke defensive techniques that focus on controlling the opponent's hands and grips to prevent them from securing the choking position. [1] Hand fighting is ...

Standard Hand Fighting defence against chokes involves using both hands to control the opponent's choking hand — typically gripping the wrist and pulling it away from the neck while simultaneously blo...

The Grip Fighting Defence subfamily covers armlock defence techniques where the defender prevents the submission by maintaining grip connections that stop the opponent from isolating and extending the...

Standard Grip Fighting for armlock defence involves clasping both hands together in a Gable grip, S-grip, or figure-four configuration to prevent the opponent from isolating and straightening the targ...

The Two On One Hand Fighting escape uses both hands to control the attacker's choking arm, creating a two-against-one advantage on the most dangerous arm while working to clear hooks and turn. [1] The...

The Boxing Defence family covers the blocking and guard techniques specific to Western boxing — the most refined system of hand-based defence in combat sports, developed through over 150 years of prof...

The Standard Shoulder Walk alternates pressing each shoulder into the mat and sliding the body downward, using the shoulder as a pivot point while the hips shift incrementally toward the escape direct...

The Seatbelt Escape family covers techniques for breaking the seatbelt grip (over-under arm control from behind) — the most critical first step in any back escape, because the seatbelt grip enables th...

The Hand-Clasp Guillotine is a guillotine choke variant that uses a palm-to-palm grip (both palms pressed together around the opponent's neck, like praying hands) rather than the traditional interlock...

The Cover Defence family encompasses defensive postures and techniques where the fighter positions the arms, hands, and shoulders to create a protective shell that absorbs strikes on non-vulnerable ar...

The Choke Defence family covers all defensive techniques used to prevent or escape from choking attacks including blood chokes (strangulations that compress the carotid arteries), air chokes (compress...

The cattle choke from standing headlock is a species where the bulldog-style compression strangle is applied while both practitioners are on their feet, with the attacker controlling the opponent's he...

The Standard Push Off executes the fundamental push-off defence where the fighter extends the lead arm against the opponent's shoulder or chest while simultaneously driving backward off the rear foot,...

The Re-Pummel subfamily covers the technique of swimming the arm back inside after the opponent has secured an underhook, re-establishing inside position and denying the opponent their underhook contr...

Standard Neck Crank Defence involves immediately aligning the spine by tucking the chin and turning the body to face the same direction as the force being applied, reducing the rotational angle on the...

The Standard Turtle subfamily covers the basic defensive turtle position with the fighter on hands and knees, elbows tight to the body, chin tucked, and head down to protect against chokes and submiss...

The Standard Defensive Turtle establishes the basic defensive turtle with the fighter on hands and knees, elbows tight, chin tucked, and hips low, creating a compressed, protective ball that is diffic...

Standard Spinal Twist Defence works to keep the shoulders and hips aligned, preventing the opponent from creating the rotational separation needed for spinal twist submissions. [1] The defender focuse...

The Leg Pummeling Defence subfamily covers defensive techniques where the defender systematically frees their legs from the opponent's entanglement, working to remove the legs from positions that expo...

The Stick And Dagger (Espada Y Daga) family covers techniques using a long weapon (stick or sword) in the dominant hand and a short weapon (dagger or short stick) in the other hand, which is one of th...

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 Pull Back executes the fundamental pull-back defence by shifting the weight to the rear foot while bending the upper body backward from the waist, pulling the chin and head just out of ra...

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 Hip Frame subfamily covers defensive framing techniques where the fighter uses their forearm or hand placed against the opponent's hip as a primary barrier, preventing the opponent from closing di...

The Short Blade group encompasses all combat techniques employing edged weapons shorter than a standard sword, including knives, daggers, and tantō. [1] Short blades have been carried as secondary wea...

The Turtle Position group encompasses all positions related to the turtle — the defensive curled-up posture on hands and knees — from both the perspective of the turtled fighter and the attacking figh...

The Standard Knife Disarm is a technique that intercepts an incoming knife attack, controls the weapon arm through a joint lock or wrist manipulation, and strips the knife from the attacker's grip. [1...

Seiken Jodan Tsuki is the fundamental upper-level straight punch in traditional karate, delivering the fore-fist (seiken — the front two knuckles of the index and middle fingers) to the opponent's fac...

The Circle Out is a lateral movement technique where the fighter moves in a circular path away from the opponent, maintaining distance while continuously changing the angle. [1] Circling out is the pr...

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...

Footwork Defence covers all defensive techniques that use movement, angles, and distance management to avoid or mitigate attacks — the most sophisticated form of defence, relying on not being where th...

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 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 Slip subfamily covers the defensive technique where the fighter rotates the upper body laterally to move the head off the centreline, allowing a straight punch to pass over the shoulder. [1] Slipp...

The Standard High Guard positions both fists beside the chin and temples, elbows tucked against the ribcage, with the forearms creating vertical shields on either side of the face. [1] The guard is he...

The Weapon class encompasses all fighting techniques that employ an external implement — whether bladed, blunt, flexible, or projectile — as the primary means of offence and defence. [1] Weapon-based ...

The Standard Wrestling Stance positions the fighter in a low, staggered stance with the lead foot slightly forward, knees bent at approximately 90-110 degrees, hips low, back straight, and head up wit...

The Knife Defence-Disarm subfamily covers techniques for defending against a knife attack and stripping the weapon from the attacker's hand. [1] Disarm techniques typically combine a parry or redirect...

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...

The Standard Angle Off executes the fundamental angle-off step where the defender pivots on the lead foot and steps the rear foot to the side, rotating the body approximately 45 degrees off the line o...

The Standard Cross-Arm Cover crosses both forearms in front of the face with the hands touching opposite shoulders or ears, creating a lattice of bone and muscle that protects the chin, nose, and temp...

The Staggered Wrestling Stance subfamily covers the low, wide fighting stance used in wrestling, with one foot slightly forward, knees deeply bent, and a low centre of gravity. [1] The wrestling stanc...

The Dirty Boxing Clinch is an MMA-specific clinch position where one hand controls the opponent's head via a collar tie (cupping the back of the neck) while the other hand delivers short punches, elbo...

The Check Hook Counter is a defensive-offensive technique where the fighter pivots on the lead foot while simultaneously delivering a lead hook punch to an advancing opponent, using the opponent's own...

The Trap and Roll (also known as Upa or Bridge and Roll) is the most fundamental mount escape in BJJ — the bottom fighter traps one of the mounted opponent's arms and the same-side foot, then bridges ...

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...