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Shotei Jodan Uchi is a palm heel strike targeting the upper level — the heel of the palm drives upward into the opponent's chin, nose, or jaw. [1] The palm heel provides a solid striking surface that ...

Hiji Jodan Ate (High Elbow Strike) is a Kyokushin Karate rising elbow strike to the upper level (jodan), targeting the chin. [1] Mas Oyama, founder of Kyokushin Karate, demonstrated this as a fundamen...

Vertical downward strike delivered by raising the bo overhead and driving it straight down onto the target.

Shuto Jodan Uchi Uchi (High Inside Knife-Hand Strike) is a Kyokushin Karate high-level inside knife-hand strike targeting the temple or side of the neck. [1] Mas Oyama, founder of Kyokushin Karate, de...

Fundamental striking technique with the jo, typically an overhead or diagonal blow delivered with a sliding grip change.

The Tiger Claw Strike is a Chinese martial arts open-hand technique where the fingers are spread wide and curved like a tiger's claws, striking the opponent's face, throat, or body with the fingertips...

Striking techniques with the jo, delivered with either end of the staff in overhead, lateral, or diagonal trajectories.

The Halberd-Pollaxe (HEMA) family covers the fighting techniques of European hafted polearms — the pollaxe (a long-handled weapon combining an axe head, hammer, and spike) and the halberd (combining a...

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 Hapkido Throw family covers throwing techniques from Hapkido, the Korean martial art that synthesises joint locks, throws, kicks, and strikes into a comprehensive self-defence system. [1] Hapkido ...

The Iron Palm Strike (鐵砂掌, Tieh Sha Chang) is a Chinese martial arts palm strike that uses internally cultivated chi (qi) energy directed through a conditioned palm rather than relying on muscular for...

Jōdan-no-kamae (high guard) raises the sword overhead with the arms extended, threatening an immediate downward cut to any target. [1] Jōdan is the most aggressive of the five standard kamae, projecti...

Koken Uchi is a strike using the top of the bent wrist (koken/kakuto) — the wrist is bent sharply backward and the bony top of the wrist joint is driven into the target. [1] This unusual striking surf...

Nukite Jodan is a spear hand thrust targeting the upper level — primarily the throat, eyes, or soft tissue of the face — using extended fingertips held together. [1] This is the most dangerous applica...

Nihon Ken is a karate striking technique using the extended middle and index finger knuckles as the impact surface. [1] The hand forms a partial fist with the index and middle fingers extended at the ...

Techniques using long and short staff weapons, spanning Japanese bojutsu and jojutsu as well as European quarterstaff traditions.

The High Block subfamily covers blocking techniques that defend the head and upper area by raising the arm or arms above the head to intercept downward or horizontal strikes targeting the head. [1] Hi...

Sok Sab is the downward elbow strike, driving the point of the elbow from high to low onto the opponent's forehead, bridge of the nose, or crown of the head. [1] The raised elbow-joint drops with body...

The Standard High Kick is the fundamental roundhouse kick delivered to head height, where the kicker rotates the hips and drives the shin or instep into the opponent's temple, jaw, or neck. [1] The te...

The Head Kick subfamily covers roundhouse kicks aimed above the shoulders, targeting the opponent's jaw, temple, or neck — areas where impact produces the highest probability of knockout due to the ro...

Defensive techniques using the jo to intercept sword strikes, a core element of jo-versus-sword kata.

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...

Japanese short staff (jo, approximately 4 feet) techniques blending striking, thrusting, and sweeping, notably systematized in Shinto Muso-ryu.

The Oblique Front Kick is a downward-angled kick directed at approximately 45 degrees into the opponent's lead knee, thigh, or shin, using a stomping or pushing motion that attacks the structural inte...

Fundamental blocking technique using the shaft of the bo to intercept an incoming strike at mid-range.

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...

Seiken Jodan Uke (commonly called Age Uke or Rising Block) is the fundamental karate defence against attacks descending toward the head — overhead strikes, hammer fists, downward bottle or stick attac...

The Standard Disarma executes the fundamental disarming technique by controlling the opponent's weapon hand after a block, then applying leverage with the stick or free hand to strip the weapon away. ...

The Armada is a spinning outside crescent kick in Capoeira where the fighter turns their back to the opponent, spins on one foot, and delivers a sweeping kick that travels in an outward circular arc. ...

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...

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 ...

Submissions are techniques that force an opponent to concede defeat — typically by tapping out — through the application of joint locks, chokes, strangles, cranks, compression locks, or pain complianc...

The Phoenix Eye Fist is a Chinese martial arts striking technique where the index finger knuckle is extended beyond the other knuckles to form a single protruding point, creating a concentrated striki...

The MMA Escape family covers escape techniques specifically adapted for mixed martial arts competition, where the threat of ground-and-pound strikes fundamentally changes the mechanics, urgency, and p...

The Power Line Punch is Jack Dempsey's concept of optimal structural alignment during a punch — an imaginary straight line running from the shoulder joint, through the elbow, wrist, and knuckles, alon...

The Disarma (Disarm) subfamily covers techniques designed to strip the weapon from the opponent's hand through leverage, joint manipulation, trapping, or impact to the weapon hand. [1] Disarming is a ...

Sok Klab (the Reverse Spinning Elbow) is one of the most spectacular and devastating techniques in Muay Thai, delivered by turning the body 180 degrees and swinging the elbow backward into the opponen...

The Downward Back Kick drives the heel downward and backward at approximately 30-45° below horizontal, targeting the opponent's knee joint, shin, or instep (top of the foot) from behind — a stomping b...

The Foot Stomp is a close-range stomping strike delivered onto the top of the opponent's foot, typically executed from the clinch position against the cage in MMA, used to create pain, disrupt the opp...