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A side-control kata gatame finished with one knee pinning the near-side hip and the opposite leg posted (knee-on-belly–style base). The knee-hip pin blocks shrimping and guard recovery while the poste...

The Knee Knot is a leg entanglement position where the attacker's legs create a complex knot-like configuration around the opponent's knee — a controlling position primarily used for kneebar attacks a...

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 Knee On Chest subfamily covers the variation where the knee is placed higher on the opponent's body — on the chest or sternum rather than the belly — creating more pressure on the ribcage and grea...

Ta Then Kham Fak (Old Man Holds the Melon) is a clinch technique where the fighter secures the opponent's head (the melon) and delivers knee strikes while controlling posture. [1] It teaches head cont...

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...

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 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.

The Baseball Choke is a gi-based collar choke that uses a distinctive split grip — one hand gripping the collar palm-up and the other palm-down in opposite directions — creating a powerful rotational ...

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 Collar Tie family covers clinch positions where the attacker places one or both hands behind the opponent's neck, gripping the back of the neck or base of the skull to control the head and posture...

The Kneebar Escape subfamily covers techniques for escaping the kneebar (hiza-juji-gatame), where the attacker hyperextends the knee joint by controlling the leg and applying hip pressure against the ...

The Half Mount Pass transitions from half mount (where the passer has nearly passed but one leg is still trapped) to full mount or side control. [1] Ribeiro demonstrates the knee-cross variation. [1]

The Knee On Belly family covers the top position where the controlling fighter places one knee on the bottom fighter's torso while the other foot is posted on the mat for base, creating a mobile and a...

The Knee Push Sweep from reverse De La Riva guard uses a push on the opponent's knee combined with hook control to off-balance them forward. [1]

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...

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 Headquarters Pass covers the fundamental passing technique from the headquarters stance — one knee up, one knee down between the opponent's legs — using the raised knee to initiate a knee...

An arm triangle choke variation applied from the knee-on-belly position. The attacker drives the knee across the opponent’s torso to control posture, while isolating one arm against the opponent’s hea...

An arm triangle choke variation applied from the knee-on-belly position. The attacker drives the knee across the opponent’s torso to control posture, while isolating one arm against the opponent’s hea...

A straight knee strike delivered from within the clinch, using collar ties and head control to pull the opponent into the rising knee.

The Stoner Control Calf Crank applies a calf compression from Stoner Control by threading the leg behind the opponent's knee and applying pressure. [1]

Inside Sankaku (also called the Saddle, Honey Hole, or Game Over position) is the most dominant leg entanglement position in modern grappling — a configuration where the attacker's legs form a triangl...

The Single Leg X-Guard subfamily covers the guard variation where the guard player hooks both legs on the outside of one of the opponent's legs — one foot on the hip and one behind the knee — controll...

The knee knot is a leg entanglement control position originating from sambo where the attacker intertwines their legs around the opponent's trapped leg — placing one leg over the opponent's hip (knee ...

The De La Riva Guard subfamily covers the open guard position where the guard player hooks one leg around the opponent's lead leg from the outside, wrapping the foot behind the knee, while controlling...

The Knee Pass (knee cut / knee slice) family covers one of the most versatile and highest-percentage guard passing techniques in BJJ — driving one knee across the opponent's thigh while establishing a...

Standard Fireman's Carry Technique is the textbook execution in which the wrestler secures a collar tie and wrist control, drops to both knees while threading the arm between the opponent's legs to gr...

The inside sankaku (honey hole/saddle) is the apex control position in the modern leg lock hierarchy, where the attacker forms a triangle configuration with their legs inside the opponent's trapped le...

The Underhook Side Control Escape subfamily covers escapes where the defender establishes an underhook on the near side from bottom side control, then uses the underhook to create a frame and generate...

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...

The Wrestling Collar Tie is the double collar tie variant adapted for wrestling contexts, where both hands grip behind the neck with the emphasis on snap-downs, takedown entries, and positional contro...

The Standard De La Riva establishes the classic DLR guard with the outside hook wrapped around the opponent's lead leg, foot behind the knee, near hand controlling the ankle, and the far hand gripping...

The X Pass is a fundamental open guard pass where the passer steps to the side and drives the knee across while controlling the opponent's legs. [1] It is one of the simplest and most effective open g...

The invisible collar is an advanced rubber guard control position providing 'the ultimate control from guard,' reached by progressing through Mission Control and New York. [1] The guard player underho...

The Leg Drag Pass family covers the technique of gripping one of the opponent's legs and dragging it across their body to clear the passing lane — one of the most dominant and controlling guard passes...

The cradle neck crank from side control is applied by the top player who locks a cradle grip — connecting the hands behind the opponent's head and under one leg — from the side control position, then ...

The MMA Clinch family covers clinch techniques adapted specifically for mixed martial arts competition, integrating striking (dirty boxing), takedown attempts, and cage work into a unified clinch syst...

The Knee Shield Half Guard positions the guard player's top knee across the opponent's chest or midsection as a frame while maintaining half guard leg control on the bottom. [1] The knee shield create...

The Standard Heel Hook Escape executes the primary defence by counter-rotating the body in the direction of the heel hook's rotation to relieve the twisting force on the knee, then clearing the knee p...

The X-pass is a foundational standing guard pass where the passer controls one of the opponent's knees with a cross-grip while kicking the same-side leg back to clear the opponent's hook, then quickly...

The Standard Knee On Chest places the knee directly on the opponent's sternum or upper chest, with the shin applying diagonal pressure across the ribcage, while the posted foot provides base and the h...

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...

Headquarters (HQ) is a top control / pre-pass position in modern Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu where the standing or kneeling top player parks one shin across the bottom player's near hip with the foot hooked b...

The Push Knee And Reguard subfamily covers knee-on-belly escapes where the defender pushes the pressing knee off the body directly, then immediately reinserts the legs to establish guard before the op...

The Knee Tap is a sweep single genus where the attacker pushes the opponent's weight to one side using upper body control, then taps or blocks the loaded knee from the outside, collapsing the leg and ...

The side triangle from side control applies the triangle choke while maintaining the perpendicular side control position, with the legs wrapping around the opponent's head and arm from a lateral angle...

A Muay Thai diagonal knee strike driven upward and inward at a 45-degree angle, targeting the opponent's ribcage from the side while controlling the clinch.

The mounted triangle applies the triangle choke from the mounted position, where the attacker transitions from mount to a triangle configuration by isolating one arm and threading the legs around the ...

The classic Muay Thai straight knee strike from the clinch, driving the knee directly upward into the opponent's body while controlling the head with both hands in a plum clinch.