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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...
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...
An arm triangle variation applied from S-Mount. The attacker raises one knee high beside the opponent’s head and swings the other knee across their chest, creating the “S” shape. This tightens control...
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 Knee-Elbow Frame brings the inside knee up to meet the elbow on the same side, with the forearm blocking across the opponent's shoulder or chest while the knee blocks the hip line. [1] Th...
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 Tight Turtle subfamily covers the defensive turtle variation where the fighter compresses the body as much as possible, tucking the elbows to the knees, chin to chest, and hips low, creating the s...
A kata gatame (head-and-arm choke) variation performed from a high knee-on-belly position, where the attacker slides the knee further up toward the opponent’s chest or shoulder line. This elevated bas...
The Standard Scissor Sweep opens the closed guard, places the top knee (shin) across the opponent's chest as a frame, grips the collar and sleeve, then chops the bottom leg across the opponent's far k...
The Standard High Mount slides the hips up to the opponent's upper chest or armpit level, with the knees close to the opponent's shoulders, creating a dominant position with direct access to armbars, ...
The leg drag pass controls one of the opponent's legs and drags it across the passer's own centerline to the opposite hip, pinning the knee to the mat while the chest presses the opponent's thigh flat...
The Scissor Sweep subfamily covers the closed guard sweep that uses a scissoring leg motion — one shin blocking across the opponent's chest while the other leg sweeps the knee — to roll the opponent o...
The Standard Knee Counter times a sharp knee strike upward to meet the shooting opponent's head as it drops during the takedown entry. [1] The defender reads the takedown initiation, steps one foot ba...
The Standard Side Control subfamily covers the basic lateral side control position where the top fighter lies perpendicular to the bottom fighter, using chest pressure and arm controls to maintain the...
A head-and-arm choke (kata gatame) applied from knee-on-belly. The attacker pins the opponent with the knee ride, isolates the near arm across the opponent’s neck, and drives the shoulder and chest in...
The kneebar is a joint lock that hyperextends the knee by isolating the opponent's leg and using the hips as a fulcrum against the knee joint, similar to how an armbar uses the hips against the elbow....
A kata gatame (head-and-arm choke) applied from knee-on-belly using a **reverse finishing angle**. Instead of walking your chest toward the opponent’s head (standard finish), you rotate so your head a...
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...
Standard Suplex Technique is the textbook front body lock suplex in which the wrestler secures a locked-hands grip around the opponent's torso at chest or waist height, pulls the opponent tight agains...
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 Z-Guard subfamily covers the half guard variation that combines the knee shield across the opponent's body with half guard leg control, creating a 'Z' shape with the legs. [1] Z-guard is essential...
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 ...
The Standard Shrimp Escape from north-south frames against the opponent's hips, bridges to create space, then hip escapes to one side, turning the body to create enough angle to reinsert a knee and re...
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...
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 wrestling-entry twister accesses the twister submission through a traditional wrestling back ride transition rather than the truck position commonly associated with 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu. [1] The ...
The Standard Posture Break strips the opponent's grips by extending the spine upright, pushing the hips forward, and driving the chest up, using the entire body's postural strength to overcome the opp...
The Standard Double Leg From Cage executes the fundamental cage-wall double leg where the attacker drops level from a clinch position, wraps both arms around the opponent's thighs, and drives upward a...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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...