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The Single Butterfly Hook subfamily covers positions where only one butterfly hook is inserted inside the opponent's thigh, with the other leg positioned differently — on the hip, on the mat, or in an...

The Single Hook back control uses one foot inserted inside the opponent's thigh while the other leg is positioned differently — typically wrapped around the waist, posted on the mat, or in transition....

The X-Guard family covers the guard position where the guard player places both legs between the opponent's legs in an X-configuration, with one hook behind the knee and one on the hip, creating a pow...

The Elevator Sweep subfamily covers the closed guard sweep that uses a butterfly-style hook (elevator hook) inside one of the opponent's thighs to elevate and roll them over while controlling the uppe...

The Half-Pivot Hook Kick uses only a 90-degree pivot rather than the standard hook kick's full 180-degree turn, enabling significantly faster delivery at closer range at the cost of reduced power. [1]...

The Heel Drag Escape subfamily covers mount escape techniques where the defender uses one foot to hook and drag the opponent's ankle, creating enough space to insert the knee and transition to half gu...

The Standard X-Guard subfamily covers the classic X-guard position with both legs inserted between the opponent's legs, one hook behind the knee and one on the hip, creating a strong X-configuration t...

The X-Guard Sweep subfamily covers sweeps from the X-guard position, a highly effective butterfly guard derivative where the guard player places both legs between the opponent's legs in an X-configura...

The Standard Elevator Sweep opens the closed guard, inserts a butterfly hook inside the opponent's thigh, secures an underhook or collar grip, then falls to one side while elevating with the hook to r...

The Standard Heel Drag hooks one foot around the opponent's same-side ankle, drags it inward toward the centreline, and simultaneously inserts the knee through the space created to establish half guar...

The Tripod Sweep is an open guard sweep where the bottom player places one foot on the opponent's hip and hooks behind one of their ankles with the other foot, then pushes and pulls simultaneously to ...

The Hand-on-the-Floor Hook Kick uses one hand on the ground for support and balance while delivering a hook kick. [1] The hand support allows the practitioner to kick from an extremely low position wi...

The Alcatraz is a mount escape from the 10th Planet system where the bottom player frames on the opponent's hips, hip escapes to one side, uses the far-side leg to hook under the opponent's foot and e...

The Standard Single Butterfly establishes one butterfly hook inside the opponent's thigh while the other foot is positioned on the mat, on the hip, or in a secondary control position. [1] This positio...

The Single Underhook subfamily covers the clinch position where one arm is hooked under the opponent's arm, providing inside position on one side while the other arm is engaged in a different tie (col...

The Heel Hook Escape subfamily covers techniques for escaping the heel hook, one of the most dangerous submissions in grappling due to its ability to cause catastrophic knee ligament damage with minim...

The Full X-Guard establishes the complete X-guard with both hooks fully inserted — one behind the opponent's knee and one on the hip — with the guard player's body directly underneath the opponent's c...

The Standard Turtle To Half Guard executes the transition by sitting the hips to one side, threading the inside leg between the opponent's legs to hook one leg, and establishing half guard with an imm...

The turtle cradle attacks a turtled opponent by threading the arms around both the head and one leg, linking the hands to fold the opponent out of their protective shell. [1] The attacker approaches f...

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 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 De La Riva Sweep subfamily covers sweeps from the De La Riva guard, where the guard player hooks one leg around the opponent's lead leg from the outside while controlling the ankle of that leg. [1...

The crossface cradle from side control combines a crossface forearm drive with a cradle leg hook to fold the opponent in half, generating extreme cervical flexion stress. [1] The attacker drives the c...

The figure-four headscissors from guard uses a figure-four leg configuration — one leg bent behind the knee of the other — to lock the head squeeze from a bottom guard position. [1] The attacker traps...

The twister from back ride is applied when the attacker has a back ride position with one hook controlling the opponent's far leg (the 'truck' entry) and threads an arm under the opponent's chin from ...

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 S-Mount Armbar is executed from the S-mount position (a high mount with one leg hooked under the opponent's shoulder), providing superior control for the armbar finish. [1] The S-mount eliminates ...

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 attacker secures back control using double hooks and seatbelt grip. One lapel is fed under the opponent's chin to the far hand, while the other hand crosses over gripping the opposite lapel. By ro...

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 Godfather Sweep is a 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu technique executed from The Stomp Position — a specific guard configuration entered when the opponent achieves double underhooks from inside the practiti...

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 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 Body Triangle Escape subfamily covers techniques for escaping when the opponent has secured back control with a body triangle — legs locked in a figure-four around the defender's torso rather than...

The standard gogoplata from closed guard is a shin-across-throat choke where the attacker places the shin of one leg across the opponent's throat from a bottom guard position, then pulls the head down...

The tripod sweep is a foundational open guard sweep where the guard player places one foot on the opponent's hip, hooks behind the opponent's ankle with the other foot, and grips the far ankle — simul...

Cross lapel rear chokes are back control strangles where the attacker reaches across the opponent's neck to grip the far-side lapel, then feeds the collar across the throat to create a cross-collar co...

The Standard Single Underhook threads one arm under the opponent's armpit, hooking up and around the shoulder or lat, while the other hand establishes a collar tie, wrist control, or elbow cup on the ...

The Turtle To Half Guard subfamily covers the specific transition from turtle to half guard, where the turtled fighter sits through to one hip while capturing one of the opponent's legs in a half guar...

Sumi Gaeshi, the corner reversal throw, is a rear sacrifice technique in which tori drops underneath uke while hooking the inside of uke's thigh with one leg and rolling backward to sweep uke over. [1...

The Overhook Butterfly Sweep uses an overhook (whizzer) grip on one of the opponent's arms combined with a butterfly hook elevation to execute a powerful sweep. [1] The overhook pulls the opponent's a...

The Leglock Escape family covers all techniques for escaping leg-based joint locks and compression holds, including ankle locks, heel hooks, kneebars, and toe holds. [1] Leglock escapes have become on...

The Guard Position group encompasses all positions where the bottom fighter uses the legs to control, manage distance, attack, and defend against the top fighter. [1] The guard is BJJ's most revolutio...

The Toe Hold is a foot lock submission that attacks the ankle and foot by gripping the opponent's toes/ball of foot and rotating the foot outward (or inward) using a figure-four grip — creating torsio...

The Standard Seated Arm Drag executes the fundamental seated arm drag where the attacker, sitting with butterfly hooks or in seated guard, grabs the opponent's wrist with one hand and the tricep with ...

The Standard Bob And Weave executes the fundamental bob-and-weave where the fighter drops the level by bending the knees (not the waist), ducking below the incoming hook or overhand, then weaves later...

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...

The Butterfly Guard family covers the guard position where the bottom fighter sits with both feet hooked inside the opponent's thighs, using the hooks as levers for sweeping, off-balancing, and transi...

The Leg Ride Control family covers the technique of using the legs to ride and control the opponent from behind — a wrestling-based control system where the top wrestler threads one or both legs betwe...

The Dempsey Roll is an aggressive bob-and-weave variation named after heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey, characterised by a continuous figure-eight head movement pattern combined with alternating hook...