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Standard Posture Defence maintains an upright spine with the head high, chest lifted, and hips forward, creating an aligned body position that prevents the opponent from breaking the defender down for...
The Posture Defence subfamily covers choke defensive techniques that use body positioning and postural alignment to prevent the opponent from applying choking pressure. [1] Posture defence addresses t...
The Stance-Base Defence family covers takedown defence techniques that use body positioning, low centre of gravity, and wide base to make takedowns mechanically difficult to execute. [1] Stance-based ...
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 Defence class encompasses all techniques designed to prevent, neutralise, or mitigate an opponent's offensive actions across all ranges and phases of combat. [1] Defence is the complementary pilla...
The Posture Break subfamily covers grip breaking techniques that deny or break the opponent's grips by using postural changes — standing up, posturing the spine upright, or changing the angle of the b...
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 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 mount loop choke applies the loop choke collar configuration from the mounted position, where the attacker feeds one hand deep into the collar and wraps it around the back of the opponent's neck t...
The Stacking Armbar Escape subfamily covers escapes that use forward pressure (stacking) to compress the attacker and relieve the hyperextension on the trapped arm. [1] By driving forward and putting ...
The Low Base Defence subfamily covers the preventive defensive stance where the fighter maintains a low, wide athletic base that makes takedowns mechanically difficult before any specific takedown att...
The Head-And-Arm Control family covers clinch positions where the attacker simultaneously controls the opponent's head and one arm, creating an asymmetric control that limits the opponent's ability to...
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...
Standard Stacking drives the defender's weight forward by standing up and driving the hips into the attacker, folding them in half while maintaining grip on the trapped arm. [1] The defender posts on ...
The Kamae subfamily encompasses the five standard sword guards (go-gyō-no-kamae) used across Japanese sword arts — chūdan, jōdan, gedan, hassō, and waki-gamae. [1] Each kamae positions the sword to de...
The Striking Interception Defence group encompasses all defensive techniques that physically intercept, redirect, or absorb incoming strikes using the arms, legs, or body as shields and deflectors. [1...
The Full Guard Recovery subfamily covers techniques for re-establishing closed (full) guard — legs wrapped around the opponent's torso with ankles crossed — after the guard has been opened or partiall...
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 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 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 Standard Kick Catch intercepts an incoming round kick by scooping the kicking leg with the lead or rear arm, trapping the shin or ankle against the body while the other hand controls the opponent'...
The Shell Cover subfamily covers the defensive posture where the fighter curls into a compact protective shape, tucking the chin behind the shoulders and covering the head with the arms, creating a tu...
The Long Guard subfamily covers the defensive posture where one or both arms are extended forward, creating a barrier at maximum arm's length that disrupts the opponent's attacks before they develop f...