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The Shin-On-Shin Guard subfamily covers the guard position where the guard player places the shin across the opponent's shin, using the bone-on-bone contact as a frame and lever for sweeps and transit...

The Standard Shin-On-Shin places the guard player's shin horizontally across the opponent's lead shin, with hands controlling the collar/sleeve or wrists, creating a connection point for guard entries...

The Shin-to-Shin Pass uses shin-on-shin pressure to collapse the opponent's open guard frame, driving through with forward pressure. [1]

The Peruvian necktie from front headlock with shin across the neck is the standard application of this technique, where the attacker holds a front headlock and swings one leg over the opponent's head,...

The Peruvian necktie from closed guard with shin across the neck applies the necktie's signature leg-over-head mechanic from a bottom guard position. [1] The attacker, playing closed guard, wraps the ...

The Japanese Sword family encompasses the interrelated disciplines of kenjutsu (classical sword combat), kendō (modern bamboo-sword fencing), and iaidō/iaijutsu (the art of drawing and cutting), all p...

Shin-over-neck chokes use the shin or calf placed across the opponent's throat from guard positions to create choking pressure using leg strength. [1,2] The gogoplata is the most famous technique: fro...

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 Shin Check is the primary defence against low kicks in Muay Thai and MMA, executed by lifting the lead leg and turning the shin outward to intercept the incoming kick with the harder surface of th...

Tantō-jutsu is the Japanese art of fighting with the tantō, a single-edged blade typically measuring 15–30 cm (6–12 inches). [1] Within classical Japanese martial arts (koryū), tantō-jutsu encompasses...

The Shin Slide Pass uses the shin to slide across the opponent's thigh while passing half guard, maintaining heavy pressure throughout. [1]

The Go-Go Plata (Gogoplata) is an unorthodox submission that uses the shin bone pressed across the opponent's trachea while the hands pull the head downward into the shin, creating a windpipe compress...

The gogoplata is a guard-based choke where the attacker places their shin across the opponent's throat and pulls the head down onto the shin using an overhook or hands behind the head. [1,2] From rubb...

The Standard Mission Control establishes the base rubber guard by pulling the shin over the opponent's shoulder (typically the right shin over the left shoulder or vice versa) and controlling it with ...

The Standard Sit-Up Guard establishes the basic sit-up position with one foot on the opponent's hip, the other leg ready for sweeps or entries, and hands controlling the opponent's arms or collar. [1]...

The Open Guard family covers all guard positions where the guard player's legs are not closed around the opponent, instead using feet on hips, hooks, or grip-and-foot combinations to maintain guard co...

The shoulder-post Peruvian necktie variant modifies the standard entry by using the shoulder as a posting point against the opponent's back while applying the shin-across-neck compression. [1] Instead...

The Standard Sit Guard Pull establishes a collar or sleeve grip, then sits directly to the ground while maintaining grip control, immediately establishing a seated guard position with the feet posted ...

The 10th Planet Choke family covers choking submissions developed within Eddie Bravo's 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu system — specifically designed for no-gi grappling and applied from the system's proprietar...

The Calf Kick is a low roundhouse kick that specifically targets the opponent's calf muscle (gastrocnemius and soleus) and the peroneal nerve on the lower leg, rather than the traditional thigh target...

The Iaidō Draw Cut subfamily covers the techniques of drawing the Japanese sword from its scabbard and delivering an immediate cutting strike in a single fluid motion — the defining action of iaidō an...

Guard chokes are choking submissions executed from bottom guard positions — closed guard, open guard, half guard, and various guard variations. [1] These techniques exploit the guard player's ability ...

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

The Loco Plata is a variant of the Go-Go Plata (Gogoplata) that attacks the opponent's throat with the shin from a modified angle, using a lateral or diagonal shin placement rather than the standard d...

The Standard Low Single executes the fundamental low-level single leg where the attacker drops deeply — often to both knees — and reaches forward to capture the opponent's lead ankle or lower shin. [1...

The Low Single Leg subfamily attacks the opponent's leg at the lowest point — the ankle or lower shin — requiring a deep level change where the attacker often drops to one or both knees. [1] The low s...

The Esgrima Pass is a half guard passing technique where the passer uses a fencing-like leg threading motion — sliding the shin forward and through the opponent's half guard like a sword being drawn f...

The Heel Roundhouse Kick is a roundhouse kick variant that strikes with the heel instead of the shin or instep, concentrating the kick's circular force onto a small, hard, bony surface for maximum pen...

The gogoplata from closed guard is applied by the bottom player who brings one shin across the opponent's throat from inside the guard, then pulls the opponent's head down onto the shin using an overh...

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 Knee Slice Pass is a specific variation of the knee cut where the passer drives the shin diagonally across the opponent's thigh in a slicing motion while establishing a crossface — the most common...

The Roundhouse Kick family is the most widely used and tactically versatile kick family in combat sports, encompassing all circular kicks where the leg swings in a horizontal or slightly upward arc to...

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 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...

Seiken Gedan Barai (commonly called Gedan Barai or Low Block) is the fundamental downward sweeping block in traditional karate, deflecting attacks directed at the lower body — low punches, front kicks...

The Kick group encompasses all striking techniques delivered with the leg — using the foot, shin, heel, or knee of the extended leg — to attack an opponent at various ranges and heights. [1] Kicks are...

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'...

Arm compression techniques (biceps slicers and forearm crushes) work by trapping the opponent's arm over a fulcrum — typically the attacker's wrist, forearm, or shin — and forcing the arm to fold, cru...

The Strike class encompasses all combat techniques in which a fighter delivers percussive force to an opponent using a part of the body — fist, elbow, knee, shin, foot, or head — to cause damage, crea...

The Low Block subfamily covers blocking techniques that defend the lower body — legs, midsection, and groin — by positioning the arms or legs downward to intercept low-targeting attacks. [1] Low block...

The Standard Outside Low Kick is the fundamental outside leg kick, executed by pivoting on the lead foot, rotating the hips, and driving the lower shin into the outside of the opponent's lead thigh. [...

The Chopping Low Kick is an outside low kick variation delivered with a steep downward angle, where the shin chops into the opponent's thigh from above rather than sweeping across horizontally. [1] Th...

The Standard Body Kick is the fundamental midsection roundhouse kick, executed by pivoting on the lead foot, rotating the hips fully, and driving the shin into the opponent's ribcage or abdomen with a...

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 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 Block group encompasses all defensive techniques that use the arms, hands, legs, or body to physically intercept and absorb incoming strikes — the most fundamental form of defence across every str...

The Short Back Kick is a compact variant of the back kick that uses minimal leg extension to deliver the heel into a target directly behind the practitioner, optimised for very close range situations ...

The Downward Roundhouse Kick is a roundhouse kick that travels in a high-to-low descending arc, striking the target from above. [1] The leg chambers high and the shin or instep drops downward onto the...

The Flying Roundhouse Kick subfamily covers roundhouse kicks delivered while the attacker is airborne, combining a forward leap with a circular kicking motion to strike the opponent's head or body wit...

The Standard Boot curls the toes downward, points the foot, and tucks the heel tight behind the opponent's thigh or hip, making the foot impossible to grip and preventing the opponent from isolating i...