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The Kneeling-Up Side Kick is a side kick delivered while rising from a kneeling or ground position, often as a surprise counter-attack. [1] As the practitioner rises, they use the upward momentum to p...

A knee strike swung horizontally in a lateral arc, targeting the ribs, thighs, or midsection from the side using rotational hip force.

The Oblique Front Kick is a downward-angled kick directed at approximately 45 degrees into the opponent's lead knee, thigh, or shin, using a stomping or pushing motion that attacks the structural inte...

The Front Chamber Side Kick is chambered with the knee pointing forward rather than to the side, disguising it as a potential front kick until the hip rotates and the foot drives out sideways. [1] Thi...

The Standard Thrusting Side Kick is executed by chambering the knee, turning the hip over, and driving the heel into the target with a full linear thrust of the leg and hip, following through the targ...

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...

Lower limb nerve locks target the nerve pathways of the legs — primarily the peroneal nerve (running along the outside of the knee), the sciatic nerve (posterior thigh), and the tibial nerve (behind t...

Kansetsu Geri is a stomping kick targeting the opponent's knee joint — the foot drives downward or diagonally into the front or side of the knee, hyperextending or laterally stressing the joint. [1] I...

The Near Side Knee On Belly positions the knee on the opponent's near side (closest to the controlling fighter) with the posted foot on the far side, creating the most common and mechanically stable k...

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 Standard Hook Kick Technique is executed by chambering the knee, extending the leg past the target as if delivering a side kick, then sharply bending the knee and pulling the heel back to contact ...

The En Garde is the fundamental ready position in modern Olympic fencing — feet at right angles with the front foot pointing toward the opponent, rear foot perpendicular and roughly shoulder-width beh...

The Standard Push Knee Reguard grips the opponent's knee with both hands and pushes it off the body toward the mat, then immediately closes the legs around the opponent's body to establish closed guar...

The anaconda choke from front headlock with gator roll entry uses a rolling transition to tighten the head-and-arm strangle while repositioning the opponent from their knees to their side. [1] The att...

The Standard Sok Ngat executes the classical Thai uppercut elbow, where the fighter drops the striking arm to the side, bends the knees slightly, and then drives upward through the legs and hips to la...

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...

The Penetrating Side Kick is the foundational side kick that drives through the target using the heel or blade of the foot, traveling in a straight line parallel to the floor. [1] Unlike the snapping ...

The lateral drop (Polish throw) is a sacrifice throw from clinch position where the attacker drops laterally, pulling the opponent over their body to land on their back. [1] A staple technique of Grec...

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 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 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 ...

Standard Uki Otoshi executes the classical floating drop where the thrower steps to the side, drops to one knee, and pulls the opponent forward and downward with both hands to project them over and pa...

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 Standard Mount positions the top fighter straddling the opponent's torso with the hips centred on the midsection, knees tight to the sides, and feet hooked under the opponent's thighs or extended ...

The Standard Shrimp To Half Guard escapes mount by hip escaping to one side and inserting the bottom knee between the fighters, catching the opponent's leg to establish half guard. [1] The defender fr...

The Standard Toreando Pass is the classic execution of the bullfighter pass — gripping both pant legs at the knees, throwing the legs to one side while stepping around to the other, landing in side co...

The Side Kick family groups kicking techniques delivered laterally, where the kicker turns the hip over and thrusts the foot (heel or blade) sideways into the target in a linear trajectory perpendicul...

The Snapping Side Kick subfamily covers side kicks executed with a fast, snapping motion that prioritises speed and retraction over penetrating force. [1] The snapping side kick chambers by lifting th...

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 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 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 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 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...

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 Standard Underhook Escape establishes a near-side underhook from bottom side control, then uses the underhook to drive into the opponent while rotating to the knees, escaping the pin. [1] The defe...

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 ...

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...

The Toreando (bullfighter) Pass family covers the classic standing guard pass where the passer grips both of the opponent's pant legs (gi) or knees (no-gi) and throws them to one side while stepping a...

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.

A Muay Thai horizontal knee strike swinging the knee in a lateral arc parallel to the ground, attacking the opponent's side or thigh with a sweeping motion.

The Standard Kani Basami executes the fundamental crab scissors where the attacker drops to the mat beside the opponent, extends one leg behind the opponent's ankles and the other in front of the oppo...

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 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 ...

A knee strike driven upward at a diagonal angle, targeting the ribs, floating ribs, or side of the body from within the clinch or at close range.

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...

Schrankhut (Barrier Guard) is a HEMA longsword guard where the sword is held low with the blade crossed in front of the body, creating a barrier between the fighter and the opponent. [1] The sword is ...

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 Shrimp Recovery executes the fundamental hip escape to recover guard, where the defender turns onto one hip, bridges to create momentary space, then drives the hips away from the opponent...

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...

Kani Basami (crab scissors) is a scissor takedown subfamily where the attacker jumps or drops beside the opponent and scissors their legs around the opponent's legs — one leg sweeping forward at the k...