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The Lateral Movement subfamily covers defensive techniques where the fighter moves sideways (laterally) to evade attacks, maintain distance, or circle away from the opponent's power side. [1] Lateral ...

Okuri Ashi Barai (following foot sweep) is a judo foot technique in which the thrower sweeps both of the opponent's feet simultaneously by catching the trailing foot as it moves to join the lead foot ...

The Side Step is a quick lateral movement where the fighter steps directly to the side, perpendicular to the line of attack, to evade an incoming strike or takedown. [1] The side step removes the figh...

Okuri Ashi Barai (sliding foot sweep) is a foot sweep subfamily where the attacker sweeps both of the opponent's feet simultaneously or in rapid succession as they slide laterally, catching both feet ...

The Footwork Defence family covers all defensive techniques that use foot and body movement to evade attacks, reposition, or create distance from the opponent. [1] Footwork defence is the foundation o...

The Shrimp Recovery subfamily covers defensive techniques that use the shrimp (hip escape) movement to create space and recover guard position when under pressure or when the guard has been partially ...

The Hip Escape Side Control subfamily covers side control escapes that primarily use the hip escape (shrimp) movement to create the lateral space needed to reinsert the legs and recover guard. [1] The...

The chin strap neck crank from front headlock uses a cupping grip under the opponent's chin from the front headlock position, then drives the chin upward and sideways to create rotational and extensio...

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...

The Cartwheel Pass is a dynamic, acrobatic guard pass where the passer cartwheels over the guard player's legs, landing in side control on the other side — a surprise technique that bypasses the guard...

The No Hand Pass to Side Control is the side control variant of the no-hands passing concept, using pressure and hip movement to clear the half guard. [1]

The Disengage is the most fundamental indirect attack in Western fencing — a blade movement that passes the point under the opponent's blade to change the line of attack from one side to the other, de...

The Standard Side Body Lock TD is the genus-level execution where the attacker, locked onto the opponent's side, uses a hip bump and rotational drive to topple the opponent laterally to the mat. [1] T...

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...

Reverse Tai Otoshi is a variation in which the thrower executes the body drop in the opposite direction from the classical form, reversing the rotation and leg placement to throw the opponent to the o...

Side Sacrifice, or Yoko Sutemi Waza, is the family of sacrifice throws in which tori falls to their side to execute the technique, using lateral body drop and rotational momentum to throw uke. [1,2] U...

The Shrimp North-South Escape uses hip escape movement to create enough angle and distance to recover guard from the north-south position. [1] The shrimp from north-south is more challenging than from...

The Front Leg Side Kick is a side kick delivered with the lead leg by sliding the rear foot forward to close distance before executing the kick. [1] As with the front leg front kick, the rear foot sli...

Pflug (the plough) positions the longsword at hip level with the point aimed at the opponent's chest or throat, resembling the forward-pointing share of a plough. [1] Pflug is the mirror image of Ochs...

The Frame And Reguard subfamily covers side control escapes that use defensive frames to create space, then leverage that space to reinsert the legs and recover a guard position. [1] The frame and reg...

The Long Range subfamily covers the fighting distance where fighters are beyond punching range, requiring kicks, long jabs, or forward movement to close distance. [1] Long range is the distance where ...

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 Leg Drag Pass family covers the technique of gripping one of the opponent's legs and dragging it across their body to clear the passing lane — one of the most dominant and controlling guard passes...

The Running Escape uses a continuous, rapid shrimping motion that mimics a running movement to create maximum distance from the opponent and recover guard. [1] The defender performs rapid alternating ...

The Movement Defence family covers body movement techniques that avoid strikes through head movement, torso displacement, and body angles rather than blocking — the most sophisticated and energy-effic...

The Side Control Escape family within the Bottom Escape group covers the fundamental techniques for escaping from underneath side control — the most commonly encountered bad position in BJJ and the po...

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...

Yoko Wakare, the side separation throw, is a sacrifice technique in which tori drops to one side while maintaining a strong grip on uke, using the sudden separation of tori's body from the standing po...

The Brabo choke from guard uses the opponent's lapel threaded across their neck while the attacker maintains an overhook from closed or open guard to create a collar strangle. [1,2] The attacker feeds...

The Pressure Pass family covers guard passing techniques that use heavy bodyweight, chest-to-chest compression, and methodical forward drive to flatten the guard player, immobilise their hips, and slo...

The Standard Scoot And Turn slides the hips downward along the attacker's body while simultaneously turning toward the bottom hook side, working to slip below the attacker's control and turn to face t...

The Headlock Control subfamily covers clinch positions where the attacker wraps one arm around the opponent's head while controlling the arm on the same side, creating a secured head-and-arm clamp. [1...

The Standard Crossface Control drives the forearm bone (radius/ulna) across the opponent's jaw or cheekbone, using the rigid bone structure to turn the head while the other arm controls the opponent's...

The Standard Military Sabre Guard positions the sabre with the blade raised and angled to protect the head and dominant side, the arm slightly bent, and the point threatening the opponent's face — a b...

The Outside Low Single attacks the opponent's far leg from an outside angle, reaching across the body to capture the far ankle from the outside. [1] This genus requires the attacker to create an angle...

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...

Sabaki is a family of evasive footwork patterns from Japanese martial arts (especially Aikido, Kyokushin karate, and the Ashihara/Enshin lineage) that move the defender off the opponent's attack line ...

The Whizzer subfamily covers the active overhook variant where the attacker combines the arm wrap with aggressive hip pressure, driving the hip into the opponent's body on the overhook side to create ...

The Standard Run-The-Pipe Double executes the fundamental lateral-finish double leg where the attacker secures both legs after a penetration step, lifts them to one side, and then runs in a circular a...

The Cross Parry subfamily covers parrying techniques that use the rear hand to deflect the opponent's cross (rear straight punch), redirecting the straight punch off its intended path to the chin or h...

The Standard Angle Off executes the fundamental angle-off step where the defender pivots on the lead foot and steps the rear foot to the side, rotating the body approximately 45 degrees off the line o...

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 Front Belt Grip secures the opponent's belt from the front, typically reaching over the opponent's arm or through the clinch to grab the belt at the side or front of the waist. [1] The gr...

The Outside Defence Against Straight Punch is the complementary pair to the Inside Defence, deflecting an incoming straight punch from the OUTSIDE line — the hand moves from the defender's centreline ...

The Jean Jacques Sweep is a half guard sweep from the 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu system, executed from the lockdown position by establishing a deep underhook, elevating the opponent using a hip-whip motion...

The Standard Sit-Out subfamily covers the fundamental turtle escape where the turtled fighter sits the hips out to one side, rotating to face the opponent from a defensive seated or guard position. [1...

The Wrestle-Up family covers techniques for returning to a standing position by using wrestling-based movements — such as single-leg and double-leg entries — from the bottom position to stand up while...

The Quarte Parry (4th parry) defends the high inside line by moving the blade across the body to the inside (left side for a right-handed fencer), with the hand in pronation (palm down) or semi-supina...

The Bob And Weave subfamily covers the defensive technique where the fighter bends at the knees and waist to drop below an incoming horizontal strike (the bob), then moves laterally while rising back ...

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...