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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 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 Sojutsu (Spear) family covers Japanese spear fighting techniques using the yari, a straight-bladed spear that became the dominant battlefield weapon of the Sengoku period (1467-1615), surpassing t...

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 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 Drop Spin-Back Hook Kick combines a spin, drop, and hook kick into a single complex technique. [1] The dropping spin generates significant rotational force at ground level. [1]

The Basic Butterfly Sweep subfamily covers the fundamental butterfly guard sweeps that use a single hook elevation combined with upper body control to off-balance and sweep the opponent to one side. [...

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 Back Control family covers the various methods of controlling an opponent from behind, using combinations of hooks, body triangles, and upper body grips. [1] Back control is defined by having the ...

The Straight Leg Hook Kick is delivered with the kicking leg kept straight (or nearly straight) throughout the entire hooking arc, creating a wider trajectory and longer reach than the standard bent-k...

This is the most complex kick variant: a spinning, dropping, downward-arcing high hook kick that combines multiple directional changes in a single technique. [1] It requires elite-level body control a...

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 Leg Lock Entry family covers techniques for entering leg entanglement positions (ashi garami) from standing — primarily through rolling entries, sit-outs, and guard-pull-to-leg-lock transitions th...

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 Standard Seated Butterfly establishes the fundamental butterfly guard with the guard player sitting upright, both hooks inserted inside the opponent's thighs, hands controlling the upper body via ...

The Inside Trip Finish completes the single leg by using the attacker's inside leg to trip or hook the opponent's standing (free) leg while maintaining control of the captured leg. [1] With one leg se...

The prone rear mount (belly-down back mount) is a back control variant where the opponent is flattened face-down (prone) on the mat while the attacker maintains back mount with hooks in from on top. [...

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 Imanari Roll is a rolling leg lock entry named after Japanese MMA fighter Masakazu Imanari — a forward shoulder roll from standing that threads the legs around the opponent's lead leg, landing dir...

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 Defensive Whizzer applies the overhook with hip pressure specifically as a defensive reaction to the opponent's takedown attempt, typically against a single-leg or underhook drive. [1] When the op...

The Underhook family covers clinch positions where the attacker threads their arm under the opponent's arm from inside, hooking around the upper body and securing inside position. [1] The underhook is...

The Guard Sweep family covers all sweeping techniques executed from guard positions to reverse the top and bottom positions — the primary offensive tool for the bottom player in BJJ. [1] Guard sweeps ...

The Standard Single Leg X establishes the basic SLX position with one foot on the opponent's hip and the other foot behind the knee of the same leg, both from the outside, with hands controlling the a...

The Ankle Pick X-Guard sweep completes the X-guard sweep by reaching out and picking the opponent's far ankle while elevating with the X-guard hooks, removing their base and toppling them. [1] From th...

The Upper Body Clinch group encompasses clinch positions defined by specific upper-body tie configurations — underhooks, overhooks (whizzers), and the over-under combination — where the primary contro...

Open guard encompasses all guard positions where the bottom player's legs are NOT locked around the opponent, instead using feet on hips, hooks on legs, grips on sleeves/collars, and dynamic hip movem...

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 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 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 ...

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 Hook Back Control subfamily covers back control positions using hooks — feet inserted inside the opponent's thighs from behind — as the primary lower body control method. [1] Hooks are the traditi...

The Krav Maga 360 Defence is a comprehensive blocking system that uses six forearm blocking positions arranged around the body to intercept strikes coming from any angle — above, below, left, right, f...

The Crane Beak Strike bunches all five fingertips together into a single pointed formation — like the beak of a crane — and drives this concentrated point into vulnerable anatomical targets such as th...

The Foot Sweep group covers throwing techniques where the thrower uses their foot or leg to sweep, reap, hook, or trip the opponent's supporting leg, causing them to lose balance and fall — the most t...