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The Takedown group covers all fundamental techniques for bringing an opponent from a standing position to the ground while the attacker remains in a dominant or neutral position — the essential bridge...
The Fencing — Sport group covers all techniques within the three Olympic fencing disciplines — foil, epee, and sabre — as governed by the Federation Internationale d'Escrime (FIE). [1] Sport fencing i...
The Sabre (Sport) family covers all techniques specific to the sabre discipline, the only fencing weapon that scores with both the edge and the point, targeting the entire body above the waist includi...
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 Guard Pull family covers techniques for transitioning from standing to a seated or guard position on the ground, deliberately choosing to fight from the bottom guard rather than continuing to enga...
The Krav Maga Defence family within the Block group covers Krav Maga's blocking and deflection system for defending against unarmed strikes — designed for real-world self-defence where the defender ma...
The Krav Maga Strike family covers striking techniques from the Israeli self-defence system designed specifically for real-world combat situations — emphasising maximum damage through gross motor move...
The sport and combat discipline of throwing knives at targets, practiced in competitive circuits and military training.
Sambo Throw is the family of throwing techniques characteristic of sport sambo and combat sambo, which combine elements of judo, Greco-Roman wrestling, freestyle wrestling, and the folk wrestling trad...
The Wrestling Throw group encompasses the high-amplitude throwing techniques characteristic of Greco-Roman wrestling, freestyle wrestling, and their derivatives as applied in combat sports. [1,2] Unli...
The Sabre (Military) family covers the techniques of the military sabre, the curved, single-edged cavalry sword used by European and colonial armies from the seventeenth through early twentieth centur...
Core knife throwing techniques including rotational (full-spin) and no-spin methods at various distances.
The Headbutt group encompasses all striking techniques in which the fighter uses the skull — particularly the hard frontal bone above the brow ridge — as an impact weapon to strike the opponent. [1] T...
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 Lunge is the fundamental attacking movement in Western fencing, combining a full arm extension with a powerful forward drive of the body to deliver a thrust across a distance greater than the fenc...
The Front Headlock family covers clinch positions where the attacker controls the opponent's head from the front, wrapping one arm around the head and neck while the opponent is in a bent-forward post...
The Mae Mai (แม่ไม้, 'mother techniques') of Muay Thai clinch work represent the foundational clinch techniques of traditional Thai boxing — the core curriculum for controlling an opponent at close ra...
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 Inversion Recovery subfamily covers defensive techniques where the fighter inverts their body (rolling onto the upper back/shoulders with hips elevated) to recover guard position when the guard ha...
The Back Position Transition family covers techniques for transitioning to and maintaining back control — the second-most dominant position in grappling (after mount in some hierarchies, or the most d...
The Distance Management family covers the spatial zones between fighters and the tactical implications of each distance. [1] Distance management is one of the most fundamental concepts in all combat s...
The Orthodox Stance subfamily covers the fighting stance with the left foot forward and the right foot back, used by right-handed fighters as the standard stance in boxing, kickboxing, and MMA. [1] Th...
The Spinning Elbow family comprises elbow strikes delivered with a full rotational turn of the body, where the striker pivots 180 to 360 degrees to build centripetal force before impacting the target ...
Kin Geri is the dedicated groin kick in karate — a rising snap kick targeting specifically the groin using the instep or ball of the foot. [1] While any front kick can target the groin, Kin Geri is tr...
The Punt Kick to Face is a soccer-style kicking motion directed at a grounded opponent's head, delivering the instep in a wide swinging arc identical to a football punt — one of the most devastating a...
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...
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 Head Kick subfamily covers roundhouse kicks aimed above the shoulders, targeting the opponent's jaw, temple, or neck — areas where impact produces the highest probability of knockout due to the ro...
The Outside Low Kick is the most commonly thrown low kick in combat sports, targeting the outside of the opponent's lead thigh (vastus lateralis and IT band) with a circular shin strike. [1] The outsi...
The Spinning Hook Kick is a rotational kick where the fighter spins 180 degrees or more and delivers a hooking kick to the opponent's head, striking with the heel as the leg retracts through a curved ...
The Iron Palm Strike (鐵砂掌, Tieh Sha Chang) is a Chinese martial arts palm strike that uses internally cultivated chi (qi) energy directed through a conditioned palm rather than relying on muscular for...
Nukite Jodan is a spear hand thrust targeting the upper level — primarily the throat, eyes, or soft tissue of the face — using extended fingertips held together. [1] This is the most dangerous applica...
Submissions are techniques that force an opponent to concede defeat — typically by tapping out — through the application of joint locks, chokes, strangles, cranks, compression locks, or pain complianc...
The standing ear pull is a pain compliance technique applied during upright confrontations by gripping and pulling or twisting the opponent's ear to control their head position and movement. [1,2] The...
The Takedown class encompasses all techniques designed to bring a standing opponent to the ground while the attacker remains in a dominant or neutral position. [1] Takedowns are distinguished from thr...
The Wall Takedown family encompasses all takedowns executed against the cage wall or a wall surface, where the vertical barrier provides an additional structural element that fundamentally alters take...
The Double Leg Takedown family is one of the most important and frequently used takedown categories across all grappling and combat sports. [1] The double leg involves the attacker changing level with...
The Weapon class encompasses all fighting techniques that employ an external implement — whether bladed, blunt, flexible, or projectile — as the primary means of offence and defence. [1] Weapon-based ...
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 Boxing Defence family covers the blocking and guard techniques specific to Western boxing — the most refined system of hand-based defence in combat sports, developed through over 150 years of prof...
The Boxing Counter family covers counter-punching techniques specific to Western boxing — the highest expression of pugilistic skill, where the defender exploits the openings created by an opponent's ...
Footwork Defence covers all defensive techniques that use movement, angles, and distance management to avoid or mitigate attacks — the most sophisticated form of defence, relying on not being where th...
The Fundamental Elbow Strike family covers elbow-striking techniques across all martial arts traditions — the most devastating close-range weapon in combat sports, using the sharp point and hard bone ...
The Front Leg Roundhouse Kick is a roundhouse kick delivered with the lead leg, trading power for speed and reduced telegraphing. [1] The rear foot slides forward to close distance while the former fr...
The Boxing Punch family covers the punching techniques of Western boxing — the most refined and scientifically studied striking system in martial arts, developed over centuries of professional prizefi...
The Extreme Upper Body Submission targets unconventional upper body joints including the wrist, fingers, and shoulder in configurations not commonly seen in sport grappling. [1]
The MMA Takedown family covers takedowns specifically adapted for mixed martial arts competition, where striking threats, the cage wall, and small gloves fundamentally alter takedown mechanics compare...
The Wrestling Takedown family covers takedown techniques originating from competitive wrestling — freestyle, Greco-Roman, and folkstyle — the most battle-tested and highest-percentage takedown system ...
The Hapkido Throw family covers throwing techniques from Hapkido, the Korean martial art that synthesises joint locks, throws, kicks, and strikes into a comprehensive self-defence system. [1] Hapkido ...
The Clinch class encompasses all standing grappling positions where two fighters are in direct body-to-body contact, using grips on the opponent's body, limbs, or clothing to control distance, posture...