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The Standard Closed Guard subfamily covers the basic closed guard configurations focused on maintaining the position, controlling distance, and managing the opponent's posture before setting up attack...

The Standard Full Guard Recovery executes the fundamental technique of re-closing the guard around the opponent's torso, typically by using frames and hip movement to create space, then bringing both ...

The Low Closed Guard positions the guard player's legs around the opponent's waist at hip level, with ankles crossed below the small of the back. [1] The low guard is the standard, neutral closed guar...

The High Closed Guard positions the guard player's legs high on the opponent's back, with the ankles crossed near the shoulder blades rather than around the waist. [1] The high guard breaks the oppone...

The Standard Guard Pull subfamily covers the traditional guard pull where the practitioner jumps to closed guard by gripping the opponent's gi or body, pulling themselves up onto the opponent's hips, ...

The Standard Guard Pull Technique grips the opponent's collar and sleeve, steps one foot to the opponent's hip, then swings the other leg around the opponent's waist while pulling the upper body in, c...

The Standard Long Guard extends the lead arm fully forward, hand open or in a loose fist, placing the palm or forearm against the opponent's forehead, chin, or shoulder to create a frame that prevents...

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 standard brabo choke from closed guard is a gi-based head-and-arm strangle where the attacker uses the opponent's own lapel to thread around the neck and arm from bottom guard. [1] The attacker fe...

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 standard triangle choke from closed guard is the foundational variety of the triangle family, where the attacker locks a figure-four leg configuration around the opponent's head and one arm from b...

The standard headscissors strangle from guard is the fundamental leg-based head squeeze where the attacker traps the opponent's head between the thighs from a bottom guard position and squeezes. [1] T...

The standard can opener is a cervical flexion crank applied from inside the opponent's closed guard, where the attacker clasps both hands behind the opponent's head and pulls it forward toward the che...

The Standard Elevator Sweep opens the closed guard, inserts a butterfly hook inside the opponent's thigh, secures an underhook or collar grip, then falls to one side while elevating with the hook to r...

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 standard loop choke from guard is a gi strangulation where the attacker feeds one hand deep into the opponent's collar, loops it around the back of the neck, and uses the closed guard to trap the ...

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 Hand-Clasp Guillotine is a guillotine choke variant that uses a palm-to-palm grip (both palms pressed together around the opponent's neck, like praying hands) rather than the traditional interlock...

The Standard Bridge And Roll Kesa executes the fundamental kesa gatame escape by trapping the opponent's far arm, bridging explosively toward the opponent's head, and rolling them over the bridge. [1]...

The knee-in-the-middle pass is a closed guard opening method where the passer drives their knee into the center of the opponent's guard to pry it open, then immediately transitions to a guard pass. [1...

The Standard Hip Bump executes the sweep by sitting up explosively from closed guard, wrapping an overhook around the opponent's arm on one side, then driving the hips forward into the opponent's ches...

The Standard Bridge And Roll from side control bridges the hips explosively while turning into the opponent, using the bridge momentum and body rotation to tip the opponent over. [1] The defender time...

The DeSouza Special is an MMA-specific technique that converts a defended double-leg takedown attempt directly into a guard pass, bypassing the intermediate step of landing in the opponent's guard. [1...

The High Guard Cover subfamily positions both hands high beside the head with the elbows tucked tight, creating a protective frame around the head and face that absorbs and deflects incoming strikes. ...

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 Standard Hip Frame places the forearm across the opponent's hip bone, with the elbow braced against the defender's own hip or thigh, creating a rigid strut that prevents the opponent from closing ...

The Standard Pendulum Sweep executes the flower sweep by opening the guard, swinging the legs in a wide pendulum arc to the sweep side, while pulling the opponent's sleeve across the body and driving ...

The Standard Upa (trap and roll) traps the opponent's wrist and hooks the same-side ankle with the foot, then bridges explosively by driving the hips toward the ceiling while turning to the trapped si...

The stack-through can opener combines the traditional can opener neck crank with a stacking guard pass, driving the opponent's knees toward their face while cranking the neck in flexion. [1] From clos...

The kimura sweep uses a figure-four (double wristlock) grip from closed guard to off-balance and sweep the opponent, exploiting the 'double trouble' principle — threatening the shoulder lock forces th...

Standard Posture Defence maintains an upright spine with the head high, chest lifted, and hips forward, creating an aligned body position that prevents the opponent from breaking the defender down for...

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...

The Palm Up Palm Down Choke is a cross-collar choke variation where one hand grips the collar palm-up and the other palm-down, creating a scissoring action across the carotid arteries. [1] This mixed ...

The Standard Technical Standup subfamily covers the fundamental technique of rising from a seated or downed position while maintaining a defensive base and guard throughout the standing motion. [1] Th...

The Standard Turtle subfamily covers the basic defensive turtle position with the fighter on hands and knees, elbows tight to the body, chin tucked, and head down to protect against chokes and submiss...

The Instep Angular Front Kick (Lotus Kick) is a front kick delivered at an inward angle using the instep (top of the foot), sweeping upward in a curved lotus-petal arc to target the groin, inner thigh...

The Standard Espada Y Daga subfamily covers the fundamental techniques and drills of the sword-and-dagger combination, including the basic guard positions, coordination patterns between the long and s...

The leg weave pass threads one arm between the opponent's legs — behind the top knee-shield leg and in front of the bottom hook — binding both legs together, then drives the forehead into the opponent...