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The Standard Cross-Arm Cover crosses both forearms in front of the face with the hands touching opposite shoulders or ears, creating a lattice of bone and muscle that protects the chin, nose, and temp...
The Standard Cross Parry uses the rear hand to tap or push the incoming cross punch to the inside (toward the defender's centreline), deflecting the straight punch so it slides past the defender's hea...
The Standard Cross-Sleeve Grip reaches across to grip the opponent's far sleeve at the wrist or forearm level, securing the fabric with a firm pull to control the distant arm. [1] The diagonal angle o...
The Standard Plan B executes the backup half guard sweep by redirecting the opponent's forward pressure into a sweep, typically involving a change of grip from the underhook to a different control and...
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 Fundamental Side Control family covers the core side control variations and techniques for maintaining chest-to-chest control, attacking with submissions, and transitioning to more dominant positi...
Nami Juji Jime is the normal cross strangle in judo — both hands grip the opponent's lapels with the palms facing down, and the forearms cross to create a scissors-like choking pressure on both sides ...
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 backstep pass is a guard pass where the passer rotates their hips 180 degrees away from the opponent while maintaining weight on the trapped leg, converting a stalled knee-cut or half guard positi...
The Palm Up Palm Up Choke is the standard cross-collar choke where both hands grip the collar with palms facing upward, creating bilateral pressure on the carotid arteries. [1] This is the most fundam...
The knee slice pass is the single most common guard pass in modern competitive BJJ, where the passer's shin acts as a wedge splitting the opponent's legs at a 45-degree diagonal angle while upper body...
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 Standard Inside Crescent Kick is executed by swinging the kicking leg in a wide arc from the outside toward the centreline, with the leg relatively straight and the foot contacting the target — ty...
The Escape Against Wrestler's Pin addresses the specific problem of being pinned by a wrestler who uses cross-face and underhook control rather than traditional BJJ side control grips. [1] Ribeiro dem...
The Standard Side Control subfamily covers the basic lateral side control position where the top fighter lies perpendicular to the bottom fighter, using chest pressure and arm controls to maintain the...
The Side Control family covers the dominant top position where the controlling fighter lies perpendicular to the bottom fighter, chest-to-chest, having passed the guard to achieve a lateral pin. [1] S...
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 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...