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Standard clinch lock techniques are the foundational standing submission methods applied from basic clinch positions — underhooks, overhooks, collar ties, and body locks. [1] These include standing gu...

Clinch locks are standing submission techniques applied from a clinch position — an upright grappling engagement where both fighters maintain grip contact. [6] Unlike ground-based submissions, clinch ...

The ear pull from the clinch is a pain compliance technique where the attacker grips the opponent's ear and pulls or twists it while maintaining a standing clinch position. [1,2] The intense pain from...

The Z-lock from clinch is applied during a standing clinch by trapping the opponent's wrist and bending it into a Z-shaped configuration where the forearm, wrist, and hand form angular zigzag segments...

The radial deviation wrist lock from the clinch applies sideways pressure to the wrist — bending it toward the thumb side (radial deviation) — while standing in a clinch position. [1,2] The attacker i...

The chin-down wrist lock from clinch is applied during a standing clinch by gripping the opponent's hand and pressing the wrist into flexion while simultaneously driving the bent wrist downward toward...

Spine compression locks from the clinch apply axial or lateral compression to the spinal column while standing in a clinch position. [1,2] The attacker uses body lock, overhook, or head control to fol...

The figure-four wrist lock from clinch uses a figure-four grip configuration — one hand gripping the opponent's wrist while the other hand grabs its own wrist to form a four-shaped structure — to appl...

The two-on-one wrist lock from clinch uses both hands to control a single wrist during a standing clinch exchange, with one hand gripping the hand and the other controlling the forearm or wrist to app...

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...

Front headlock chokes are submissions applied from a front headlock position — where the attacker controls the opponent's head and one arm from the front, typically after a sprawl or snap-down. [1] Th...

The arm drag from clinch tie-ups is a wrist flexion technique applied during the standing clinch by gripping the opponent's wrist and bending it into flexion while simultaneously dragging the arm acro...

The Standard Front Headlock subfamily covers the basic front headlock position where the attacker wraps one arm around the opponent's neck from the front while the other hand controls the opponent's n...

The Z-lock from standing is applied by trapping the opponent's wrist and manipulating it into the zigzag Z-configuration while both fighters are on their feet, combining flexion with radial or ulnar d...

The Standard Sprawl Headlock executes the fundamental sprawl-to-headlock sequence where the defender sprawls on a takedown attempt, drives hips to the mat, and secures the opponent's head under the ar...

The arm-in guillotine from standing snap-down captures the opponent's neck and one arm simultaneously as the attacker snaps the opponent's head downward from a standing clinch or collar tie. [1] The s...

The Guillotine Escape subfamily covers techniques for escaping the guillotine choke (mae-hadaka-jime), a front headlock strangulation applied from standing or guard position. [1] Guillotine escapes mu...

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...