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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. ...

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 Standard Shell covers the head by placing both hands over the ears and temples, tucking the chin to the chest, and bringing the elbows together in front of the face, creating a compact protective ...

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...

Head-loop lapel noose chokes use the opponent's collar looped over and around the head to create a noose-like constriction around the neck. [1] The loop choke — the primary technique — is applied by f...

The loop choke from guard is applied when the bottom player threads one hand behind the opponent's neck and grips their own collar or the opponent's collar, creating a loop of fabric around the neck t...

The Tilted Heel Front Kick is a front kick delivered with the heel while tilting the foot outward at approximately 15-30 degrees from vertical, allowing the kick to penetrate at a slight angle past th...

The Cover Defence family encompasses defensive postures and techniques where the fighter positions the arms, hands, and shoulders to create a protective shell that absorbs strikes on non-vulnerable ar...

The Standard High Guard positions both fists beside the chin and temples, elbows tucked against the ribcage, with the forearms creating vertical shields on either side of the face. [1] The guard is he...

The Homer Simpson sweep is a deep half guard sweep where the guard player hugs the opponent's knee tightly, pinches their own knees together to prevent leg extraction, and rolls backward toward the op...

The New York subfamily covers the advanced rubber guard position where the guard player has progressed past Chill Dog to establish a deeper, more controlling configuration that directly threatens subm...

The rat guard is a closed guard system where the guard player breaks the opponent's posture, secures a necktie and tricep grip, then swings an arm to threaten a guillotine, causing the opponent to pre...

A no-gi variation of the arm triangle choke applied from half guard. The attacker threads their arm under the opponent’s head and traps the far arm, then uses shoulder pressure, chest connection, and ...

The Peruvian necktie from closed guard is applied by the bottom player who secures a front headlock grip, then throws one leg over the opponent's back to create a lever that drives the head downward i...

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 ...

A no-gi guard variation of the arm triangle where the attacker first immobilizes the opponent’s arm via wrist control (pinning the wrist to the mat or across the chest). With the wrist anchored, the a...

Closed guard is the most fundamental guard position in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, where the bottom player wraps their legs around the opponent's torso and locks their ankles behind the opponent's back, crea...

The Baseball Choke is a gi-based collar choke that uses a distinctive split grip — one hand gripping the collar palm-up and the other palm-down in opposite directions — creating a powerful rotational ...

The Standard Chill Dog establishes the intermediate rubber guard position with the shin pulled over the opponent's shoulder, the arm threaded through the leg triangle, and the guard player controlling...

The guillotine choke from front-headlock sprawl is applied after the attacker sprawls to defend a takedown attempt, catching the opponent's head in a front headlock and wrapping the arm around the nec...

The Defensive Turtle family covers the turtle positions from the perspective of the defending fighter, who uses the curled-up posture to protect against submissions, pins, and strikes while working to...

The Ezekiel choke from guard with sleeve grip finish uses the attacker's own gi sleeve as a lever to compress the opponent's neck from the bottom guard position. [1] The attacker threads one arm behin...

The Long Guard Plum is a variation of the Thai plum where the attacker extends the arms to create distance before snapping the head down, using the extended position to manage range and timing. [1] Un...

A classic Kata Gatame sequence begun from mount and finished from side control. The attacker sets the head-and-arm choke from mount, then “slides off” to the side while maintaining the lock. The angle...

The brabo choke from closed guard is applied by the bottom player who secures an overhook on the opponent's arm while feeding the lapel around the opponent's neck, creating an arm-in collar strangle f...

The Esgrima Pass is a half guard passing technique where the passer uses a fencing-like leg threading motion — sliding the shin forward and through the opponent's half guard like a sword being drawn f...

The D'Arce choke (also called the Brabo choke) is a front headlock arm triangle where the attacker threads one arm under the opponent's armpit, across the neck, and locks a figure-four grip with the o...

The Turtle Position group encompasses all positions related to the turtle — the defensive curled-up posture on hands and knees — from both the perspective of the turtled fighter and the attacking figh...

The Standard Frame And Reguard places the inside forearm across the opponent's throat or collar bone and the outside hand on the opponent's hip, creating a two-point frame that generates space. [1] Th...

The anaconda choke from sprawl with hip-walk finish applies the head-and-arm strangle after sprawling on a takedown attempt, then uses the hip-walk method to progressively tighten the compression. [1]...

The near-side cradle from top half guard hooks the opponent's near leg — the leg on the same side as the attacker's head — and connects it to the head through a clasped grip, folding the opponent late...

The Hooked Hook Kick features an exaggerated hooking motion at the end of the arc, wrapping around the opponent's guard to strike the back of the head or neck. [1] The deep hook action pulls the foot ...

The Brabo choke from guard uses the opponent's lapel threaded across their neck while the attacker maintains an overhook from closed or open guard to create a collar strangle. [1,2] The attacker feeds...

The Shoulder Roll Defence is a boxing defensive posture where the lead shoulder is raised high to protect the chin, the lead arm hangs low across the body, and the rear hand is held tight against the ...

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 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 Elbow Block drops the elbow to meet an incoming body strike or low kick, using the point of the elbow and the forearm to create a hard surface that blocks and punishes the attack. [1] The...

The angle-off finish for the triangle choke from closed guard involves the attacker cutting an angle by pivoting the hips perpendicular to the opponent's body after locking the triangle, maximising co...

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 Arm Wrap Choke is a closed guard submission where the attacker wraps the opponent's arm across their own neck and secures a deep collar grip on the far side, creating a choking mechanism that uses...