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The Standard Chair Sit Position is the base-level execution of the chair sit, with the controlling fighter seated directly behind the opponent, both hips on the mat, legs wrapped loosely around the op...

The Back Control family covers the various methods of controlling an opponent from behind, using combinations of hooks, body triangles, and upper body grips. [1] Back control is defined by having the ...

An arm triangle choke variation applied from the knee-on-belly position. The attacker drives the knee across the opponent’s torso to control posture, while isolating one arm against the opponent’s hea...

An arm triangle choke variation applied from the knee-on-belly position. The attacker drives the knee across the opponent’s torso to control posture, while isolating one arm against the opponent’s hea...

The Cocoon is a transitional rubber guard position where both legs wrap the opponent's torso while arm control is maintained, serving as a launching pad for X-guard sweeps and leg attacks. [1]

The Body Clinch group comprises all standing clinch positions where the attacker's arms encircle the opponent's torso, creating direct body-to-body contact and control. [1] Body clinch positions provi...

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...

Back control chokes are submission techniques applied when the attacker has secured a position behind the opponent, typically with hooks (legs wrapped around the torso) or a body triangle for control....

The rear neck crank from body triangle uses the stable body triangle back control to anchor the opponent's torso while the attacker grips under the chin, across the forehead, or on the face and pulls ...

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...

Hara-gatame (腹固め, 'stomach hold') is an elbow lock where the attacker uses their abdomen or hip as the fulcrum to hyperextend the opponent's elbow. [1,2] The opponent's arm is trapped and extended aga...

The Bear Hug family covers clinch positions where the attacker wraps both arms around the opponent's torso and squeezes, using the encircling grip to compress and control the opponent's body. [1] Bear...

The Knee On Belly family covers the top position where the controlling fighter places one knee on the bottom fighter's torso while the other foot is posted on the mat for base, creating a mobile and a...

The Body Triangle Back Control subfamily covers back control positions where the controlling fighter locks the legs in a figure-four configuration around the opponent's torso instead of using standard...

The cradle neck crank combines a wrestling cradle — where the attacker links the opponent's head and leg together — with cervical flexion pressure. [1,2,3] The attacker clasps hands connecting the hea...

The mount is the most dominant ground position in grappling, where one fighter sits astride the opponent's torso with knees planted on either side, applying gravitational pressure and controlling the ...

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 Body Triangle Escape subfamily covers techniques for escaping when the opponent has secured back control with a body triangle — legs locked in a figure-four around the defender's torso rather than...

The Spinal Twist Defence subfamily covers defences against submissions that apply rotational force to the thoracic or lumbar spine, such as the twister, banana split, and similar techniques that rotat...

The Under-Arms Bear Hug subfamily covers bear hug positions where the attacker's arms encircle the opponent's torso beneath the opponent's arms, leaving the opponent's arms free above the grip. [1] Wh...

Side control is a dominant ground position where the top player lies chest-to-chest across the opponent's torso, perpendicular to their body, using a combination of crossface, underhook, and chest pre...

The Over-Arms Bear Hug subfamily covers bear hug positions where the attacker's arms encircle the opponent's torso over the top of the opponent's arms, pinning both arms against the body. [1] This is ...

The Front Body Lock subfamily covers positions where the attacker locks the grip around the opponent's torso from a front-facing position, with both fighters' chests facing each other. [1] The front b...

The Push Knee And Reguard subfamily covers knee-on-belly escapes where the defender pushes the pressing knee off the body directly, then immediately reinserts the legs to establish guard before the op...

The Low Front Body Lock positions the locked grip low on the opponent's torso, around the hips or waist level, with the attacker driving their head into the opponent's chest. [1] The low grip position...

The Clinch Control family covers techniques for establishing and maintaining dominant control positions in the clinch — the grip configurations, body positions, and pummeling strategies that determine...

The High Front Body Lock positions the locked grip high on the opponent's torso, around the upper back or ribcage area, with the attacker's arms encircling above the opponent's waist. [1] The high gri...

The cross collar choke from body triangle combines the powerful hip control of the body triangle with a cross-grip lapel strangle from behind. [1,2] The body triangle locks the attacker's legs around ...

The Foil family covers all techniques specific to the foil discipline, the lightest and most technical of the three fencing weapons, characterised by right-of-way (priority) rules, a target area restr...

The Standard Forward Headbutt Technique is executed by tucking the chin to present the hard frontal bone, gripping the opponent's shoulders or head for control, and driving the forehead explosively in...

The body-triangle extension combines body triangle back control with a cervical extension crank, using the body triangle's hip compression as an anchor while the arms drive the head backward. [1] The ...

The Standard Under-Arms Bear Hug positions the attacker's arms beneath the opponent's armpits, wrapping around the lower torso with hands locked behind the opponent's back. [1] The attacker presses th...

The Standard Epee Attack executes the fundamental offensive thrust in epee by extending the sword arm fully toward the target while advancing with a lunge or fleche, aiming to land the point with suff...

The Mount family covers the dominant ground position where the top fighter sits on the bottom fighter's torso, with legs straddling the body. [1] The mount is one of the most dominant positions in the...

Standard Ura Nage is the classical form of the rear throw in which tori secures a deep body lock around uke's waist or torso, drops their hips low, and arches backward explosively to lift uke off the ...

The face crank from rear mount is applied from standard back control by placing a hand or forearm across the opponent's face — typically under the nose or on the chin — and pulling the head backward w...

The Body-Lock Takedown secures a tight body lock (clasping both hands around the opponent's torso, typically with one arm over the shoulder and one under the armpit, hands clasped behind the opponent'...

The Standard Teep is the fundamental Muay Thai push kick, executed by lifting the knee to chamber position and extending the leg to push the ball or sole of the foot into the opponent's torso, driving...

Standard Suplex Technique is the textbook front body lock suplex in which the wrestler secures a locked-hands grip around the opponent's torso at chest or waist height, pulls the opponent tight agains...

The Full Guard Recovery subfamily covers techniques for re-establishing closed (full) guard — legs wrapped around the opponent's torso with ankles crossed — after the guard has been opened or partiall...

The Front Body Lock Takedown family covers all takedowns executed from a front-facing body lock position where the attacker's arms encircle the opponent's torso from the front. [1] The attacker typica...

The Full Mount subfamily covers the standard mount position where the top fighter sits with the hips on the opponent's torso, legs straddling the body, and full bodyweight applied. [1] Full mount prov...

The Body Kick subfamily covers roundhouse kicks targeting the opponent's torso, including the ribs, liver, spleen area, and floating ribs, delivered at midsection height. [1] Body kicks are among the ...

The Body Lock family encompasses clinch positions where the attacker secures a tight, locked grip around the opponent's torso, with the emphasis on the lock configuration of the hands rather than comp...

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 Rear Body Lock Takedown family encompasses all takedowns executed from behind the opponent with a locked grip around the torso. [1] Rear body lock position is one of the most dominant standing cli...