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The Trap and Roll (also known as Upa or Bridge and Roll) is the most fundamental mount escape in BJJ — the bottom fighter traps one of the mounted opponent's arms and the same-side foot, then bridges ...

The Arm Trap Triangle controls the opponent's arm first (trapping it across the body), then uses the trapped arm as leverage to lock in a triangle choke from guard. [1]

The Running Up the Cage Mount Escape is an MMA-specific technique that uses the cage wall as a physical prop to generate the hip bridge needed to escape mount when the defender is flat on their back n...

The Hip Out Mount Escape is the fundamental technique for recovering guard from the bottom of mount position, combining a hip escape (shrimp) with an elbow-knee connection that inserts the knee betwee...

The Marcelotine is a guillotine choke performed without the opponent's arm trapped inside, using a high elbow position over the opponent's trapezius to create direct blade-of-wrist pressure on the tra...

The anaconda choke is a front headlock arm triangle where the attacker threads one arm around the opponent's neck, under the far armpit, and locks a figure-four grip to create bilateral carotid compre...

The Desperation Escape is a high-energy, explosive escape used when standard technical escapes have failed and the fighter is in immediate danger of being finished — a last-resort survival technique t...

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 Half Upa is a variation of the trap and roll where the defender traps only the opponent's arm (without trapping the foot) and bridges to create enough disruption to transition to a shrimp or regua...

The Standard Kick Catch intercepts an incoming round kick by scooping the kicking leg with the lead or rear arm, trapping the shin or ankle against the body while the other hand controls the opponent'...

The Electric Chair Submission is a groin and inner-thigh hyperextension applied from the lockdown half guard position, where the attacker elevates the opponent's trapped leg upward and outward while s...

The Spladle is a unique submission hold that originates from wrestling and functions as a compression lock/stretch submission — the attacker traps the opponent's head and one leg together, then forces...

The head-and-arm choke subfamily encompasses all arm triangle variations where the attacker traps the opponent’s head and one arm together, using the trapped arm as a wedge against one carotid artery ...

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 arm-in guillotine from closed guard traps the opponent's arm alongside their neck inside the choking loop, creating a head-and-arm strangle rather than a pure neck choke. [1] The attacker wraps on...

The ten-finger guillotine from standing snap-down is a no-arm-trapped variant where the attacker clasps all ten fingers together around the opponent's neck without trapping an arm inside the loop. [1]...

The Crucifix Escape family covers techniques for escaping the crucifix position, where the opponent controls the back while trapping one arm with the legs and the other arm with their arms, leaving th...

Cervical rotation cranks twist the head laterally, applying torsional force to the cervical vertebrae. [1,2] The twister is the most well-known example: from back control, the attacker traps a leg, co...

The triangle choke (sankaku-jime) traps the opponent's head and one arm inside a triangular leg configuration — one leg across the back of the neck, the ankle locked behind the opposite knee — creatin...

Ko Soto Gake (minor outer hook) is a judo ashi-waza technique in which the thrower hooks the opponent's heel or ankle from the outside with the sole of the foot, trapping the foot while driving the op...

Leg chokes are submissions that use the legs — primarily the thighs and calves — to compress the neck and restrict blood flow or airflow. [1] The triangle choke (sankaku-jime) is the defining techniqu...

The Posture Triangle Escape uses postural alignment to relieve the choking pressure of the triangle by straightening the spine, lifting the trapped shoulder, and creating distance between the defender...

The Ten-Finger (No-Arm) Guillotine from standing snap-down is a guillotine variation where all ten fingers are interlocked around the opponent's neck WITHOUT trapping the arm — creating a pure neck-on...

The anaconda choke from sprawl is initiated after the attacker sprawls to defend a takedown, trapping the opponent's head and threading the choking arm under the far-side arm and across the neck. [1,2...

The reverse guillotine from front headlock with overhook assist adds an overhook (whizzer) grip on the opponent's arm to supplement the strangling pressure and prevent escape. [1] After establishing t...

The headscissors strangle uses both legs clamped around the opponent's head (without trapping an arm) to create bilateral compression on both sides of the neck. [1,2] Unlike the triangle choke, which ...

The Standard Hitchhiker executes the armbar escape by pointing the thumb of the trapped arm upward (the hitchhiker position), then rotating the entire body in the direction the thumb is pointing. [1] ...

The turtle collapse headscissors attacks a turtled opponent by collapsing their defensive shell and trapping the head between the attacker's legs. [1] The attacker, positioned behind or to the side of...

The face crank from crucifix is applied when the attacker has secured the crucifix position — trapping one of the opponent's arms with the legs (typically the far arm threaded between the legs) while ...

The triangle choke from closed guard is the most fundamental application of the technique, where the bottom player traps one of the opponent's arms and their head inside a triangle formed by the legs,...

The arm triangle rear naked crossover combines elements of the rear naked choke and arm triangle by trapping the opponent's arm alongside their neck while the choking arm threads across the front of t...

The crucifix rear strangle is applied from the crucifix position, where the attacker traps one of the opponent's arms with their legs (typically threading the far arm between the legs and locking it) ...

The figure-four wrist lock from prone control is applied by trapping the face-down opponent's wrist and locking a figure-four grip configuration to apply concentrated flexion force. [1,2] The prone po...

The arm triangle choke (kata-gatame) is a family of blood chokes that use the attacker's arms in combination with the opponent's own trapped shoulder to compress both carotid arteries. [1,2] The defin...

The arm-in guillotine from front headlock sprawl traps the opponent's arm inside the guillotine loop while the attacker maintains a sprawl position on top. [1] After sprawling to defend a takedown, th...

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 Standard Crucifix establishes the full crucifix position by trapping one of the opponent's arms between the legs (using a figure-four leg configuration) and controlling the other arm with both han...

The Standard Mounted Crucifix traps one of the opponent's arms under the top fighter's leg while the other arm is controlled by both hands, spreading the arms apart while maintaining the mounted posit...

The Stoner Control Arm Triangle applies an arm triangle choke (kata gatame / head-and-arm choke) from the Stoner Control rubber guard position, using the unique leg positioning of the rubber guard to ...

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 Standard Crucifix Roll executes the fundamental crucifix escape by bridging explosively and rolling toward the side where the arm is trapped by the opponent's legs, using the rolling momentum to d...

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...

The Standard Kneebar Escape executes the fundamental defence by bending the trapped knee as forcefully as possible to prevent the hyperextension, then rotating the hip to change the angle and extract ...

The Standard Hitchhiker Escape executes the fundamental hitchhiker defence by rotating the trapped arm thumb-upward while simultaneously turning the body toward the trapped arm, sliding toward the att...

The Crucifix Roll subfamily covers escape techniques that use a rolling motion to disrupt the crucifix position, using the momentum of the roll to free the trapped arms and reverse or escape the posit...

The Standard Roll Escape executes a forward roll over the attacker's body, using the rotational momentum to pull the trapped arm through the armbar position and free it. [1] The defender drives forwar...

The Electric Chair Sweep subfamily covers the half guard sweep that uses a lockdown (double leg interlock) on the opponent's trapped leg combined with an underhook to stretch and sweep the opponent by...

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 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 Kung Fu Defence family covers defensive blocking, deflecting, and intercepting techniques from Chinese martial arts (kung fu/wushu) systems — the most diverse collection of defensive hand techniqu...