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Defensive TurtlefamilyPosition

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...

Standard Defensive TurtlegenusPosition

The Standard Defensive Turtle establishes the basic defensive turtle with the fighter on hands and knees, elbows tight, chin tucked, and hips low, creating a compressed, protective ball that is diffic...

Turtle PositiongroupPosition

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...

Tight TurtleSub-FamilyPosition

The Tight Turtle subfamily covers the defensive turtle variation where the fighter compresses the body as much as possible, tucking the elbows to the knees, chin to chest, and hips low, creating the s...

Standard TurtleSub-FamilyPosition

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...

Standard Tight TurtlegenusPosition

The Standard Tight Turtle compresses the body to its smallest configuration, with elbows pressed to knees, forehead on the mat, hands protecting the neck, and hips as low as possible. [1] This ultra-c...

Technical Standup From TurtleSub-FamilyEscape and Reversal

The Technical Standup From Turtle subfamily covers the escape where the turtled fighter performs a technical standup — posting one hand behind, stepping up with one leg, and rising to a standing posit...

Turtle Collapse HeadscissorsvarietySubmission

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...

Turtle EscapegroupEscape and Reversal

The Turtle Escape group encompasses all techniques for escaping the turtle position — the defensive curled-up posture on hands and knees where a grappler protects against attacks from the opponent on ...

Roll EscapefamilyEscape and Reversal

The Roll Escape family covers turtle escapes that use rolling mechanics to reverse the position, moving the turtled fighter from a bottom defensive position to a more favourable one through rotational...

Cover DefencefamilyDefence

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...

Guard Pull From TurtlefamilyEscape and Reversal

The Guard Pull From Turtle family covers techniques for transitioning from the turtle position directly into a guard position, typically half guard or full guard. [1] Rather than standing up or rollin...

Shell CoverSub-FamilyDefence

The Shell Cover subfamily covers the defensive posture where the fighter curls into a compact protective shape, tucking the chin behind the shoulders and covering the head with the arms, creating a tu...

D’Arce Choke From TurtlespeciesSubmission

The D'Arce choke applied against an opponent in the turtle position, where the attacker threads the choking arm under the turtled opponent's neck and near-side arm. This entry exploits the opponent's ...

Crucifix Rear StranglegenusSubmission

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) ...

Standard Sit-OutSub-FamilyEscape and Reversal

The Standard Sit-Out subfamily covers the fundamental turtle escape where the turtled fighter sits the hips out to one side, rotating to face the opponent from a defensive seated or guard position. [1...

Double Leg Wrestle-UpSub-FamilyEscape and Reversal

The Double Leg Wrestle-Up subfamily covers standing techniques where the bottom fighter executes a double-leg takedown-style entry from the ground, using the double-leg drive to simultaneously stand u...

Standard Turtle To Half GuardgenusEscape and Reversal

The Standard Turtle To Half Guard executes the transition by sitting the hips to one side, threading the inside leg between the opponent's legs to hook one leg, and establishing half guard with an imm...

Standard Technical StandupgenusEscape and Reversal

The Standard Technical Standup From Turtle executes the escape by transitioning from turtle to a seated posting position (hand behind on the mat), then performing the technical standup by stepping up ...

PositionclassPosition

The Position class encompasses all distinct body configurations and spatial relationships between fighters that define the tactical landscape of grappling and striking combat. [1] Positions are the fo...