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The Hop-Gar Crane Wing Block uses a sweeping wing-like motion of the forearm to deflect wide attacks, mimicking the crane spreading its wings for protection. [1]
The Wing Sweep is a butterfly guard sweep using an underhook and butterfly hook to lift and turn the opponent, named for the wing-like lifting motion. [1]
Single wing lapel chokes use one arm threaded under the opponent's armpit (creating a 'wing' control) while the other hand grips the collar to apply a strangle from back control. [1,2] The one-wing co...
The one-wing collar choke combines an underhook through the opponent's armpit ('wing' control) with a cross-collar grip on the opposite side to create an asymmetric strangle from back control or mount...
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...
The Kung Fu Strike family within the Punch group covers fist-based striking techniques from Chinese martial arts (kung fu/wushu) systems, which have developed an extraordinarily diverse array of punch...
The Phoenix Eye Fist is a Chinese martial arts striking technique where the index finger knuckle is extended beyond the other knuckles to form a single protruding point, creating a concentrated striki...
The Kimura lock (gyaku-ude-garami / double wristlock) is a shoulder lock where the attacker grips the opponent's wrist with one hand, threads the other arm under the opponent's elbow, and clasps a fig...
The Defensa (Block) subfamily covers the defensive stick techniques used to intercept, redirect, or stop incoming attacks in single-stick fighting. [1] Filipino martial arts defensive technique differ...
The Fundamental Elbow Strike family covers elbow-striking techniques across all martial arts traditions — the most devastating close-range weapon in combat sports, using the sharp point and hard bone ...
Paksa Waeg Rang (Bird Looking Back) involves a deceptive body turn that lures the opponent, followed by a spinning elbow or back fist to the face. [1] The fighter appears to turn away, then explodes w...
The Double Side Kick is an advanced technique where the fighter delivers two side kicks in rapid succession or simultaneously to different heights or directions. [1] In Taekwon-Do, the first kick typi...
Small Wrap Hand (小纏手, Xiǎo Chán Shǒu — "small wrap/coil hand") is an outward-rotating wrist lock from Chinese Qin Na (擒拿, the joint-locking art embedded across Chinese martial styles), documented by D...
The Crane Beak Strike bunches all five fingertips together into a single pointed formation — like the beak of a crane — and drives this concentrated point into vulnerable anatomical targets such as th...
Washide Uchi is a karate open-hand strike where all five fingertips are brought together into a single point, forming a shape resembling an eagle's beak or a bird's beak. [1] The tips of all five fing...
Shoulder locks are submissions that attack the glenohumeral joint (shoulder socket) by forcing the arm into extreme internal rotation, external rotation, or abduction. [1,2] The shoulder is the most m...
The Monoplata is a shoulder lock submission similar to the omoplata but using only one leg to control the opponent's arm — applied from mount, side control, or back control rather than from guard. [1]...
The Standard Reverse Elbow Strike executes the basic rear-directed elbow, where the fighter drives the elbow straight back while rotating the hips and shoulders away from the target, impacting the opp...
The Defence class encompasses all techniques designed to prevent, neutralise, or mitigate an opponent's offensive actions across all ranges and phases of combat. [1] Defence is the complementary pilla...
The Standard Reverse Elbow subfamily covers the fundamental backward-directed elbow strike, executed by retracting the arm sharply while rotating the torso to drive the elbow point into a target behin...
The basic palm heel strike thrusting the base of the palm forward into the opponent's nose, chin, or solar plexus, with fingers pulled back to avoid jamming.
The fundamental palm strike driving the heel of the palm forward in a straight line, using hip rotation and arm extension to deliver force without clenching the fist.