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The MMA Clinch family covers clinch techniques adapted specifically for mixed martial arts competition, integrating striking (dirty boxing), takedown attempts, and cage work into a unified clinch syst...

The Framing Clinch family covers clinch positions where the attacker uses extended arms and forearms as structural frames against the opponent's body, creating distance and control through rigid bone ...

The Cage Clinch family covers clinch positions specific to the MMA cage environment, where one fighter has the other pressed against the cage fence and uses the structure to maintain control and set u...

The Wrestling Clinch family covers clinch techniques from competitive wrestling disciplines — the collar-and-elbow tie-up, underhook positions, and the pummeling exchanges that form the opening of mos...

The Underhook Cage Clinch subfamily covers cage clinch positions where the attacker controls the opponent against the fence using one or both underhooks as the primary clinch tie. [1] The combination ...

The Wall Pin Clinch family covers clinch positions where the attacker pins the opponent against a wall or cage using body pressure and positional control, with the primary goal of maintaining the pin ...

The Over-Under Clinch family covers the clinch configuration where one arm has an underhook and the opposite arm has an overhook, creating a neutral or contested clinch position. [1] The over-under po...

The Wall Walk Clinch family covers the technique of advancing position along the cage wall by systematically climbing from a lower clinch position to a more dominant one while the opponent is pressed ...

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 Double Collar Tie (Thai Plum) subfamily covers the clinch position where both hands grip behind the opponent's neck, creating maximum head control with bilateral grip. [1] The Thai plum is the sig...

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 Waist Lock family covers clinch positions where the attacker's locked grip is specifically positioned around the opponent's waist or hip line, providing direct control of the opponent's centre of ...

The Collar Tie family covers clinch positions where the attacker places one or both hands behind the opponent's neck, gripping the back of the neck or base of the skull to control the head and posture...

The Dirty Boxing Takedown family covers takedowns initiated from the dirty boxing clinch — a close-quarters position borrowed from boxing and Muay Thai where the fighters are in punching range with co...

The Underhook family covers clinch positions where the attacker threads their arm under the opponent's arm from inside, hooking around the upper body and securing inside position. [1] The underhook is...

The Head-And-Arm Control family covers clinch positions where the attacker simultaneously controls the opponent's head and one arm, creating an asymmetric control that limits the opponent's ability to...

The Front Headlock family covers clinch positions where the attacker controls the opponent's head from the front, wrapping one arm around the head and neck while the opponent is in a bent-forward post...

The Single Collar Tie subfamily covers clinch positions where one hand grips behind the opponent's neck while the other hand is free to work — gripping the arm, controlling the wrist, or preparing for...

The Arm Drag family covers clinch techniques where the attacker grips the opponent's arm and pulls it across their body, using the drag motion to clear the arm and access the opponent's side or back. ...

The Belt Grip family covers clinch positions where the attacker grips the opponent's belt (obi) as a primary control point, providing direct access to the opponent's hip line through the sturdy belt m...

The Two-On-One Russian Tie family covers clinch positions where the attacker controls one of the opponent's arms with both hands, creating a dominant two-against-one grip configuration. [1] The Russia...

The Cross-Grip family covers clinch gripping configurations where the attacker reaches across the opponent's body to grip the far collar or far sleeve, creating a diagonal or cross-body control that g...

The Headlock Control subfamily covers clinch positions where the attacker wraps one arm around the opponent's head while controlling the arm on the same side, creating a secured head-and-arm clamp. [1...

The Crossface Control subfamily covers clinch positions where the attacker drives a forearm across the opponent's face or jaw to turn the head and control posture, while maintaining arm or body contro...

The Wrist Control family covers clinch positions where the attacker's primary control mechanism is gripping one or both of the opponent's wrists, providing direct control over the hands and their abil...

The Overhook-Whizzer family covers clinch positions where the attacker hooks their arm over the opponent's arm from the outside, wrapping around the upper arm or shoulder to control or redirect the op...

The Double Underhook subfamily covers the clinch position where both arms are hooked under the opponent's arms, giving the attacker bilateral inside position and direct access to the body. [1] Double ...

The Single Underhook subfamily covers the clinch position where one arm is hooked under the opponent's arm, providing inside position on one side while the other arm is engaged in a different tie (col...

The Standard Framing subfamily covers the fundamental frame position where the attacker places one or both forearms against the opponent's chest, throat, or shoulders, using the rigid forearm structur...

The Side Body Lock Takedown family covers takedowns executed from a lateral body lock position where the attacker is positioned to the side of the opponent with arms locked around the torso. [1] The s...

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 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 Close Range subfamily covers the fighting distance where fighters are within arm's reach and clinch engagement is imminent or active. [1] Close range is the distance where hooks, uppercuts, elbows...

The Clinch Takedown family covers all takedowns executed from clinch range — where both fighters already have gripping contact — using trips, throws, drives, and lifts rather than shot-based entries f...

The Underhook Defence family covers defensive techniques for preventing the opponent from establishing or maintaining underhooks, which are the primary clinch position for initiating takedowns. [1] Un...

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...

The Single Leg From Cage subfamily covers single-leg takedown entries executed while the opponent is pressed against the cage, targeting one leg from the clinch position. [1] The attacker drops level ...

The Same-Side Grip (Ai-Yotsu) subfamily covers the gripping configuration where both fighters adopt the same stance — both right-handed or both left-handed — creating a symmetrical clinch dynamic. [1]...

The Opposite-Side Grip (Kenka-Yotsu) subfamily covers the gripping configuration where the two fighters hold opposite-sided stances — one fights right-handed and the other left-handed — creating a mir...

The Standing Position group encompasses all positions that occur while both fighters are on their feet, including stances, distance management frameworks, and standing guard positions. [1] Standing po...

The Single Wrist Control subfamily covers positions where the attacker controls one of the opponent's wrists, maintaining control of that hand while keeping the other hand free for offensive actions. ...

The Rear Body Lock subfamily covers positions where the attacker locks the grip around the opponent's torso from behind, with the attacker's chest against the opponent's back. [1] The rear body lock i...

The Re-Pummel subfamily covers the technique of swimming the arm back inside after the opponent has secured an underhook, re-establishing inside position and denying the opponent their underhook contr...

The Guillotine Escape subfamily covers techniques for escaping the guillotine choke (mae-hadaka-jime), a front headlock strangulation applied from standing or guard position. [1] Guillotine escapes mu...

The Back Position Transition family covers techniques for transitioning to and maintaining back control — the second-most dominant position in grappling (after mount in some hierarchies, or the most d...

The Leg Pummeling Defence subfamily covers defensive techniques where the defender systematically frees their legs from the opponent's entanglement, working to remove the legs from positions that expo...

The Reverse Elbow family covers elbow strikes directed rearward, where the striker drives the elbow backward into an opponent positioned behind or to the side. [1] The reverse elbow is a close-quarter...

The Rear Headbutt family covers headbutt strikes directed backward, where the striker drives the back of the skull (the occipital bone) into the face of an opponent positioned behind them. [1] The rea...

The Double Leg From Cage subfamily covers double-leg takedown entries executed while the opponent is pressed against the cage wall, using the fence as a backstop. [1] Unlike open-mat double legs that ...

The Inside Trip family covers techniques where the attacker uses their leg to trip the opponent from the inside — threading the tripping leg between or inside the opponent's legs to hook, reap, or blo...