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Xande's Flattening Pass is a half guard passing technique developed by Xande Ribeiro that focuses on flattening the opponent before extracting the trapped leg. [1] The emphasis is on crushing pressure...

The Prone Rear Mount is a back control variation where the opponent is face-down (prone) with the attacker mounted on their back — creating a devastating control position used in MMA ground-and-pound ...

The prone rear mount (belly-down back mount) is a back control variant where the opponent is flattened face-down (prone) on the mat while the attacker maintains back mount with hooks in from on top. [...

The Grapevine Mount uses the legs to hook inside the opponent's legs (like grapevines wrapping around a post), spreading the legs apart to flatten the opponent and prevent bridging. [1] The grapevine ...

The Pancake is a wrestling throw variation from the headlock position in which the attacker, rather than executing a full hip throw, drives the opponent directly to the mat in a flattening motion, pre...

The Pressure Pass family covers guard passing techniques that use heavy bodyweight, chest-to-chest compression, and methodical forward drive to flatten the guard player, immobilise their hips, and slo...

The Standard Seated Rear Mount establishes full back control with the controlling fighter sitting upright behind the opponent, hooks or body triangle secured, seatbelt grip established, with the oppon...

The leg weave pass threads one arm between the opponent's legs — behind the top knee-shield leg and in front of the bottom hook — binding both legs together, then drives the forehead into the opponent...

The Over-Under Pass is the signature pressure pass where the passer secures one arm OVER the opponent's far leg and one arm UNDER the near leg, clasps the hands, and drives heavy chest pressure to fla...

The Reclined Butterfly Guard subfamily covers the butterfly guard variation where the guard player leans back at an angle rather than sitting fully upright, changing the leverage dynamics of the hooks...

The Dogfight Position is the neutral/advantageous position reached when the half guard bottom player comes to their knees with an underhook — both fighters are on their knees in a wrestling-like clinc...

The Seatbelt Turtle subfamily covers the attacking position where the top fighter controls the turtled opponent from behind using the seatbelt grip (over-under arm configuration from behind). [1] The ...

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...

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...

The anaconda choke from front headlock is applied by threading the attacking arm under the opponent's far-side arm and across the near side of the neck, then locking a figure-four grip and performing ...

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 chin-down wrist lock from prone control is applied when the attacker has the opponent pinned face-down and traps one wrist, bending it into flexion while pressing it toward the opponent's own face...

The Godfather Sweep is a 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu technique executed from The Stomp Position — a specific guard configuration entered when the opponent achieves double underhooks from inside the practiti...

Headlock Throw is the family of wrestling throws executed from a headlock position, in which the attacker wraps one arm around the opponent's head or neck and uses hip rotation, lateral dropping, or r...

The Mount Escape family within the Back Escape group covers techniques for escaping when the opponent achieves mount from a back-control transition — addressing the specific challenge of an opponent w...

Standard Pancake is the conventional execution in which the wrestler secures a headlock or front headlock, drives forward and downward with their chest pressure and arm control, and flattens the oppon...

Guard passing encompasses all techniques used by the top player to navigate past the bottom player's legs and achieve a dominant position — it is the yin to the guard's yang and arguably the most comp...

The Standard Half Guard Recovery executes the fundamental technique of catching one of the opponent's legs with both legs during a guard pass, typically by threading the inside leg between the opponen...

The Heavy Sprawl drives the hips directly downward onto the attacker's back and shoulders, using body weight to crush the attacker to the mat and prevent them from completing the takedown. [1] Unlike ...

The Ghost Escape is a dynamic side control escape where the defender slides underneath the opponent by performing a sharp hip escape combined with a body-flattening motion that allows them to slip out...

The Seated Rear Mount subfamily covers the rear mount position where the controlling fighter is sitting upright behind the opponent, with the opponent in front and typically flattened or leaning forwa...