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The Hook Back Control subfamily covers back control positions using hooks — feet inserted inside the opponent's thighs from behind — as the primary lower body control method. [1] Hooks are the traditi...

The Standard Inside Ankle Trip executes the fundamental inside ankle hook-and-trip where the attacker, from a clinch position, steps between the opponent's legs, hooks the near ankle with the instep, ...

The Hooked Hook Kick features an exaggerated hooking motion at the end of the arc, wrapping around the opponent's guard to strike the back of the head or neck. [1] The deep hook action pulls the foot ...

The Half-Pivot Hook Kick uses only a 90-degree pivot rather than the standard hook kick's full 180-degree turn, enabling significantly faster delivery at closer range at the cost of reduced power. [1]...

The Straight Leg Hook Kick is delivered with the kicking leg kept straight (or nearly straight) throughout the entire hooking arc, creating a wider trajectory and longer reach than the standard bent-k...

The Check Hook Counter is a defensive-offensive technique where the fighter pivots on the lead foot while simultaneously delivering a lead hook punch to an advancing opponent, using the opponent's own...

The Defence Against Hook Punch is the Krav Maga technique for defending against circular hook punches to the head or body, using a raised forearm shield that absorbs and deflects the hook's arc while ...

The Hooking Throw family encompasses ashi-waza techniques in which the thrower uses the foot or leg to hook behind or around the opponent's leg, trapping it and preventing retreat while the upper body...

The Double Hook back control inserts both feet inside the opponent's inner thighs from behind, creating two points of lower body control that prevent the opponent from turning, sliding down, or bridgi...

The Single Butterfly Hook subfamily covers positions where only one butterfly hook is inserted inside the opponent's thigh, with the other leg positioned differently — on the hip, on the mat, or in an...

Heel hooks are among the most powerful and dangerous joint lock submissions in grappling, attacking the knee's rotational ligaments (ACL, MCL, LCL, meniscus) by controlling the heel and twisting the l...

The Heel Hook Escape subfamily covers techniques for escaping the heel hook, one of the most dangerous submissions in grappling due to its ability to cause catastrophic knee ligament damage with minim...

The Single Hook back control uses one foot inserted inside the opponent's thigh while the other leg is positioned differently — typically wrapped around the waist, posted on the mat, or in transition....

A compact hook thrown with a sharply bent elbow at less than 90 degrees, effective at close range and inside fighting with reduced telegraphing.

A hybrid punch between a hook and an uppercut, traveling in a 45-degree upward arc and landing with the palm facing partially upward, effective at close range.

A lead hook targeting the opponent's ribcage or midsection, thrown with a lower trajectory and often accompanied by bending the knees.

A lead hook targeting the opponent's jaw, temple, or ear, thrown at head height with the fist traveling parallel to the ground.

The Hook Kick family groups kicking techniques where the leg extends past the target and then hooks back inward, striking with the heel or sole of the foot as the leg retracts in a hooking arc. [1] Th...

The Small Heel Back Hook Kick is a short-range hook kick striking with the heel in a tight arc, optimised for close-quarters fighting. [1] The compact motion and hard heel striking surface make it eff...

The Oblique Hook Kick is delivered at a non-standard angle, typically with a downward or upward component added to the standard horizontal arc. [1] The angled trajectory targets unusual areas and bypa...

The Drop Hook Kick delivers a hook kick while dropping the body, creating a sweeping low-level attack. [1] The drop changes the plane of the attack, making the hook trajectory come from an unexpected ...

The Downward Hook Kick adds a descending arc to the hook trajectory, targeting the collarbone, shoulder, or top of the head from above. [1] The downward component increases the impact by adding gravit...

The Bent-Body Spin-Back Hook Kick combines the spinning hook kick with lateral body lean, creating an extended-range spinning hook attack. [1] The lean compensates for the body's natural tendency to s...

The Standard Hook Kick subfamily covers the basic hook kick where the kicker extends the leg as if throwing a side kick, then hooks the foot back to strike the target with the heel as the leg retracts...

A hook thrown with a more extended arm and wider arc, generating greater force at medium range but with more telegraphing.

The Rear Neck Crank From Back Without Hooks is a neck crank submission applied from a back-control position where the attacker does not have hooks (feet inside the opponent's thighs) — instead maintai...

The Upward Hook Back Kick combines back kick power with a hooking redirection at the end of the trajectory, sweeping upward and around the target. [1] The initial motion is a standard back kick, but n...

The Spinning Hook Kick is a rotational kick where the fighter spins 180 degrees or more and delivers a hooking kick to the opponent's head, striking with the heel as the leg retracts through a curved ...

The Spin-Forward Hook Back Kick combines a forward spin with a back kick that hooks at the end, creating a complex multi-phase attack. [1] The forward spin closes distance, the back kick delivers powe...

The Drop Hooking Back Kick combines a body drop with a back kick that hooks at the end, creating a sweeping attack from ground level. [1] The combination of the drop and the hook creates a wide, unpre...

A hook thrown with the rear hand, requiring greater hip rotation and weight transfer to generate power through a longer arc from the rear position.

The Standard Hook Kick Technique is executed by chambering the knee, extending the leg past the target as if delivering a side kick, then sharply bending the knee and pulling the heel back to contact ...

The Standard Heel Hook Escape executes the primary defence by counter-rotating the body in the direction of the heel hook's rotation to relieve the twisting force on the knee, then clearing the knee p...

The Oblique Spin-Back Hook Kick adds an angular component to the spinning hook kick, creating a non-standard trajectory that bypasses conventional defences. [1] The oblique angle can target the back o...

The Hand-on-the-Floor Hook Kick uses one hand on the ground for support and balance while delivering a hook kick. [1] The hand support allows the practitioner to kick from an extremely low position wi...

The Front Leg Hook Kick uses a skip-step to deliver the hook kick from the lead leg, sacrificing some power for significantly faster delivery. [1] The lead-leg version arrives much sooner than the rea...

The Drop Spin-Back Hook Kick combines a spin, drop, and hook kick into a single complex technique. [1] The dropping spin generates significant rotational force at ground level. [1]

The Bent-Body Hook Kick uses lateral body lean to extend the reach of the hook kick significantly beyond standard range. [1] The lean creates a counterbalance that allows the kicking leg to travel fur...

The Universal Chamber Hook Kick begins from a neutral chamber that could develop into any kick type, committing to the hook trajectory only at the last moment. [1] This maximises the deceptive potenti...

A left hook (from orthodox stance) specifically targeting the liver on the right side of the opponent's body, capable of causing acute pain and shutdown of motor function.

The Reaping Heel Hook covers heel hook attacks applied with a 'reaping' leg configuration — where the attacker's outside leg crosses over the opponent's hip line, creating additional rotational contro...

The Inside Heel Hook Entry covers the specific pathways used to enter inside sankaku (saddle) ashi garami for the inside heel hook — the most dangerous submission in modern grappling. [1] Entries incl...

A hook thrown with the lead hand, pivoting on the lead foot and rotating the torso to generate power through a short horizontal arc.

This advanced technique combines a spinning back hook kick with hand-on-the-floor support, creating a ground-level spinning attack with maximum reach. [1] It draws from capoeira's ground-level spinnin...

This is the most complex kick variant: a spinning, dropping, downward-arcing high hook kick that combines multiple directional changes in a single technique. [1] It requires elite-level body control a...

A short, powerful punch delivered in a horizontal or semi-circular arc with the elbow bent at approximately 90 degrees, targeting the head or body from the side.

The attacker secures back control using double hooks and seatbelt grip. One lapel is fed under the opponent's chin to the far hand, while the other hand crosses over gripping the opposite lapel. By ro...

The Back Control family covers the various methods of controlling an opponent from behind, using combinations of hooks, body triangles, and upper body grips. [1] Back control is defined by having the ...

The Standard Outside Ankle Trip executes the fundamental outside ankle hook-and-trip where the attacker hooks or blocks the opponent's outside ankle with their foot while driving the opponent's upper ...

The Standard Peterson Roll executes the wrestling reversal by hooking the opponent's far arm from the turtle position, then rolling over the shoulder on the hooked-arm side to reverse the position and...