Search: “Lean Back”
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The Movement Defence family covers body movement techniques that avoid strikes through head movement, torso displacement, and body angles rather than blocking — the most sophisticated and energy-effic...
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 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 Pull Back subfamily covers the defensive technique where the fighter leans the upper body backward, pulling the head out of range of an incoming strike by shifting the weight to the rear foot. [1]...
Hara-gatame from standing is a standing armbar where the attacker uses their stomach or abdomen as the fulcrum against which the opponent's arm is hyperextended. [1,2] The attacker grabs the opponent'...
The Boxing Counter family covers counter-punching techniques specific to Western boxing — the highest expression of pugilistic skill, where the defender exploits the openings created by an opponent's ...
The Head Movement family covers defensive techniques where the fighter moves the head and upper body to evade strikes while the feet remain relatively stationary, using trunk flexion, rotation, and la...
The Butterfly Guard family covers the guard position where the bottom fighter sits with both feet hooked inside the opponent's thighs, using the hooks as levers for sweeping, off-balancing, and transi...
The Standard Reclined Butterfly positions the guard player leaning back at approximately 45 degrees with both butterfly hooks in the opponent's thighs, using the angle to create pulling leverage on th...
The Attack On Preparation subfamily covers offensive actions timed to land during the opponent's preparatory movements — before the opponent's attack is fully launched — thereby seizing right-of-way p...
The Hip Bump Sweep subfamily covers the closed guard sweep that uses an explosive hip thrust (bump) to drive the opponent backwards off their base. [1] The guard player sits up explosively, wraps an o...
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 Standard Pull Back executes the fundamental pull-back defence by shifting the weight to the rear foot while bending the upper body backward from the waist, pulling the chin and head just out of ra...
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...
The Uppercut Back Kick delivers a back kick with an upward-rising trajectory, targeting the opponent's chin, solar plexus, or groin from below and behind, combining the directional advantage of the ba...
The Downward Elbow family groups all elbow strikes delivered on a downward trajectory, where the elbow travels from a raised position above the target and descends vertically or at a steep diagonal an...
Rear Sacrifice, or Ma Sutemi Waza, is the family of sacrifice throws in which tori falls directly backward to execute the technique. [1] The thrower positions their body beneath the opponent, plants a...
The Omoplata (Portuguese for 'shoulder blade') is a shoulder lock submission applied from the guard where the attacker uses their legs to isolate the opponent's arm and rotate the shoulder beyond its ...