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The Outside Defense is a Krav Maga defensive technique where the defender uses the forearm or open hand to deflect an incoming straight attack (punch, knife thrust) by sweeping the arm from inside to ...

The Parry of Tierce deflects attacks directed to the outside high line by moving the blade to the outside with the hand in pronation. [1] Tierce protects the area outside the sword arm — the flank and...

The Inside Defense is a Krav Maga technique where the defender deflects an incoming straight attack by sweeping the hand or forearm from outside to inside across the body's centerline. [1] The open pa...

The Sixte Parry (6th parry) defends the high outside line by moving the blade to the outside (right side for a right-handed fencer), with the hand in supination (palm up) and the point slightly higher...

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 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 ...

Reverse Sinawali (also called Earth or Abaniko Sinawali in some systems) reverses the standard weaving pattern so that the sticks travel from outside to inside rather than the standard inside-to-outsi...

The Out-Fighting Range Control subfamily covers defensive techniques for maintaining long fighting range, keeping the opponent at the maximum effective distance where the defender's longest weapons ca...

The Outside Elbow Control subfamily covers positions where the attacker controls the opponent's elbow from the outside line, gripping or cupping the outer elbow to redirect the opponent's arm outward ...

The Standard Outside Elbow Control positions the attacker's hand on the outside of the opponent's elbow, cupping the joint and steering the arm outward away from the opponent's body. [1] By pushing th...

Seiken Chudan Uchi Uke (commonly called Uchi Uke or Inside Block) is the inside forearm block in traditional karate, deflecting straight punches and strikes directed at the midsection by sweeping the ...

The Standard Outside Arm Drag executes the fundamental outside arm drag where the attacker grips the opponent's wrist and elbow, pulling the arm outward and away from the body while stepping to the in...

The Outside Arm Drag subfamily covers arm drags where the attacker pulls the opponent's arm to the outside, away from the opponent's centreline, creating access to the near side of the body. [1] The o...

Standard Soto Makikomi is the conventional execution in which tori secures a deep over-the-top grip on uke's arm, turns their body while wrapping uke's arm tightly to their chest, and drops laterally ...

The Guantanamo Escape is a 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu technique for recovering half guard from the mounted position, using a specific hip movement combined with knee insertion that differs from the standar...

Seiken Chudan Soto Uke (commonly abbreviated as Soto Uke) is the fundamental outside forearm block in traditional karate, deflecting straight punches and strikes directed at the midsection by sweeping...

Footwork Defence covers all defensive techniques that use movement, angles, and distance management to avoid or mitigate attacks — the most sophisticated form of defence, relying on not being where th...

Running O Soto Gari is a dynamic variation in which the thrower drives forward aggressively, taking several running steps to build momentum before executing the outer reap, using the accumulated forwa...

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 Karate Block family covers traditional karate blocking techniques (uke waza, 受け技) — the formalised defensive system of Japanese and Okinawan karate that uses powerful, decisive arm movements to in...

Seiken Jodan Uke (commonly called Age Uke or Rising Block) is the fundamental karate defence against attacks descending toward the head — overhead strikes, hammer fists, downward bottle or stick attac...

The Krav Maga 360 Defence is a comprehensive blocking system that uses six forearm blocking positions arranged around the body to intercept strikes coming from any angle — above, below, left, right, f...

The Inside Slip moves the head to the inside of the incoming punch (toward the opponent's centre), rotating the upper body so the punch passes over the outside shoulder. [1] The inside slip is more ag...

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 Judo Combination Throw family (renraku waza, 連絡技) covers the art of linking two or more throwing techniques together, where the first throw creates the reaction or off-balance needed for the secon...

The Sinawali subfamily covers the signature weaving patterns of Filipino double-stick combat, where two sticks are swung in coordinated, crossing patterns that create a continuous offensive-defensive ...

The Slip subfamily covers the defensive technique where the fighter rotates the upper body laterally to move the head off the centreline, allowing a straight punch to pass over the shoulder. [1] Slipp...

The Sabre Parry subfamily covers all defensive blade actions in sabre where the fencer deflects an incoming cut or thrust with their own blade, transferring right-of-way and earning the right to ripos...

Lower limb nerve locks target the nerve pathways of the legs — primarily the peroneal nerve (running along the outside of the knee), the sciatic nerve (posterior thigh), and the tibial nerve (behind t...