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The rear neck crank from back without hooks is a cervical-spine submission applied from a partial back position — chest-to-back contact established, but no hooks or body triangle. [1] Rather than rely...

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 Standard Riposte executes the immediate counter-thrust following a successful parry, directing the point back at the opponent's torso while they are recovering from their failed attack. [1] The st...

The Standard Sabre Parry executes the fundamental blade deflection against incoming cuts or thrusts, using one of the sabre-specific parry positions: quinte (horizontal blade above the head to defend ...

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 Upward Side Kick is a side kick variation that travels in an upward arc rather than a straight horizontal line, snapping upward toward the target and retracting quickly. [1] While the penetrating ...

The Hip Sprawl drives the hips backward and away from the attacker while maintaining light chest contact, creating distance between the defender's legs and the attacker's grasp. [1] The hip sprawl emp...

The Snatch Double subfamily executes the double leg with a quick snatch-and-pull motion rather than a deep penetration step, grabbing both legs from a short distance and pulling them toward the attack...

The Sabre (Sport) family covers all techniques specific to the sabre discipline, the only fencing weapon that scores with both the edge and the point, targeting the entire body above the waist includi...

The Standard Gun Defence subfamily covers the fundamental techniques for defending against a handgun presented at close range, including muzzle redirection, weapon control, and disarm sequences. [1] T...

Sok Tong is the spearing or prodding elbow, used as a jabbing motion with the point of the elbow to create distance or set up other attacks. [1] Unlike power elbows, the Sok Tong prioritises speed and...

The Flow Drill subfamily covers continuous, partner-based training patterns in double-stick work where both practitioners cycle through predetermined sequences of attacks and defences without stopping...

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 Oblique Front Kick is a downward-angled kick directed at approximately 45 degrees into the opponent's lead knee, thigh, or shin, using a stomping or pushing motion that attacks the structural inte...

The Standard Snatch Double executes the fundamental quick-pull double leg where the attacker, from a short distance, drops the level slightly and snatches both of the opponent's legs simultaneously wi...

Uraken Shomen Uchi is a snapping backfist strike delivered to the front (shomen) of the opponent, using the back of the first two knuckles (the dorsal surface of the index and middle finger knuckles) ...

The Short Shoulder Walk uses quick, short alternating shoulder slides to make incremental progress downward out of back control, prioritising speed of each individual shoulder shift over distance cove...

The Standard Blast Double executes the fundamental explosive double leg where the attacker fires a deep penetration step, drives the shoulder into the opponent's midsection, wraps both arms around the...

The Blast Double subfamily executes the double leg with maximum forward explosive force, driving straight through the opponent rather than lifting or redirecting. [1] The attacker shoots from distance...

The short-lever chin strap flexion applies cervical flexion cranking from front headlock using a short lever arm — the attacker's hands grip directly on the chin or jaw, applying downward force at min...

The Side Kick family groups kicking techniques delivered laterally, where the kicker turns the hip over and thrusts the foot (heel or blade) sideways into the target in a linear trajectory perpendicul...

Waki-gatame (脇固め, 'armpit hold') is a standing or ground armlock where the opponent's extended arm is trapped under the attacker's armpit, and downward pressure is applied to hyperextend the elbow. [1...

Finger locks are small-joint manipulation techniques that isolate and hyperextend, hyperflex, or laterally deviate one or more fingers beyond their anatomical range. [1,2] Techniques include single-fi...

The Snap Roll subfamily covers quick, explosive rolling escapes from turtle that use a snapping rotational motion to create separation from the opponent and transition to a guard or standing position....

The Lateral Movement subfamily covers defensive techniques where the fighter moves sideways (laterally) to evade attacks, maintain distance, or circle away from the opponent's power side. [1] Lateral ...

The Kick Catch Parry subfamily covers defensive techniques where the fighter catches an incoming kick by grabbing the kicking leg, simultaneously defending against the strike and trapping the opponent...