Search: “Toe Hold

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Toe HoldSub-FamilySubmission

The Toe Hold is a foot lock submission that attacks the ankle and foot by gripping the opponent's toes/ball of foot and rotating the foot outward (or inward) using a figure-four grip — creating torsio...

Standard Toe HoldgenusSubmission

The toe hold is a leg lock that applies combined plantarflexion and inversion to the ankle complex using a figure-four grip configuration. The attacker isolates the opponent's foot and twists it downw...

Catch Wrestling Toe HoldSub-FamilySubmission

The Catch Wrestling Toe Hold is a foot lock that rotates the foot against the ankle and knee joints, originating from the catch-as-catch-can wrestling tradition. [1]

Ankle LockfamilySubmission

Ankle locks are submissions that attack the ankle joint — primarily by hyperextending the talocrural joint (straight ankle lock) or rotating the subtalar joint (toe hold). [1,3] The straight ankle loc...

Leglock EscapefamilyEscape and Reversal

The Leglock Escape family covers all techniques for escaping leg-based joint locks and compression holds, including ankle locks, heel hooks, kneebars, and toe holds. [1] Leglock escapes have become on...

Leg LockfamilySubmission

The Leg Lock family encompasses all joint lock submissions targeting the hip, knee, or ankle joints of the lower extremity — including heel hooks, kneebars, toe holds, calf slicers, and straight ankle...

Leglock DefencefamilyDefence

The Leglock Defence family covers all defensive techniques against leg-based submissions including heel hooks, kneebars, toe holds, and ankle locks. [1] Leglock defence has become one of the most crit...

Standard Imanari RollgenusTakedown

The Imanari roll is a rolling entry into leg entanglement positions, developed by Japanese MMA fighter Masakazu Imanari around 1998-1999. [1] The attacker grips the opponent's ankle, drops onto their ...

Leg EntanglementfamilyPosition

The Leg Entanglement (Ashi Garami) family covers the system of leg-on-leg control positions that serve as the platform for all modern leg lock attacks — the positional hierarchy that revolutionised su...

Standard Knee KnotgenusPosition

The knee knot is a leg entanglement control position originating from sambo where the attacker intertwines their legs around the opponent's trapped leg — placing one leg over the opponent's hip (knee ...

Standard Reverse Knee On BellygenusPosition

The Standard Reverse Knee On Belly positions the top fighter facing the opponent's legs with one knee on the abdomen and the posted foot toward the head, providing access to straight ankle locks, toe ...

Joint LockgroupSubmission

Joint locks are submission techniques that isolate a joint — elbow, shoulder, knee, ankle, hip, wrist, or spine — and apply force to hyperextend, hyperrotate, or compress it beyond its anatomical rang...