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The Stoner Control Arm Triangle applies an arm triangle choke (kata gatame / head-and-arm choke) from the Stoner Control rubber guard position, using the unique leg positioning of the rubber guard to ...

The power guillotine from top half guard is a high-pressure variant where the attacker applies a guillotine choke while maintaining top position in half guard, using full body weight and hip pressure ...

The Roll Escape family covers turtle escapes that use rolling mechanics to reverse the position, moving the turtled fighter from a bottom defensive position to a more favourable one through rotational...

Getting Up Against the Cage uses the cage wall as support to stand up from bottom position while an opponent is applying top pressure. [1]

The Kata-Gatame Arm Triangle Variation adapts the traditional arm triangle for MMA, incorporating strikes to set up the choke and maintaining top pressure throughout. [1]

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 Standard Body Triangle Escape addresses the body triangle lock by turning into the locked side (toward the leg on top of the triangle), then using hip pressure and leg positioning to pry the trian...

The Knee Shield Half Guard positions the guard player's top knee across the opponent's chest or midsection as a frame while maintaining half guard leg control on the bottom. [1] The knee shield create...

The Standard Knee On Belly subfamily covers the classic knee-on-belly position where the top fighter faces the opponent's head with one knee on the belly/midsection and the other foot posted for base....

The Knee On Belly family covers the top position where the controlling fighter places one knee on the bottom fighter's torso while the other foot is posted on the mat for base, creating a mobile and a...

The Top Position group encompasses all dominant ground positions where the fighter on top has passed the opponent's guard and achieved a controlling position. [1] Top positions represent the upper hal...

Standard Pancake is the conventional execution in which the wrestler secures a headlock or front headlock, drives forward and downward with their chest pressure and arm control, and flattens the oppon...

The Standard Side Control subfamily covers the basic lateral side control position where the top fighter lies perpendicular to the bottom fighter, using chest pressure and arm controls to maintain the...

The Kimura Grip North-South establishes north-south control while maintaining a kimura grip (double wrist lock) on one of the opponent's arms, creating immediate submission pressure from the position....

The Chest Pressure North-South maximises the pinning pressure of the north-south position by driving the sternum directly into the opponent's sternum or diaphragm, using bodyweight to compress the bot...

The North-South family covers the top control position where the controlling fighter lies chest-to-chest with the opponent but in opposite direction — head-to-feet — creating a 180-degree orientation....

The Peterson Roll is a wrestling reversal executed from the bottom referee's position (or any time the opponent has rear control with one or both arms across the body) where the bottom wrestler reache...

The Chest-To-Chest Side Control emphasises maximum chest pressure against the bottom fighter's chest, using bodyweight compression as the primary control mechanism while the arms control the head and ...

A kata gatame variation against turtle where the attacker collapses the defender sideways to finish the choke. After threading under the near arm and feeding it across the neck, the attacker drives sh...

The Standard Run-The-Pipe Double executes the fundamental lateral-finish double leg where the attacker secures both legs after a penetration step, lifts them to one side, and then runs in a circular a...

A Damn Good Guard is BJ Penn's term for an active closed guard that immediately threatens with submissions while preventing the top player from posturing up or passing. [1] The guard player maintains ...

The Stack Triangle Escape uses forward pressure to fold the attacker's body by driving the defender's weight over the top, compressing the attacker and changing the triangle angle to relieve the choke...

The chin strap neck crank uses a cupping grip under the opponent's chin to force cervical flexion — driving the chin toward the chest. [1,2] The attacker places one or both hands under the chin in a '...

The Peterson Roll subfamily covers the wrestling-derived turtle escape where the bottom fighter reaches across, hooks the opponent's far arm, and rolls over the shoulder to reverse the position. [1] N...

The cradle neck crank from turtle is applied against a turtled opponent by the attacker reaching around the head and under a leg to lock a cradle grip, then rolling the opponent onto their back while ...

An arm triangle choke variation applied from the knee-on-belly position. The attacker drives the knee across the opponent’s torso to control posture, while isolating one arm against the opponent’s hea...

An arm triangle choke variation applied from the knee-on-belly position. The attacker drives the knee across the opponent’s torso to control posture, while isolating one arm against the opponent’s hea...

The chin-down wrist lock from prone control is applied when the attacker has the opponent pinned face-down and traps one wrist, bending it into flexion while pressing it toward the opponent's own face...

Side control is a dominant ground position where the top player lies chest-to-chest across the opponent's torso, perpendicular to their body, using a combination of crossface, underhook, and chest pre...

The can opener from closed guard top is applied by the top player who clasps both hands behind the opponent's head and drives the head forward toward the chest, flexing the cervical spine under intens...

The Stacking Armbar Escape subfamily covers escapes that use forward pressure (stacking) to compress the attacker and relieve the hyperextension on the trapped arm. [1] By driving forward and putting ...

A head-and-arm choke (kata gatame) applied from knee-on-belly. The attacker pins the opponent with the knee ride, isolates the near arm across the opponent’s neck, and drives the shoulder and chest in...

The arm-in guillotine from front headlock sprawl traps the opponent's arm inside the guillotine loop while the attacker maintains a sprawl position on top. [1] After sprawling to defend a takedown, th...

The Stacking Defence subfamily covers armlock defence techniques where the defender drives their weight forward and upward, compressing the attacker beneath them to relieve the extension pressure on t...

The triangle choke from mount is applied when the mounted attacker isolates one of the opponent's arms and swings a leg over the head while maintaining the mount position, then transitions to the tria...

A classic arm triangle choke variation applied from the mounted position. The attacker isolates the opponent’s arm against the head, driving shoulder pressure into the neck while lowering chest weight...

A classic arm triangle choke variation applied from the mounted position. The attacker isolates the opponent’s arm against the head, driving shoulder pressure into the neck while lowering chest weight...

The gooseneck extension wrist lock bends the wrist backward while curling the fingers downward, creating a shape resembling a goose's neck. [1,2] The attacker grips the back of the opponent's hand and...

The guillotine choke from top half-guard is applied when the top player wraps the bottom player's neck in a guillotine grip while the bottom player retains a half-guard. [1,2] The top player typically...

The north-south choke is a strangulation applied from the north-south position (kami-shiho-gatame orientation), where the attacker lies chest-to-chest on top of the opponent but facing the opposite di...

The anaconda choke from turtle targets an opponent in the turtle position by the attacker threading the choking arm around the neck and under the far-side arm from a front-facing or side-facing angle,...

A kata gatame (head-and-arm choke) variation performed from a high knee-on-belly position, where the attacker slides the knee further up toward the opponent’s chest or shoulder line. This elevated bas...

The nelson neck crank from turtle is applied against a turtled opponent by the attacker threading a half-nelson or full-nelson grip behind the opponent's neck and cranking the head forward while maint...

The Kesa Gatame subfamily covers the scarf hold variation of side control, where the controlling fighter wraps one arm around the opponent's head and the other controls the near arm, with the hips tur...

An arm triangle variation applied from S-Mount. The attacker raises one knee high beside the opponent’s head and swings the other knee across their chest, creating the “S” shape. This tightens control...

The Standard Knee On Chest places the knee directly on the opponent's sternum or upper chest, with the shin applying diagonal pressure across the ribcage, while the posted foot provides base and the h...

The Near Side Knee On Belly positions the knee on the opponent's near side (closest to the controlling fighter) with the posted foot on the far side, creating the most common and mechanically stable k...

The cross collar choke from mount uses the dominant mount position to apply a crossed-grip lapel strangle with gravity-assisted pressure. [1,2] From mount, the attacker feeds both hands deep into the ...

The Standard Mat Return is the fundamental technique where the attacker drives the opponent from standing back to the mat using a rear body lock, typically by applying forward-and-downward pressure wh...

The standard can opener is a cervical flexion crank applied from inside the opponent's closed guard, where the attacker clasps both hands behind the opponent's head and pulls it forward toward the che...