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The Standard Espada Y Daga subfamily covers the fundamental techniques and drills of the sword-and-dagger combination, including the basic guard positions, coordination patterns between the long and s...

The Stick Defence family covers defensive techniques against impact weapon attacks, including sticks, batons, clubs, and similar blunt instruments. [1] Stick defence addresses the challenge of defendi...

Techniques for projecting weapons at a target from a distance, including Japanese shuriken, knife throwing, and javelin arts.

Jab-Teep Range Management uses the longest-range striking tools — the jab (boxing) and teep/push kick (Muay Thai) — as defensive weapons to maintain distance and prevent the opponent from closing rang...

The Stick And Dagger (Espada Y Daga) family covers techniques using a long weapon (stick or sword) in the dominant hand and a short weapon (dagger or short stick) in the other hand, which is one of th...

The Polearm group encompasses all fighting techniques using long-shafted weapons — typically ranging from five to twelve feet in length — that combine reach advantage with the leverage provided by a l...

The Standard Knife Disarm secures the attacker's weapon hand with both hands, then applies a wrist lock or leverage strip to force the knife from the attacker's grip. [1] The disarm typically involves...

The Front Kick family groups all kicking techniques delivered in a forward linear trajectory, where the leg extends directly toward the opponent to strike with the ball of the foot, heel, or sole. [1]...

The Standard Thrusting Side Kick is executed by chambering the knee, turning the hip over, and driving the heel into the target with a full linear thrust of the leg and hip, following through the targ...

The Push Kick (Teep) subfamily covers front kicks designed primarily to create distance by pushing the opponent away rather than delivering sharp impact damage. [1] The teep (Thai: ถีบ, to push) is th...

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 Spear Sweep subfamily covers techniques that use the shaft of the yari in sweeping arcs to strike, deflect, or unbalance the opponent, employing the weapon as a staff rather than using the blade t...

The Knife Defence family covers defensive techniques against edged weapon attacks, including slashing and stabbing attacks with knives, blades, and other edged weapons. [1] Knife defence is extremely ...

Core knife throwing techniques including rotational (full-spin) and no-spin methods at various distances.

The Standard Stick Defence subfamily covers fundamental techniques for defending against attacks with sticks, batons, and similar impact weapons, using a combination of blocking, evasion, and closing ...

The Strike class encompasses all combat techniques in which a fighter delivers percussive force to an opponent using a part of the body — fist, elbow, knee, shin, foot, or head — to cause damage, crea...

Ōji Waza (counter techniques) are defensive-offensive tactics in kendō where the defender responds to the opponent's attack with a parry, block, or evasion followed by an immediate counter-strike, inc...

Fundamental knife throwing technique using either full-rotation or no-spin release to achieve point-first impact at the target distance.

The Knife Grip subfamily covers the fundamental ways a combatant holds a knife, each grip offering distinct advantages for cutting, thrusting, retention, and transitional actions. [1] The two primary ...

The Rapier family covers the combat techniques of the rapier, the long, slender, thrusting-oriented sword that dominated European civilian swordsmanship from the mid-sixteenth through seventeenth cent...

The Spear Thrust subfamily covers the primary offensive technique in sojutsu — the straight thrust of the yari blade into the opponent's body, which is the defining attack of spear combat worldwide. [...

The Standard Stick Defence Technique executes the fundamental impact weapon defence by stepping inside the arc of the swing, blocking the weapon arm at the wrist or forearm with both hands, and immedi...

The two-on-one choke from front headlock with long-lever pull uses both hands to grip the opponent's wrist and pull the arm across the throat in an extended, long-range lever action. [1] From front he...

The Standard Epee Attack executes the fundamental offensive thrust in epee by extending the sword arm fully toward the target while advancing with a lunge or fleche, aiming to land the point with suff...

The Standard Tantō-Jutsu subfamily covers the core tantō techniques taught in koryū curricula, including forward thrusts, upward stabs, slashing cuts, and the defensive tantō-dori (knife-taking) metho...

The Epee family covers all techniques specific to the epee discipline, the heaviest of the three fencing weapons, characterised by the absence of right-of-way rules, a target area covering the entire ...

Seiken Ago Uchi is a Kyokushin karate rising punch specifically targeting the chin from below, driving the fore-fist (seiken — the index and middle finger knuckles) upward into the underside of the op...

The Balestra is a preparation combining a forward jump (appel) with an immediate lunge, used to close distance explosively while maintaining the structure of a lunge. [1] The jump startles the opponen...

Standard Fencing Footwork encompasses the core movement vocabulary of competitive fencing: the en garde stance (front foot forward, feet perpendicular, knees bent), the advance (front foot leads, rear...

Waki-gamae (side guard) conceals the sword behind the body with the blade pointing rearward, hiding the weapon's length and the wielder's intent from the opponent. [1] This deceptive guard denies the ...

The Knife Thrust subfamily covers all stabbing and piercing actions performed with a knife, where the point of the blade is driven directly into the target. [1] Thrusting is biomechanically the most e...

The Standard Ringen am Schwert technique encompasses the fundamental grappling actions at sword range: the pommel strike (Mordschlag), crossguard hooks, half-swording transitions, and disarms executed...

The Flèche (French for 'arrow') is an explosive running attack where the fencer launches the rear foot past the front foot, propelling the body forward in a sprinting motion to close distance rapidly....

The Standard Plum is the classical Thai plum position with both hands interlocked behind the opponent's neck, elbows pressed tight against the opponent's collarbones, and the attacker's forehead press...

The Elbow Strike group comprises all striking techniques delivered with the proximal end of the ulna — the hard, bony point of the elbow — making it one of the most devastating close-range weapons in ...

The Scheitelhau (Parting Strike) is one of the five master cuts (Meisterhauwe) of the German longsword tradition. [1] It is a vertical descending cut delivered straight down onto the crown of the oppo...

The Kote Cut targets the opponent's wrist or forearm, striking the area just above the hand to disable the opponent's ability to wield the sword. [1] In kendō, the kote strike targets the right kote w...

The Lift Kick is a short-range upward scooping kick delivered with minimal or no chambering, targeting the groin with a fast upward arc of the foot from the ground. [1] Unlike a standard front kick th...

The Lunge is the fundamental attacking movement in Western fencing, combining a full arm extension with a powerful forward drive of the body to deliver a thrust across a distance greater than the fenc...

The Head Cut delivers a vertical or near-vertical cutting attack to the top of the opponent's head (mask), which is the most commonly targeted area in sabre fencing. [1] The head cut is the fastest an...

The Foil Footwork subfamily covers all movement techniques used in fencing to control distance, create attacking opportunities, and maintain defensive readiness. [1] Fencing footwork is the engine tha...

The Grappling at the Sword (Ringen am Schwert) subfamily covers the close-quarters wrestling techniques performed while both combatants retain their longswords, a distinctive feature of German HEMA th...

The Hopping Roundhouse Kick combines a quick skip-step forward with a rear-leg roundhouse kick, using the hop to close distance rapidly while maintaining the full power and circular trajectory of the ...

The Hopping Front Kick combines a quick skip-step forward with a rear-leg front kick, using the hop to close distance rapidly while maintaining the full power of a rear-leg kick — solving the fundamen...