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Armbar
A hyperextension attack on the elbow joint using hip pressure.
Triangle Choke
A blood choke using your legs to form a triangle around the opponent's neck and arm.
Kimura
A shoulder lock using a figure-four grip to rotate the arm behind the back.
Americana
A shoulder lock that internally rotates the arm using a figure-four grip from top position.
Omoplata
A shoulder lock applied by trapping the arm with your legs and rotating your body.
Guillotine Choke
A front headlock choke that wraps around the neck and squeezes upward.
Rear Naked Choke
The highest-percentage submission in grappling, applied from back control.
Ezekiel Choke
A sneaky choke using the sleeve or fist inside the collar from top positions.
D'Arce Choke
An arm triangle variation threading under the arm and around the neck.
Anaconda Choke
An arm triangle choke applied by threading over the arm and rolling.
Loop Choke
A quick collar choke that catches opponents during guard passes.
Bow and Arrow Choke
A devastating gi choke from back control using the collar and pant leg.
Cross Collar Choke
A classic gi choke using both hands in the opponent's collar from mount or guard.
Baseball Bat Choke
A deceptive choke using a split grip on the collar, often finished during a pass.
Clock Choke
A collar choke applied while walking around the turtled opponent like a clock.
North-South Choke
A crushing shoulder choke applied from north-south position.
Buggy Choke
An unorthodox choke from bottom side control using your legs around the neck.
Straight Ankle Lock
A fundamental leg lock hyperextending the ankle with a figure-four grip.
Heel Hook
A devastating rotational knee attack gripping the heel and twisting.
Kneebar
A hyperextension attack on the knee using the same mechanics as an armbar.
Toe Hold
A rotational foot lock attacking the ankle and knee simultaneously.
Scissor Sweep
A fundamental closed guard sweep using a scissoring leg motion.
Hip Bump Sweep
A powerful sweep exploiting when the opponent sits back in your guard.
Flower Sweep
A closed guard sweep using sleeve control and a leg pendulum motion.
Pendulum Sweep
A high-amplitude sweep using a big leg swing to generate sweeping momentum.
Berimbolo
An inverted spin-under back take from De La Riva guard.
Knee Slice Pass
The most fundamental guard pass, slicing the knee through the middle of the guard.
Toreando Pass
A bullfighter-style pass using grip control to redirect the legs and dash around.
Leg Drag Pass
A powerful pass pinning the opponent's leg across their body to expose the back.
Over-Under Pass
A pressure pass stacking one leg over your shoulder while underhooking the other.
Single Leg Takedown
A wrestling takedown attacking one leg to off-balance and bring down the opponent.
Double Leg Takedown
A power takedown shooting on both legs to drive through the opponent.
Arm Drag
A setup technique pulling the opponent's arm across to take an angle.
Knee Tap
A simple takedown tapping the knee while pushing the upper body.
Outside Trip
A judo-inspired trip hooking the outside of the opponent's leg while driving forward.
Hip Escape (Shrimp)
The most fundamental defensive movement in BJJ, creating space by shooting the hips away.
Bridge and Roll (Upa)
A mount escape using an explosive bridge to reverse the position.
Technical Stand-Up
A safe method for returning to standing while maintaining a defensive frame.
Guard Pull
Intentionally pulling the opponent into your guard from standing.