Techniques
Browse every submission, sweep, escape, pass, and takedown in the library. Search by name or filter by phase, position, and mechanic.
Cow Catcher
A versatile control technique that combines head control with an underhook to dominate an opponent's posture and moveme…
Cross Collar Choke from Guard
Application of the cross collar choke from guard position, requiring more hip movement and control of the opponent's po…
Cross Collar Choke from Mount
The classic application of cross collar choke from the mount position. Often considered the highest percentage finish f…
Crossface
A control technique where the attacker places their forearm across the opponent's face/neck, typically from the side, t…
Dagestani Handcuff
A dominant control technique popularized by Dagestani wrestlers, particularly Khabib Nurmagomedov, that involves contro…
Daki Wakare
Daki-wakare is a sacrifice throw executed by embracing uke's torso from behind or above, then rotating to the side whil…
D'Arce Choke
Thread arm under opponent's neck and through armpit. Create figure-four grip. Apply when opponent is turtled or attempt…
De Ashi Barai
A technique where tori sweeps uke's foot forward as they step, causing them to fall backward.
Deep Half Guard
A variation of half guard where you position yourself underneath your opponent's center of gravity
Double Leg Takedown
The double leg is a takedown where you grab the opponent's legs while pushing their upper body forward, forcing them to…
Double Under Pass
A guard pass where both arms go under the defender's legs to stack and pass around them.
Duck under
A technique where the attacker ducks underneath the opponent's arm (typically from a collar tie or clinch) and emerges …
Elbow Escape
An escape from mount or side control where the defender creates space with their elbows and works to recover guard.
Ezekiel Choke
A versatile choke where one arm wraps around the opponent's head while the other arm's sleeve or hand is used to create…
Flower Sweep
A sweep from closed guard using sleeve control and hip movement to off-balance the opponent
Goth Lock
A leg-assisted americana (shoulder lock) — also called a leg americana — attacked from underneath side control or scarf…
Guillotine Choke
A front headlock choke that compresses the trachea and/or carotid arteries, applied when the opponent shoots in for a t…
Hadaka Jime (Rear Naked Choke)
A blood choke applied from the rear with the arm encircling the opponent's neck and the forearm against one side of the…
Hane Goshi
Spring hip throw: a hip technique (koshi-waza) in which tori turns in as for o-goshi, loads uke against the body, then …
Harai Makikomi
Sweeping wraparound: a side sacrifice throw (yoko-sutemi-waza) that begins as harai-goshi (sweeping hip), then — instea…