| Stand up | |
|---|---|
| jab | straight punch with lead arm |
| cross | straight punch with arm to opposite to lead leg |
| hook | Bent arm swings in roughly horizontal plane, fist aims to connect on side of opponent |
| upper cut | Bent arm swings in roughly vertical plane, fist aims to hit up into opponent |
| overhand | Bent armn swings diagonally down on opponent |
| slip | moving head laterally to avoid a straight punch |
| bobbing and weaving | moving head up and down, as well as in other dimensions, to avoid and set up punches |
| sprawl | moving legs back and hips down rapidly to avoid a takedown |
| level change | moving body lower (shoulders over knees) in order to gain better position for controlling the opponent - e.g. ducking under his arm, controlling his hips or legs |
| arm drag | using opposite arm to grab opponents (e.g. right to right) and pull |
| single and double leg takedowns | takedowns that involve grabbing one or both legs from low or high positions. |
| Locks and chokes | |
| Arm Bar | Forcing the elbow joint beyond it's natural range of movement |
| knee bar | forcing the knee joint beyond its natural range of motion. |
| S-shape Lock | bending the elbow and wrist to make an S shape, and applying force through the wrist at 90 degrees to the plane of the S. . |
| heel hook | catching instep of foot in one's armpit and the heel in the crook of one's arm and rotating. |
| Hammer lock/kimura/figure 4 | Folding the arm behind the back, elbow further down the back compared to shoulder |
| Americana/key lock/figure 4 | hand lowered as elbow raised above shoulder to produce pressure on the shoulder |
| guillotine | choke with arm around neck and bodies facing each other |
| triangle | choke using legs wrapped around neck and one of opponent's arms |
| A Few Drills | |
| Rolling | Both people on ground moving freely trying at least to get a dominant position; also can include "lock and roll" and "jits with hits" |
| Lock and roll | Rolling including trying to get submissions - i.e. chokes and locks applied sufficiently well the recipient taps |
| Jits with hits | Rolling with strikes allowed (typically punches, knees, elbows) |
| Brawl and sprawl | Aim to keep the fight to standing while opponent tries to take it to ground |
| Ground and pound | top man drills keeping base while striking (bottom man drills escaping bottom position or submitting top man) |
| Pub and grub | What we do after some ground and pound |
| Ground positions | |
| Guard | Someone is in your guard if you are on your back and they are between your legs. It is closed guard if your legs are crossed. |
| Half guard | Someone is in your half guard if you are on your back and have captured one of their legs between yours. |
| Mount | You are mounting someone if they are on their back and you are sitting or lying on their stomach (not between their legs) |
| Side control/side mount/cross mount | You have side control if they are on their back, your legs are both to the same side and your chest is pressed against theirs. |
| Scarf hold | You have scarf hold if they are on their back, your legs are both to the same side, one knee under their shoulder, and the same arm around their head. |
| North-South/69 position | One person on their back, the other on their front, chest to the first person's head, head-feet axis at 180 degrees to each other |
| "Clinch" positions | |
| Clinch/tie | Making contact with opponent to restrict and control their movement |
| bicep tie | Hands on biceps |
| Neck tie/Thai clinch | Hand on back of head/neck, same elbow on chest |
| Two on one/Russian tie | In outside position, holding one arm on wrist and above elbow |
| Under hook | Same side arm goes under the arm pit and grabs shoulder. |
| Over-under clinch | One arm has under hook, the other arm goes over the same side arm or shoulder. |
| Pummeling | Seeking good position while clinched |
| Swimming | A particular pummeling drill in which both people in an over-under clinch seek to convert their over hook to an under hook |
