Types of Techniques
- Techniques may be either defensive or offensive or bot Techniques may use:
- Body
- Head
- Shoulders
- Elbows
- Hands
- Hips
- Knees
- Feet
- Biting
- Throws
- Finger pressure against pressure points
- Chokes (against windpipe) and strangles (against cardioids)
- Joint locks (neck, shoulders, elbows. wrists, fingers, hips, knees, ankles, toes)
- Come-alongs (forcing person to go where you wish)
- Hold Downs (pinning person down in a way that they cannot harm you)
- Flesh tearing with fingers (clawing, eye gouges)
- Mutilation (ripping ears or nose)
- Maiming (bone breaking)
- Releases (from grabs, locks, chokes, strangles, or hold downs)
- Falls (falling without injury)
- From ground
- From seated position
- From kneeling position
- From prone position
- Single techniques
- Multiple techniques
- Edged weapons (knife, razor)
- Thrown weapons (objects, spear)
- Launched weapons (slingshot, archery)
- Bludgeoning weapons (bat, stick)
- Killing attacks (techniques meant to kill)
- Firearms (pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun