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About Martial Index

Martial Index aims to be the world’s largest database of fight-related information—a place you come to learn any martial art, in one encyclopedia.

The mission

Fighting arts share vocabulary, history, and mechanics, but reference material is scattered across gyms, rulebooks, and informal slang. Martial Index collects that knowledge into clear, adult encyclopedia entries: what a term is, how it works, one concrete example, real variations, trade-offs, and special considerations such as competition rules and safety.

You should be able to look up a position in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, a throw in Judo, a clinch concept in Muay Thai, or a stance in boxing without leaving a single reference. Style hubs are live now; term pages deepen as each art’s catalog grows—never as empty marketing shells.

Why we start with Brazilian jiu-jitsu

Brazilian jiu-jitsu is the first live style because its term graph is dense and well-defined: positions connect to passes, sweeps, and submissions; aliases are widely shared; and sport rule sets such as the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF) give a stable frame for legality notes. Live examples include guard, closed guard, and the rear naked choke.

Style hubs for MMA, Muay Thai, Judo, wrestling, and boxing are live encyclopedia introductions on Martial Index today; deeper term catalogs expand art by art. See the styles directory.

What this site is not

Martial Index is not a swipe lesson app, an animated mannequin product, or a gym landing page. It is also not a substitute for qualified instruction. Reading will not teach you how to apply force safely under live resistance. Train with a coach, respect partners, and tap early when a choke or joint lock is locked in.

Editorial standards

• Multi-style mission; only publish style hubs and terms that meet the bar.
• Sport-legal framing where a governing body is relevant (for BJJ, IBJJF by default).
• No invented quotes or fake citations.
• Safety notes where they matter—especially for chokes and neck pressure.
• Aliases listed when they are widely used (for example, mata leão for the rear naked choke).

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