Long guard
Fighting Style
- Type
- Grappling positions
- Martial arts
- Kickboxing, Boxing
- Classified as
- stance
- Learning path
- Muay Thai: step 26 of 32 (advanced)
Long or extended guards are some of the oldest guards in combat sports. Long guards were used in Ancient Greek boxing and are still used today in modern boxing. Long guards and hybrid long guards are also used in other martial arts such as pankration, muay Thai, and mixed martial arts.
Other Kickboxing grappling positions
Japanese terms for grappling positions
| Term | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 下手 | shitate | humble position; inferior |
| 前捌き | maesabaki | battling to knock away the hands of one's opponent, in order to achieve an advantageous position |
| 死に体 | shinitai | losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover |
| 変わり身 | kawarimi | change of attitude (stance, position) |
| 座り相撲 | suwarizumou | wrestling performed in a sitting position |
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Facts from Wikidata Q135268394 (CC0); text quoted from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Subskills sports technique taxonomy (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.