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All-fours position (defensive)
Also known as Turtle — Bottom (Defending) — the canonical term used on this site.
Wrestling — defensive four-point base
All-fours position (defensive) is the wrestling-vocabulary name for the turtle-bottom configuration — emphasising the four-point base and the defensive intent.
Etymology. “All-fours” is the wrestling-derived label for the four-point posture (hands and knees); “(defensive)” qualifies the tactical role. The compound predominates in folkstyle-wrestling-adjacent no-gi vocabulary.
Mechanics. The four-point base denies the attacker hip access — the bottom player’s hipline is shielded by floor contact, and the recovery sequence works from that base.
Cross-reference. “Defensive turtle,” “turtle base,” and “all-fours recovery” are alternate names. Full mechanical coverage on Turtle Bottom.