Editor's Note: The following is the abstract and one part of our Master Trainer Shawn Frost's thesis, Sun Tzu and Trait Theory. The second half of this paper will be next Strategy Journals.

Entangling positions are ones where you get hung-up. They are complex and create confusing condition. You would not intentionally move to an entangling position. The only reason you would end up in one is because you were not looking where you are going, you did not think ahead. You can easily attack from entangling positions and although they are not ideal positions, they do offer good defense.