ICYMI, Orion Pax uses Jet Judo!

What is Jet Judo?
Jet Judo is a Cybertronian martial art used by Sideswipe and Sunstreaker in the Sunbow Transformers cartoon. It was first seen in the episode "Roll For It" where the Lambo twins grabbed onto Skywarp and Thundercracker in an attempt to veer them off course. They were thwarted by Starscream who shot them off, forcing them to parachute down.

Sunstreaker grapples Thundercracker

Sideswipe grapples^clings onto Skywarp

We see Jet Judo used again in the episode "City of Steel," where Sideswipe uses his arms and legs to grapple onto Starscream, this time successfully forcing him to crash into the water.


Jet Judo in Transformers One

In the Iacon 5k race, we see Orion Pax clinging onto the bottom of a flying racer, similar to how Sideswipe clung onto Skywarp in "Roll For It." Pax wasn't very successful and was kicked off by his opponent.

Although of course, Pax's objective here was merely a piggyback a ride, not to actually wrestle an opponent down.

But then things changed in the fight against the Trackers.

During this fight, Orion Pax becomes airborne and begins air-surfing and taking out Trackers


Pax is crash-tackled by a Tracker from behind.


The Tracker tries to punch Pax, but he catches the fist with his right hand. This is a bollocks technique (a wrist grab makes more sense), but given how awesome the rest of this fight is, I'll give this a pass.


Pax then wraps his legs around the Tracker's legs and lower back, while using his left hand to grab onto the back of the Tracker's right shoulder; he is using his left hand and both legs to hold onto the Tracker really tightly, immobilising his opponent. Also notice that Pax is tucking his chin into his chest.


Now this is something that I think is really cool, as it's a martial art technique that only a Transformer can do. While Pax has the Tracker trapped, he begins transforming...
Also notice from the angle of the Tracker's left upper arm, his left fist is no longer trapped (you'll see why next).


Notice that both of Pax's hands are now bear-hugging the Tracker. The rotation of Orion Pax's torso in his transformation begins to sever the Tracker!


At a 90 degree turn, we see that Pax has now complete ripped the Tracker in half like a broken G1 Mirage or Metroplex toy.


At 180 degrees, and as Pax continues to constrict the Tracker's severed body halves, the Tracker is ripped to shreds.


After defeating his opponent, Pax must still contend with the impact force of the fall. In "Roll For It," the Lambo twins used parachutes. Here, Pax continues to transform to vehicle mode as he spirals towards the ground.


Orion Pax hits the ground onto his shoulder. His arms are tucked in due to the transformation, and his leg are kept aloft.
In martial arts, all forward rolls are done with the shoulder making the initial impact onto the ground, as you roll to dissipate impact force.


When Orion Pax has finished his roll, he ends up on his wheels in vehicle mode, allowing the remaining force of the fall to propel him, essentially acting as a slingshot (Pax doesn't need to accelerate from 0km/h).


And this entire sequence only lasts for a few seconds of screen time.
As for OP's morality; it shows that this OP is willing to kill if necessary. He's in a fight against Trackers who are shooting at him and his friends (and also abducting them). While both OP and Megatron end up ripping enemies in half, Megatron does it as an act of capital punishment. Sentinel Prime is defeated, and Megatron executes him. Yes, Orion Pax killed a Tracker, but it was in the middle of combat. The Tracker was not executed. Although it is also true that Bayformers Optimus Prime did execute Sentinel Prime in Dark of the Moon; as he also did with Scavenger and The Fallen, and he wanted to execute Joshua Joyce.

TF One OP's moral compass is more like Bayformers Optimus Prime's in the 2007 movie. He will kill when necessary in combat, but he won't execute defeated enemies. This is more like the Optimus Prime who'd be willing to shove an AllSpark Cube into his own chest over killing his former brother.