Blue Belt Techniques

The bow and arrow choke is one of the tightest collar chokes in BJJ. From back control, you use the ...

The D'Arce choke (also called Brabo choke) is an arm triangle choke where your choking arm goes unde...

The Ezekiel choke (Sode Guruma Jime) uses your sleeve to create a choking mechanism. Named after Oly...

The north-south choke is a sneaky submission from the north-south position. Made famous by Marcelo G...

The omoplata is a shoulder lock using your legs. From guard, you swing your leg over your opponent's...

The anaconda choke is an arm triangle variation where you thread your arm around your opponent's nec...

The arm triangle (kata gatame) uses your arm and their own shoulder to create a blood choke. It's on...

The baseball bat choke is named for the grip that resembles holding a baseball bat. It's a sneaky co...

The clock choke attacks a turtled opponent by walking around them like the hands of a clock while ma...

The loop choke uses a collar grip combined with your forearm to create a loop around your opponent's...

The paper cutter choke from side control uses the lapel to create a slicing motion across the neck. ...

The Von Flue choke is a counter to the guillotine when you pass to side control. Named after UFC fig...

The bulldog choke is applied when you have back control but can't get the rear naked choke. You grip...

Wristlocks attack the wrist joint by bending it beyond its natural range of motion. They can be appl...

The mounted Kimura attacks when your opponent turns to their side to escape mount. You trap their ar...

The mounted triangle is applied from mount position, trapping head and arm between your legs. It's a...

The short choke (one-arm RNC) is a variation when you can't get deep enough for the rear naked choke...

The power guillotine is a high-percentage variation of the guillotine choke that emphasizes a chin s...

The ten finger guillotine uses an interlocked grip with all ten fingers clasped together around the ...

The sliding collar choke from back control uses a deep collar grip and a sliding motion to tighten t...

The head and arm choke, also known as kata gatame, is a powerful squeeze applied from side control b...

The no-gi Ezekiel choke adapts the traditional sleeve-based Ezekiel for no-gi grappling. Instead of ...

The triangle choke from mount is set up when the opponent pushes or frames from bottom mount. By iso...

The anaconda choke from turtle position is applied by threading your arm under the opponent's neck a...

The push-pull collar choke from closed guard uses opposing forces on the collar to create a tight st...

The clock choke is a collar choke applied against a turtled opponent by walking your body around the...

The arm-in guillotine traps one of the opponent's arms inside the choke along with their head, creat...

The spinning armbar from side control is performed by isolating the far arm and spinning your body a...

The belly down armbar is a devastating variation where instead of falling back for a traditional arm...

The kimura from north-south is a powerful shoulder lock setup that takes advantage of the chest-to-c...

The far side armbar attacks the arm farthest from you while in side control. By stepping over the he...

The armbar from back control is an excellent alternative when the opponent successfully defends the ...

The straight armbar from knee on belly takes advantage of the opponent pushing on your knee to relie...

The armbar from triangle is a transition when the opponent defends the triangle choke by posturing u...

The straight ankle lock from standing is applied when the opponent pulls guard or has their foot exp...

The butterfly sweep is the fundamental attack from butterfly guard. Using your hooks and an underhoo...

The old school sweep is a classic half guard technique. You come up on an underhook, get to your kne...

The hook sweep is a variation of the butterfly sweep where you use just one hook to elevate and swee...

The elevator sweep uses your butterfly hooks to literally elevate your opponent off the ground and s...

The waiter sweep is named because your arm position looks like a waiter carrying a tray. You catch t...

The overhead sweep launches your opponent over your head when they pressure forward. You use their m...

The standard X-guard sweep elevates your opponent and dumps them to the side. X-guard is one of the ...

The lasso sweep uses the control from lasso guard to off-balance and sweep your opponent. The lasso ...

The reverse De La Riva sweep uses your hook on the outside of their leg to off-balance them. When th...

The basic spider guard sweep uses your control of their arms to off-balance them. By pushing one arm...

The pendulum sweep uses a swinging leg motion to off-balance and sweep the opponent from closed guar...

The balloon sweep is performed when the opponent stands up in your closed guard. By placing both fee...

The overhook sweep uses an overhook (whizzer) grip on the opponent's arm from closed guard to set up...

The star sweep is a dynamic sweep from closed guard where you simultaneously push one direction with...

The shoulder clamp sweep uses an overhook combined with your legs clamping the opponent's shoulder t...

The wrestler sweep from guard uses a body lock or double underhook grip to stand up in base and then...

The arm wrap sweep from closed guard involves wrapping one of the opponent's arms against your body ...

The collar drag sweep from seated guard pulls the opponent forward and off-balance using a collar gr...

The tomoe nage sweep from guard adapts the judo sacrifice throw into a guard sweep. By placing your ...

The single leg X sweep uses the single leg X guard position to off-balance and topple the standing o...

This combination from spider guard uses a sweep attempt to set up a triangle choke. When the opponen...

The shin to shin sweep places your shin across the opponent's shin while seated, then uses this conn...

The ko uchi gari sweep adapts the judo minor inner reap for use from seated or open guard. When the ...

The arm drag sweep from open guard uses a sharp pulling motion on the opponent's arm to expose their...

The John Wayne sweep from half guard uses an underhook to come to a single-leg position and then tri...

The dogfight is a scramble position from half guard where both fighters are on their knees battling ...

The lockdown sweep from half guard uses the lockdown leg configuration (double overhook on the leg) ...

The Plan B sweep is the backup option when the old school sweep is defended. When the opponent whizz...

The knee tap sweep from half guard uses the underhook combined with a hand on the opponent's far kne...

The half guard back take uses the underhook from half guard to come up behind the opponent and take ...

The Z-guard hip bump sweep uses the knee shield frame to create space, then explosively bumps the hi...

The waiter sweep from deep half guard uses your feet to elevate the opponent's trapped leg overhead ...

The butterfly arm drag sweep combines the butterfly guard with an arm drag to take the back. By drag...

The butterfly guillotine sweep combines a guillotine choke with a butterfly sweep. When the opponent...

The Marcelo Garcia butterfly sweep uses a body lock grip and off-angles to create sweeps from butter...

The no arm butterfly sweep uses only your butterfly hooks and body movement without gripping the opp...

The X-guard technical standup sweep is the most fundamental X-guard sweep. By extending your hooks t...

The X-guard overhead sweep launches the opponent directly over your head using the X-guard hooks. By...

The ankle pick from X-guard removes the opponent's base leg while your X-guard hooks control the oth...

The X-guard dummy sweep simply pushes the opponent backward by extending both hooks and lifting them...

The X-guard to single leg transition uses the X-guard hooks to off-balance the opponent enough to co...

The De La Riva back take uses the DLR hook to spin underneath the opponent and emerge behind them fo...

The DLR overhead sweep uses the De La Riva hook combined with a belt or collar grip to throw the opp...

The DLR ankle grab sweep grabs the far ankle while maintaining the DLR hook to remove the opponent's...

The DLR scissor sweep combines the DLR hook with a scissoring leg motion to sweep the opponent. Your...

This transition uses the DLR guard to enter X-guard and then sweep from there. When the opponent def...

The DLR tripod sweep adapts the standard tripod sweep from DLR guard. By using the DLR hook on the n...

The DLR knee push sweep is a simple but effective sweep where you push the opponent's hooked knee in...

The DLR collar drag sweep combines the DLR hook with a sharp collar drag to pull the opponent off-ba...

The torreando (bullfighter) pass is a speed pass where you grip the legs and throw them to one side ...

The leg drag is a highly effective pass where you drag your opponent's leg across your body while ci...

The over-under pass is a pressure pass where one arm goes over their leg and one under. It's a stapl...

The smash pass uses your body weight to flatten your opponent's legs together, making it impossible ...

The X-pass is a quick pass where you control one knee and hip, then step around quickly to pass. It'...

The long step pass involves taking a large step backwards to clear your leg over their guard, then s...

The leg weave pass involves weaving your leg through their guard to pin their legs. It's a powerful ...

The leg drag is a fast, dynamic pass where you control their legs and drag them to one side, passing...

The Sao Paulo pass uses a cross-lapel grip fed under the opponent's leg to create a powerful stack a...

The half guard crossface pass uses heavy shoulder and crossface pressure to flatten the bottom playe...

The folding pass drives the opponent's knees to their chest, folding them in half and using your bod...

The hip switch pass from half guard uses a change of hip direction to slide past the opponent's guar...

The weave pass involves threading your arm under the opponent's leg and connecting to their collar o...

The pressure half guard pass focuses on using heavy top pressure and systematic leg extraction to pa...

The guard pass directly to mount skips side control entirely by transitioning from the guard pass st...

The body lock half guard pass uses a tight body lock grip around the opponent's waist to control the...

The chest to chest pass closes the distance to the guard player and uses heavy chest pressure to pin...

The matador pass pushes the opponent's legs to one side like a matador deflecting a bull, then quick...

The backstep pass involves stepping your lead leg backward and over the opponent's guard to end up i...

The running pass involves literally running around the opponent's guard to the other side. By grippi...

The knee slice pass drives your knee diagonally across the opponent's thigh to slice through their h...

The shin slide pass places your shin across the opponent's thigh and slides it through to the mat wh...

The speed torreando is an explosive version of the bull fighter pass where you grip both pant legs, ...

The knee tap pass from open guard uses a quick tap on the inside of the opponent's knee to collapse ...

The inside leg drag pins the opponent's leg across your body by pushing it to the inside, exposing t...

The leg drag to back take uses the leg drag passing position to directly transition to back control....

The collar and leg drag combines a cross-collar grip with a leg drag to control both the upper and l...

The standing leg drag is performed from a standing position against a seated or open guard player. B...

The leg drag pass against DLR guard is one of the primary answers to the De La Riva hook. By strippi...

The body lock to leg drag transitions from a body lock passing position into a leg drag finish. When...

The reverse knee cut passes to the opposite side of the standard knee cut. When the opponent defends...

The knee cut to leg drag chain combines two of the most effective passes. When the knee cut is defen...

The headquarters knee cut starts from the headquarters passing position with one knee between the op...

The knee cut with far underhook combines the knee cutting motion with a strong underhook on the far ...

The knee cut against DLR guard is the primary method of cutting through the De La Riva hook. By stri...

The knee cut directly to mount skips side control by continuing the knee cut momentum into a mount p...

The double pants grip torreando is the classic bull fighter pass using grips on both pants legs at t...

The torreando to knee on belly completes the bull fighter pass by landing directly in knee on belly ...

The torreando against butterfly guard adapts the bull fighter pass specifically for dealing with but...

The torreando with leg pin is a variation where after pushing the legs to one side, you pin the top ...

The torreando against a seated guard opponent pushes their knees to one side and circles the other w...

The no-gi torreando adapts the bull fighter pass for no-gi grappling. Without pants to grip, you con...

The pressure torreando is a slower, more methodical version where you use body weight and forward pr...

The torreando chain pass alternates torreando attempts from side to side, overwhelming the guard pla...

The double under stack pass from closed guard uses both underhooks on the legs to stack the opponent...

The single leg stack pass grabs one leg and drives it toward the opponent's head, folding them on on...

The stack pass against a triangle attempt uses the stacking motion to compress the opponent and slip...

The over-under stack pass uses one arm over and one arm under the opponent's legs to create an asymm...

The collar grip stack pass uses a deep cross-collar grip to control the opponent's upper body while ...

The stack pass directly to mount continues the stacking momentum all the way into the mount position...

The log splitter pass uses a knee in the middle of the opponent's guard to wedge it open like splitt...

The Knee Slice to Mount is a passes technique that helps you advance from Half Guard to Mount with c...

Harai Goshi (sweeping hip throw) combines hip throw mechanics with a leg sweep. You load them on you...

Seoi Nage (shoulder throw) is a fundamental judo throw where you turn in and load your opponent onto...

The fireman's carry is a wrestling technique where you duck under and load your opponent across your...

The high crotch is a wrestling takedown where you shoot to one leg but control high on the thigh nea...

Tai otoshi (body drop) is a hand technique where you pull your opponent over your outstretched leg. ...

Tomoe nage (circle throw or stomach throw) is a sacrifice throw where you fall backward and use your...

Tani otoshi (valley drop) is a sacrifice throw where you drop to your side behind them and pull them...

Sumi gaeshi (corner throw) is a sacrifice throw where you use a butterfly hook to sweep them over yo...

The low single leg attacks the ankle from a long range, dropping your level extremely low to grab th...

The outside single leg attacks from outside the opponent's lead leg, stepping to the outside and dri...

Run the pipe is a single leg finish where you drive across the opponent while holding their leg high...

The single leg to back take transitions from a single leg attempt directly into back control. When t...

The single leg from the clinch is shot from close range using an inside trip setup or a level change...

The single leg dump is a finishing technique where you lift the opponent's leg to your shoulder and ...

The single leg lift finish elevates the opponent's leg high and then sweeps or pushes them off their...

The single leg sweep finish uses your foot to sweep the opponent's base leg while holding their othe...

The post and single leg uses a hand post on the opponent's shoulder or chest as a setup before shoot...

The power double leg is a driving double leg takedown where you blast through the opponent using exp...

The double leg from body lock uses a clinch body lock grip to set up the double leg. By securing the...

The snatch double is a quick-hit double leg that snatches both legs from a standing position without...

The reactive double leg is shot in response to an opponent's attack, such as when they throw a strik...

The misdirection double uses a fake or feint in one direction before shooting the double leg in the ...

The double leg to side control completes the takedown by angling off and landing directly in side co...

The double leg counter is performed when the opponent shoots a takedown on you. By sprawling halfway...

The high crotch to double leg transitions from a high crotch single leg position into a full double ...

The body lock trip combines a tight body lock clinch with an inside or outside trip. The body lock c...

Sasae tsurikomi ashi is a judo foot technique where you block the opponent's ankle with the sole of ...

De ashi barai is the advancing foot sweep from judo, where you sweep the opponent's lead foot as it ...

The collar tie to inside trip uses the collar tie (back of the neck grip) to snap the opponent forwa...

The ankle trip uses your hand to grab the opponent's ankle while pushing them backward with your oth...

The underhook trip uses a deep underhook to off-balance the opponent to one side while hooking their...

The sacrifice trip involves falling to the ground yourself while tripping the opponent, using your b...

The drop seoi nage is a dropping version of the shoulder throw where you drop to both knees while pu...

Ko soto gake is a minor outer hooking throw that hooks behind the opponent's heel from the outside w...

The modified uchi mata adapts the judo inner thigh throw for BJJ by reducing amplitude and focusing ...

The modified harai goshi adapts the sweeping hip throw for BJJ. By turning your hip and sweeping the...

Sode tsurikomi goshi uses both sleeve grips to load the opponent onto your hip and throw them. By co...

Yoko tomoe nage is the side sacrifice throw variant. Instead of throwing overhead, you throw to the ...

Obi tori gaeshi is a belt grab sacrifice throw. In BJJ it is essentially a guard pull that transitio...

The foot sweep combination chains multiple foot sweep attempts together. By sweeping one foot then i...

The no-gi hip throw uses underhook and collar tie instead of gi grips. The mechanics are the same wi...

The butterfly guard pull sits to butterfly guard with underhook grips already established. By sittin...

The flying guard pull involves jumping to closed guard from standing. By securing grips and jumping ...

The DLR guard pull establishes De La Riva guard directly from standing by sitting and immediately ho...

The collar tie ankle pick uses the collar tie to snap the opponent forward, loading weight on their ...

The two-on-one ankle pick uses a two-on-one grip to off-balance laterally, then picks the near ankle...

The fake guard pull to ankle pick feints a guard pull to draw the opponent forward, then picks their...

The cross ankle pick reaches across the body to pick the far ankle. By off-balancing laterally and r...

The level change ankle pick drops your level as if shooting, drawing a sprawl reaction with planted ...

The Snap Down to Front Headlock is a takedowns technique that helps you advance from Standing to Fro...

The Inside Trip Takedown is a takedowns technique that helps you advance from Standing to Side Contr...

De La Riva guard is named after Ricardo De La Riva. You hook your leg around your opponent's lead le...

Spider guard uses sleeve grips with your feet on their biceps to control distance and create angles....

X-guard is a powerful sweeping position where your legs form an X underneath your standing opponent....

Single leg X (Ashi Garami) is a leg entanglement position fundamental to the modern leg lock game. Y...

Lasso guard wraps your leg around your opponent's arm while gripping the sleeve. It creates powerful...

Knee shield uses your knee as a frame in half guard to create space and prevent your opponent from c...

Z-guard is a knee shield variation where your shin creates a diagonal frame across their body, formi...

Collar sleeve guard controls one collar and one sleeve while using feet on hips or biceps. It provid...

Seated guard is an upright position facing the opponent with feet and hands ready to attack or defen...

Shin guard places your shin across the front of the opponent's lead shin, creating a connection for ...

Quarter guard hooks just the opponent's ankle as they almost pass your guard. It is the last line of...

Turtle guard is an active defensive position on all fours where you protect your neck and arms while...

Butterfly half combines half guard leg entanglement with butterfly hook on the free leg. This hybrid...

The lockdown double overhooks the trapped leg locking their foot between your legs. From the 10th Pl...

Body lock guard wraps both arms around the opponent's torso from closed guard with a gable grip. Thi...

High guard climbs your guard up to the opponent's upper back or shoulders, creating extreme posture ...

No-gi butterfly relies on underhooks, collar ties, and wrist control instead of gi grips. It is the ...

Spider lasso combines a spider grip on one side with a lasso wrap on the other. Both arms are entang...

Deep DLR threads the hook so the foot reaches past the opponent's far hip. This provides much more c...

Shallow lasso wraps the leg over the arm without going as deep as full lasso. It gives quicker trans...

Collar guard uses a deep cross-collar grip as the primary control from open guard. The collar grip p...

DLR X-guard hybrid combines a DLR hook on one leg with an X-guard hook under the other, creating dua...

Half butterfly combines half guard with a single butterfly hook. This hybrid offers offensive option...

RDLR hooks the lead leg from the inside between their legs rather than outside like standard DLR. Th...

Koala guard clings to the opponent when they stand in your closed guard, keeping guard locked high o...

Overhook closed guard wraps one arm from closed guard to control the opponent. The overhook limits p...

Shin on shin places your shin directly against the opponent's shin as primary contact. This connecti...

No-gi half guard focuses on underhooks, overhooks, and body lock grips. The underhook battle is even...

Sit-up guard is an aggressive open guard played upright actively engaging with grips and foot placem...

Gi butterfly uses collar and sleeve grips instead of underhooks. The gi grips provide more control i...

Escaping north-south position before the choke or kimura comes. Timing and hip movement are critical...

Escaping back control to guard involves clearing hooks and rotating into your opponent while protect...

The switch is a wrestling reversal where you rotate underneath and come up behind your opponent. It ...

Foot drag escape involves using your feet to push against their ankles or shins while bridging. The ...

The kipping escape uses explosive hip movement similar to a kip-up to buck the opponent forward, the...

Escaping high mount requires specific technique since traditional escapes become less effective. Foc...

Technical mount escape focuses on preventing the back take from the modified mount position where on...

The ghost escape involves turning away from the opponent and slipping out the back door to turtle po...

This escape focuses on winning the underhook from bottom side control. Once you secure the underhook...

The stiff arm escape uses a straight arm frame against the opponent's hip or far shoulder to create ...

The running escape involves turning to all fours and scrambling away from side control. Named becaus...

Guard recovery focuses specifically on getting both legs between you and the opponent from bottom si...

Escaping north-south position requires specific technique since hip escape is difficult with their w...

Shoulder walking involves pinning their bottom hook and using shoulder-to-shoulder contact to slide ...

The standing escape involves getting to your feet while the opponent is on your back, then stripping...

This escape transitions from back control to turtle by clearing hooks and turtling up. While turtle ...

Seat belt defense focuses on preventing the opponent from establishing the over-under seatbelt grip ...

When taken down from standing back clinch, the peel escape focuses on stripping grips and peeling th...

The hitchhiker escape from armbar involves pointing your thumb down like a hitchhiker and spinning o...

The stack escape involves driving forward and stacking your weight onto the opponent to neutralize t...

Escaping the triangle choke by establishing strong posture. By posting on the mat, stacking, and wor...

When caught in a guillotine from guard, this escape involves passing to side control while they main...

When defending a kimura from bottom, the sit-up escape involves gripping your own belt or shorts, si...

The most common omoplata escape is the forward roll. When the opponent locks the omoplata, you roll ...

Escaping a straight ankle lock involves hiding the foot (pointing toes like a ballerina) and kicking...

Defending the ezekiel choke from mount requires immediately addressing the cross-wrist grip and figh...

The granby roll is an inversion from turtle that puts you directly into guard. By rolling over your ...

The Peterson roll is a wrestling-based reversal from turtle where you trap their arm, roll underneat...

From turtle, pulling guard involves sitting to one hip and inserting legs between you and the oppone...

The switch is a wrestling technique from turtle where you reach back, grab their arm or leg, and rev...

A forward roll from turtle puts you into an inverted position where you can recover guard. Different...

The peek out involves turning your head to one side and shooting under the opponent to come out the ...

The Back Escape to Turtle is a escapes technique that helps you advance from Back Control to Turtle ...

The Turtle Roll Escape is a escapes technique that helps you advance from Turtle to Open Guard with ...

The arm drag is a fundamental wrestling technique adapted for BJJ. By pulling your opponent's arm ac...

Taking the back when your opponent turns away to escape mount. Follow their turn and secure hooks....

The gift wrap is a control where you wrap their arm across their neck and pin it, setting up back ta...

Transitioning from mount to S-mount sets up high-percentage armbars and back takes. Slide one knee u...

Taking the back from side control typically happens when they turn to escape. Capitalize on their mo...

Leg pummeling is the process of reinserting your legs inside the opponent's legs when they clear the...

Recovering full guard from half guard by creating enough space to bring your second leg inside. This...

Using collar and sleeve grips to control the passer's posture and arm while using feet on hips and b...

Hip clamping uses your legs to clamp around the opponent's hips, controlling their ability to advanc...

Using the DLR hook as a primary retention mechanism. The hook around the lead leg combined with far ...

Maintaining seated guard against a standing passer by using foot placement, grip fighting, and const...

Moving from side control to knee on belly adds pressure and opens submission opportunities. The tran...

Taking the back from mount when the opponent turns to their side to escape. By following their turn ...

Transitioning from knee on belly to full mount by sliding the posted knee across their body. This is...

Transitioning from half guard top directly to mount by freeing the trapped leg and sliding into moun...

Combining a sweep from closed guard that lands directly in mount. Several closed guard sweeps natura...

Taking the back from guard is a high-value transition that skips the top game entirely. Using arm dr...

Breaking down turtle to establish side control. Using a combination of prying techniques, clock posi...

Transitioning from spider guard to De La Riva guard when the opponent stands or changes their angle....

Wrestling scrambles are chaotic transitions where neither player has established position. Success r...

When an opponent pulls guard poorly, the scramble to deny their guard and establish a dominant passi...

When a sweep attempt fails or is partially countered, the resulting scramble can be converted into a...

Scrambles that occur during failed or partially completed takedown attempts. The ability to chain to...

From front headlock position, the scramble to establish dominant control. The front headlock creates...

The dogfight occurs in half guard when both players come to their knees with underhooks. This 50/50 ...

The continuous cycle of passing attempts and guard recovery that occurs against skilled guard player...

The arm drag is one of the most efficient back take setups. By pulling their arm across and circling...

Using a collar drag to pull the opponent forward and off-balance, then circling behind them to take ...

Taking the back from side control when the opponent turns away to escape. By anticipating their esca...

Taking the back from bottom half guard using the underhook to come up and behind. The dogfight posit...

Transitioning from mount to technical mount to set up back takes. When the mounted opponent turns, y...

The Knee Cut to Back Take is a transitions technique that helps you advance from Half Guard to Back ...

The Arm Drag to Back Take is a transitions technique that helps you advance from Seated Guard to Bac...

Ashi garami (leg entanglement) is the fundamental leg lock position. Your legs control their leg whi...

S-mount is a modified mount where one leg is up near their head. It's excellent for attacking armbar...

The Williams guard is a high closed guard position where you overhook the arm and control the head. ...

Butterfly half guard combines half guard control with a butterfly hook. It offers powerful sweeping ...

The cross body ride is a wrestling control position against turtle. You ride across their back, cont...

The cradle is a powerful wrestling control where you connect their head and knee together, immobiliz...

A leg ride is a controlling position where you insert your leg between your opponent's legs from the...

Spider guard uses sleeve grips and feet on the opponent's biceps to control distance and create swee...

The lockdown is a half guard variation where you use a figure-four on their trapped leg, then extend...

The body triangle is a back control variation where you figure-four your legs around their torso. It...

De La Riva guard wraps your outside leg around their lead leg from the outside, hooking behind their...

Single leg X (SLX or Ashi garami) wraps both legs around one of their legs. It's excellent for sweep...

Deep half guard is a half guard variation where you get deep underneath your opponent. Your head is ...

High mount positions your knees near the opponent's shoulders with your weight forward. This opens a...

Kesa gatame or scarf hold is a judo-derived side control where you trap their arm under your armpit ...

Reverse kesa gatame faces toward the opponent's legs rather than their head. This position controls ...

Paper cutter side control uses a deep cross collar grip while maintaining side control. This grip th...

The standard back control using seatbelt grip (over-under) with both hooks in. This is the fundament...

Back mount is achieved when the opponent is face-down and you are sitting on their back with hooks i...

Standard knee on belly places your near knee on their stomach with your far foot posted wide for bas...

Placing the knee higher on the chest rather than the belly increases compression pressure and restri...

Far side KOB places the knee on belly from the opposite side compared to traditional side control po...

Standard north-south positions your chest on their chest while facing opposite directions. Weight di...

A specific north-south variation where you have secured the kimura grip on one arm. This creates a p...

A controlling variation of north-south where you pin both of the opponent's arms using your arms or ...

Using your knees and shins near their shoulders in north-south to provide additional frames and cont...

Attacking turtle or turtle guard turns a traditionally defensive position into an offensive one. By ...

Controlling an opponent who is in turtle from the top. The goal is to break them down to a flat posi...

Controlling a turtled opponent from the front using a headlock or collar tie. This position provides...

Controlling a turtled opponent from the side, perpendicular to their body. This position is the clas...

Inverting is a movement where you roll onto your shoulders/upper back while bringing your hips overh...