Purple Belt Techniques

The heel hook is one of the most dangerous submissions in grappling, attacking the knee ligaments by...

The Peruvian necktie is a brutal choke from the front headlock where you throw your leg over their b...

The Japanese necktie is similar to the Peruvian necktie but uses a different leg configuration. Your...

The gogoplata is a choke using your shin across your opponent's throat while controlling their head....

The baratoplata is a shoulder lock similar to the omoplata but uses a figure-four leg position. Name...

The Estima lock is a foot lock popularized by Victor Estima. It's often caught while passing when op...

The inside heel hook attacks the knee by rotating the heel inward (toward the opposite leg). It prim...

The banana split is a groin/hamstring submission from the truck position. You split their legs apart...

The Brabo choke is a lapel-based head-and-arm choke applied from side control or half guard top. You...

The breadcutter choke is a devastating collar choke applied from side control. By gripping deep on t...

The baseball choke from bottom is a sneaky submission where you set the grips from half guard or kne...

The Ezekiel choke from inside the closed guard is an unorthodox and aggressive attack. While typical...

The Marcelotine, named after Marcelo Garcia, is a high-elbow guillotine variation that emphasizes ex...

The inverted triangle is applied from bottom side control or when the opponent is passing your guard...

The buggy choke is a relatively modern submission performed from bottom side control by threading yo...

The kimura trap is a systematic approach to using the kimura grip as a control position rather than ...

The reverse armbar is applied by bending the arm in the opposite direction of a standard armbar, hyp...

The rolling kimura is a dynamic attack on a turtled opponent where you secure the kimura grip, sit t...

The monoplata is a shoulder lock applied using only one leg over the opponent's shoulder from mount ...

The outside ashi garami heel hook is a devastating leg lock that attacks the knee ligaments by rotat...

The Texas cloverleaf is a double leg lock that attacks both knees simultaneously by crossing the opp...

The kneebar from half guard is attacked when passing or being swept by transitioning into a leg lock...

The toe hold from 50-50 guard attacks the ankle and knee by gripping the toes and twisting the foot....

The electric chair is a groin and hip stretch submission entered from the lockdown half guard positi...

The Estima footlock, developed by the Estima brothers, is a straight foot lock variation that attack...

The kneebar from top while passing the guard is an aggressive option that transitions from a guard p...

The heel hook from 50-50 is a common finish in modern no-gi competition. In 50-50 both fighters have...

The leg knot is a creative calf slicer variation applied from mount by threading your foot behind th...

The Sambo kneebar is a flying kneebar entry from a standing position, originating from Russian Sambo...

The wristlock from closed guard exploits the opponent's grip on your collar or body. By controlling ...

The wristlock from mount targets the opponent's wrist when they frame or push against you from botto...

The goose neck wristlock bends the wrist inward by pressing the fingers toward the inner forearm, cr...

When the opponent defends an armbar by clasping their hands together, the wristlock from armbar defe...

The standing wristlock can be applied during grip fighting or when controlling the opponent's wrist ...

The omoplata from rubber guard uses the high guard flexibility position to set up a shoulder lock by...

The crucifix kimura combines the crucifix control position with a kimura shoulder lock finish. In th...

The baratoplata from guard is an advanced shoulder lock that combines an omoplata leg position with ...

The Kneebar Finish is a submissions technique that helps you advance from Ashi Garami to Submission ...

The deep half sweep gets underneath your opponent to sweep them. From deep half, you have excellent ...

The electric chair is an Eddie Bravo signature technique that sweeps the opponent while threatening ...

The worm guard sweep uses the lapel wrapped around the opponent's leg to create powerful off-balanci...

The coyote guard sweep uses an overhook from half guard to control the opponent's posture and sweep ...

The deep DLR sweep uses a very deep De La Riva hook that goes all the way through to the far hip. Th...

The berimbolo is an inverting technique from DLR guard that spins you underneath the opponent to tak...

The body lock pass uses a tight grip around their hips/waist to control and pass. Popular in no-gi, ...

The Wilson pass is a grinding pressure pass that uses your shoulder on their hip to pin one side whi...

The cartwheel pass involves performing a cartwheel or handstand movement to vault over the opponent'...

The float pass uses timing and agility to hop over or around the opponent's guard at the precise mom...

The reverse leg drag pins the opponent's leg in the opposite direction of a standard leg drag, drapi...

The leg drag chain combines multiple leg drag attempts in sequence. When the opponent defends one le...

The lapel-assisted knee cut uses the opponent's own lapel to pin their bottom leg while you execute ...

Uchi Mata (inner thigh throw) is one of the highest-scoring throws in judo. You sweep their inner th...

The lateral drop is a high-amplitude throw where you fall to the side while taking your opponent ove...

The suplex is a powerful throw where you lift your opponent and throw them backward over you. While ...

Kata guruma (shoulder wheel) is the Judo version of the fireman's carry. You load them onto your sho...

The lateral drop is a powerful throw where you fall to the side while controlling the opponent's upp...

Ura nage is a rear throw where you clinch from the front and throw them backward over your hip. It i...

Kani basami, the scissor takedown, involves jumping to the side and scissoring your legs around the ...

Deep half guard gets you underneath your opponent by threading deep under their hips. It's excellent...

Reverse De La Riva hooks from the inside rather than outside. It's commonly used against knee cut pa...

50/50 is a symmetrical leg entanglement where both players have equal position. It's commonly used f...

Squid guard feeds the lapel around the opponent's leg and back to your hand, creating a binding simi...

K guard threads one leg between the opponent's legs while the other hooks outside, forming a K shape...

Matrix guard uses an inverted position hooking the opponent's leg while upside down, creating unique...

Coyote half guard uses an overhook from half guard bottom to control the near arm and set up sweeps....

Mantis guard grips the opponent's ankle while placing foot on their hip, creating long-range control...

Tornado guard is an inverted half guard where you hook the opponent's leg while inverted underneath ...

Reverse half guard is played with the opponent's back facing you. Instead of traditional half guard ...

Inverted guard is played on your shoulders with hips and legs elevated toward the opponent. It is a ...

Octopus guard uses underhook and head position against the opponent's far side from half guard, wrap...

Lapel half guard feeds the opponent's lapel around their leg from half guard creating a binding that...

Williams guard reaches under the opponent's arm to grab your own shin, creating overhook-like contro...

Bear trap guard uses a triangle lock on the opponent's thigh from half guard, clamping their thigh i...

S-mount escape addresses the extremely dominant position where the opponent has one leg over your sh...

An advanced escape that transitions directly from bottom mount into leg lock entries. By bridging an...

The hip roll escape uses an explosive bridging motion combined with hooking their leg to reverse pos...

Escaping a body triangle is particularly difficult because standard hook-clearing escapes do not wor...

An advanced back escape where you roll forward over the opponent, using their momentum and hooks aga...

Kneebar defense involves bending your knee to prevent extension and rolling toward the attacker. The...

Darce choke defense focuses on preventing the arm from threading fully through and rolling to the co...

The berimbolo is an advanced back take from De La Riva guard. You invert underneath your opponent to...

Kiss of the Dragon is a back take from reverse De La Riva where you invert underneath them and come ...

The truck is a control position where you have a leg lace on their near leg while controlling their ...

The crab ride is a back control position where you're on top of a turtled opponent, controlling them...

The twister is a spine lock from truck position that rotates the spine laterally. Made famous by Edd...

Inverting to retain guard when standard retention fails. By going upside down, you can get your legs...

Maintaining X-guard position against opponents trying to disengage or counter. Proper hook placement...

Leg lock scrambles occur when both players are fighting for dominant leg entanglement positions. The...

When both players pull guard simultaneously, the scramble to come on top and establish passing posit...

Scrambles involving inversion where the bottom player inverts to recover guard or attack while the t...

The berimbolo is an inverted back take from DLR guard. By inverting and spinning underneath the oppo...

The crab ride uses your feet to hook inside the opponent's thighs while controlling from behind thei...

When a knee cut pass is defended by the opponent turning away, you can follow their turn and take th...

The saddle (honey hole, inside sankaku) is the strongest leg entanglement for heel hooks. Your legs ...

The rubber guard, developed by Eddie Bravo, uses extreme flexibility to control the opponent's postu...

The worm guard, innovated by Keenan Cornelius, uses the lapel wrapped around your opponent's leg to ...

Lapel guards use your opponent's or your own lapel to create additional control points. The lapel wr...

The crucifix position traps both of your opponent's arms, leaving them completely defenseless. One a...

S-mount places one leg over the opponent's shoulder with the foot near their head while the other kn...

The mounted crucifix traps one of the opponent's arms with your leg, removing their ability to defen...

Reverse mount faces toward the opponent's legs instead of their head. This unusual orientation provi...

Twister side control positions your body perpendicular with your legs controlling their far leg. Thi...

Body triangle back control replaces hooks with a triangle lock around the opponent's body. This prov...

The crucifix from back control traps one arm with your legs and the other arm with your hands. With ...

Straight jacket control uses the opponent's own gi or arm to trap their defending hand, preventing t...

Reverse knee on belly faces toward the opponent's legs instead of their head. This unusual angle pro...

Floating KOB involves light contact with the knee, ready to reposition as the opponent moves. Rather...

Specific positioning for the north-south choke where your arm wraps around their neck while maintain...

The berimbolo is an advanced inversion technique to take the back. From De La Riva guard, you invert...