BJJ Study Guide Fundamentals (White – Yellow Belts) Standing Curriculum

Front Clinch

 Standard Entry: Keep the distance; cover head as they punch, head on cross side shoulder, our hips are sucked up to theirs at a 45 degree angle. Front hand monkey paw over back wrist, control for ten seconds. Rear Clinch

 Haymaker Defense: Opponent throws a stepping punch, as we see it coming, we cover that side of our head with the front arm. Lowering our stance, we slip our head under the punch and our back arm goes to the front of their waist. Connect hands with an “S” Grip, and lower head. Hips away at a 45 degree angle.  from Front: From the Front Clinch, they try to wrap up a guillotine. We use our head to push their arm forward as we step behind. Hands smoothly transition to “S” grip. Leg Hook Take Down

 From the front clinch: when opponent starts punching, or starts messing with hands, set up step with front foot, back leg hook opponents leg closest to you, lean in for . Partner break fall. Rear Take Down

 From the rear clinch: Step outside foot up to their same side foot, other foot cups their other foot as we sit back and twist towards opponent. Partner break fall.

Double Leg Take Down

 Standard Entry: Keep the distance; cover head and step in as they punch, head on the side of their front foot, connect your neck to their front hip with good posture. When neck connects, Tuck both wrists behind the knees of the opponent and drive forward with your shoulder. Partner break fall. Pull

 From front clinch: Partner’s hips get too far back. We transitions to under , open feet more wide than opponents, sit back, and push back as we wrap our guard around our opponent. Guillotine

 Standing: As the opponent shoots in for a double leg, we block their shoulders, and step our hips back. If they continue to push in, one hand goes to the side of the head to feed it to the other arm. Our drops to create the “V” of the choke, hands grasp, step up with wide feet, and slowly pull up.  Guard Pull: If we are unable to finish for lack of control while standing, we may execute the guard pull technique described above while still holding to choke and finish from the closed guard for increased control. Guillotine Defense

 If our opponent locks up the guillotine, our same side hand palm roll hooks and we posture up to the best of our ability. Our other hand wraps over the opponents shoulder. As they lift to finish the choke, we hop away from the choke, chop the with our back leg, and follow down to . If they do not release, our north hand finds their far shoulder, and our forearm chokes until they release. Sprawling side control.

Standing

 Opponent’s hand is pushing on our chest, or grabbing our lapel, cross side hand grabs their wrist with a thumb grip, other hand follows. Step back with cross side foot, other foot steps between, pull them into you. Their elbow should be just past our under arm. We are in a squatting position. Lower base, lift arm for submission. Headlock Defense

 Opponent has us in a headlock, we react to them punching, choking, or knees. When ready, we wrap our arms around their hips, sit and twist towards their front. Land in a modified . Stage Five

 Following: We are on our backs, legs up, our opponent is out of the reach of our feet. Opponent circles, we follow with our same side leg (if the circle to our right, our right leg turns us) our other leg stays up in the air.  Maintain: Our opponent pulls our leg, we switch our hips and put our foot sideways on their hips. Other foot comes onto hips as well to end in stage four. Double Ankle

 Opponent is in stage four; their feet are in reach of our hands. Our hands hook either over their heels, and either our heels or our knees push into them. Opponent breakfalls. If we use our knees, we follow to mount, but if we use our heels, we stand in base, because they will most likely be too far away. Hook Sweep

 Our opponent starts in stage four, but only one foot is in reach. We hook that foot with our hand, and our same side heel goes to their front hip. The other foot hooks behind the opponent’s for knee. We push with the foot on their hip and pull with our hand, stand in base after.