BJJ Essential Guides

Stop getting submitted from side control. Frames, positioning and drills to be safe under pressure.

Connect, shrimp and frame your way out of knee on belly — including the self-defence variation.

Stop getting submitted from mount. Learn the mechanics, common reactions and drills to survive mount against higher belts.

Defend the seatbelt, avoid the death side, and shut down the choke.

Fall to the safe side, nail your shoulder to the mat, and thread the needle out of back control.

Bridge and roll, elbow escape and the real hip escape — mount escapes that work against higher belts.

Be a pyramid under a brick: the frames, back door escape and kesa sweep that get you off your back.

The most dominant position in Jiu-Jitsu — controlled with your legs, not your arms. Mechanics, drills and the cross lapel choke.

Tire them out, shut down the escapes, and let good control create the submissions. The mechanics of a strong side control.

Set the position, add weight in the right place, and open up the cross collar choke.

Find the middle, pinch your knees and be a rock — mount control mechanics that shut down every bridge.

Guard yourself first: distance management, angles, and the leg-driven mechanics of a strong closed guard.

Weight distribution and angles, not dance moves: the sticky, systematic way to pass guard.