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Frames
Skeletal structures that preserve usable space and redirect pressure.
Closed guard
A guard configuration built around leg connection, posture control, and angle.
De La Riva guard
An open-guard family that manages a standing leg through hook, distance, and angle.
Guard retention
The skill of keeping meaningful leg and frame connections while an opponent changes angle.
Kuzushi and off-balancing
Changing structure, weight, or timing before committing to an entry.
Technical stand-up
A protected way to move from seated alignment to standing base.
Side control
A family of chest-to-chest and hip-control pins with many valid alignments.
Mount
A top position organized around hip control, balance, and progressive isolation.
Back control
A control family built around chest-to-back connection and management of the shoulder line.
Tapping and training safety
The communication habits that keep technical learning available tomorrow.
Cross collar choke from closed guard
A collar strangle that closes two forearms across the neck while closed guard holds the posture down.
Armbar from closed guard
A straight arm lock that isolates one elbow by turning the hips perpendicular to the partner.
Triangle choke
A strangle formed by the legs around the neck and one trapped arm.
Kimura from closed guard
A shoulder lock using a figure-four grip on the wrist and arm.
Scissor sweep
A sweep that uses a knee shield and a scissoring leg action to tip a kneeling opponent.
Hip bump sweep
A sweep that uses a sit-up motion and hip drive to reverse a posturing opponent.
Knee cut pass
A guard pass that slices one knee across the thigh while controlling the upper body.
Toreando pass
A timing and angle pass that redirects the legs and moves around them.
Americana from side control
A shoulder lock that bends the arm into a figure four with the elbow near the mat.
Armbar from mount
A straight arm lock taken by isolating an arm and stepping a leg over the head.
Cross collar choke from mount
A collar strangle applied from mount using two deep grips and forearm pressure.
Rear naked choke
A strangle from back control that closes the arms around the neck without a collar.
Elbow to knee mount escape
An escape from mount that reconnects an elbow and knee to recover guard.
Side control escape to guard
An escape that uses frames and hip movement to recover guard from under side control.
Back escape to guard
An escape from back control that clears the controls and returns to a front-facing guard.
Double leg takedown
A takedown that changes levels and connects to both legs to bring an opponent down.
Half guard
A position where one leg traps a partner leg, read from both the bottom and the top.
Open guard overview
A map of the open guard family, where the feet and grips manage a passer at range.
Butterfly guard
A seated open guard using two hooks inside the thighs to elevate and off-balance.
Turtle
A defensive shell on the knees and elbows, read from both the top and the bottom.
Knee on belly
A mobile top pin with one knee on the torso and the other foot posted for balance.
Standing grips and stance
The stance and grip-fighting fundamentals that set up every standing exchange.
Half guard knee shield
A framing system that uses a shin across the partner body to keep distance from half guard.
Old school sweep
A classic half guard sweep that uses an underhook and a leg lift to come up on top.
Half guard pass with knee slide
A top half guard pass that flattens the bottom player and slides the knee free into a pin.
Butterfly sweep
A hook sweep from butterfly guard that elevates a partner to a corner and comes up on top.
Spider guard basics
Entries and control for spider guard, using sleeve grips and feet on the biceps.
Tripod sweep
An open guard sweep that blocks an ankle and pushes a hip to tip a standing passer.
Turtle recovery to guard
A safe recovery from turtle that rolls a shoulder under and rebuilds guard facing the partner.
Back take from turtle
Attacking a turtled partner by securing a seatbelt and inserting hooks to take the back.
Knee on belly escape
An escape from under knee on belly that frames on the knee and shrimps to recover guard.
Armbar from knee on belly
A straight arm lock taken from knee on belly when the bottom player reaches to push the knee.
Single leg takedown
A takedown that changes levels and connects to one leg to bring an opponent down.
Body lock takedown
A takedown that closes distance to a locked grip around the torso and off-balances to the mat.
Guillotine choke
A front headlock strangle that closes the arms under the chin, often from a stuffed shot.
Americana or kimura, choosing between them
A practical guide to which shoulder lock the position and the partner arm offer you.
Underhooks and overhooks
The pummeling battle for inside arm position that repeats across nearly every position.
Hip escape (shrimp)
The fundamental hip movement that creates space and underlies most bottom escapes.