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Standard Closed GuardSub-FamilyPosition

The Standard Closed Guard subfamily covers the basic closed guard configurations focused on maintaining the position, controlling distance, and managing the opponent's posture before setting up attack...

Standard Full Guard RecoverygenusDefence

The Standard Full Guard Recovery executes the fundamental technique of re-closing the guard around the opponent's torso, typically by using frames and hip movement to create space, then bringing both ...

Rubber Guard BasicsSub-FamilyPosition

Rubber Guard uses extreme leg flexibility to control the opponent from closed guard by placing the foot behind the opponent's head, creating a platform for submissions and sweeps without relying on gi...

Standard Guard Pull TechniquegenusEscape and Reversal

The Standard Guard Pull Technique grips the opponent's collar and sleeve, steps one foot to the opponent's hip, then swings the other leg around the opponent's waist while pulling the upper body in, c...

GuardgroupPosition

The guard is a ground grappling position where the bottom fighter uses their legs to control, defend, and attack the top player — widely considered Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu's most revolutionary contributio...

Standard Long GuardgenusDefence

The Standard Long Guard extends the lead arm fully forward, hand open or in a loose fist, placing the palm or forearm against the opponent's forehead, chin, or shoulder to create a frame that prevents...

Fundamental Guard TopfamilyPosition

The Fundamental Guard Top family covers the essential skills for maintaining dominant top position when facing an opponent's guard — the basic posture, base, and grip management techniques that every ...

Standard Can OpenervarietySubmission

The standard can opener is a cervical flexion crank applied from inside the opponent's closed guard, where the attacker clasps both hands behind the opponent's head and pulls it forward toward the che...

Standard TrianglevarietySubmission

The standard triangle choke from closed guard is the foundational variety of the triangle family, where the attacker locks a figure-four leg configuration around the opponent's head and one arm from b...

Standard Push Knee ReguardgenusEscape and Reversal

The Standard Push Knee Reguard grips the opponent's knee with both hands and pushes it off the body toward the mat, then immediately closes the legs around the opponent's body to establish closed guar...

Advanced Rubber GuardSub-FamilyPosition

The Advanced Rubber Guard covers the deeper positional sequences beyond Mission Control in Eddie Bravo's Rubber Guard system — including the Chill Dog, New York, Meathook, Zombie, and Dead Orchid posi...

Standard Elevator SweepgenusEscape and Reversal

The Standard Elevator Sweep opens the closed guard, inserts a butterfly hook inside the opponent's thigh, secures an underhook or collar grip, then falls to one side while elevating with the hook to r...

Standard Scissor SweepgenusEscape and Reversal

The Standard Scissor Sweep opens the closed guard, places the top knee (shin) across the opponent's chest as a frame, grips the collar and sleeve, then chops the bottom leg across the opponent's far k...

Standard Hip BumpgenusEscape and Reversal

The Standard Hip Bump executes the sweep by sitting up explosively from closed guard, wrapping an overhook around the opponent's arm on one side, then driving the hips forward into the opponent's ches...

Standard Bridge And Roll KesagenusEscape and Reversal

The Standard Bridge And Roll Kesa executes the fundamental kesa gatame escape by trapping the opponent's far arm, bridging explosively toward the opponent's head, and rolling them over the bridge. [1]...

Standard Pendulum SweepgenusEscape and Reversal

The Standard Pendulum Sweep executes the flower sweep by opening the guard, swinging the legs in a wide pendulum arc to the sweep side, while pulling the opponent's sleeve across the body and driving ...

Standard Posture DefencegenusDefence

Standard Posture Defence maintains an upright spine with the head high, chest lifted, and hips forward, creating an aligned body position that prevents the opponent from breaking the defender down for...

Standard Bridge And RollgenusEscape and Reversal

The Standard Bridge And Roll from side control bridges the hips explosively while turning into the opponent, using the bridge momentum and body rotation to tip the opponent over. [1] The defender time...

Standard Espada Y DagaSub-FamilyWeapon

The Standard Espada Y Daga subfamily covers the fundamental techniques and drills of the sword-and-dagger combination, including the basic guard positions, coordination patterns between the long and s...

Standard Heel DraggenusEscape and Reversal

The Standard Heel Drag hooks one foot around the opponent's same-side ankle, drags it inward toward the centreline, and simultaneously inserts the knee through the space created to establish half guar...

Standard Hip FramegenusDefence

The Standard Hip Frame places the forearm across the opponent's hip bone, with the elbow braced against the defender's own hip or thigh, creating a rigid strut that prevents the opponent from closing ...

Standard TurtleSub-FamilyPosition

The Standard Turtle subfamily covers the basic defensive turtle position with the fighter on hands and knees, elbows tight to the body, chin tucked, and head down to protect against chokes and submiss...