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Standard Half Guard RecoverygenusDefence

The Standard Half Guard Recovery executes the fundamental technique of catching one of the opponent's legs with both legs during a guard pass, typically by threading the inside leg between the opponen...

Standard Turtle To Half GuardgenusEscape and Reversal

The Standard Turtle To Half Guard executes the transition by sitting the hips to one side, threading the inside leg between the opponent's legs to hook one leg, and establishing half guard with an imm...

Standard Half GuardSub-FamilyPosition

The Standard Half Guard subfamily covers the basic half guard configurations where the guard player controls one of the opponent's legs between theirs from a side-lying or flat-on-back position. [1] T...

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 Z-GuardgenusPosition

The Standard Z-Guard establishes the Z-guard with the top knee angled across the opponent's midsection and the bottom leg controlling the opponent's leg in half guard, with hands controlling the colla...

Standard Old SchoolgenusEscape and Reversal

The Standard Old School sweep executes the classic half guard reversal by securing a deep underhook, switching the hips to come to the knees, and driving forward using the underhook to push the oppone...

Standard Plan BgenusEscape and Reversal

The Standard Plan B executes the backup half guard sweep by redirecting the opponent's forward pressure into a sweep, typically involving a change of grip from the underhook to a different control and...

Standard Single ButterflygenusPosition

The Standard Single Butterfly establishes one butterfly hook inside the opponent's thigh while the other foot is positioned on the mat, on the hip, or in a secondary control position. [1] This positio...

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...

Standard Inversion RecoverygenusDefence

The Standard Inversion Recovery executes the fundamental guard recovery inversion where the defender rolls onto the upper back, elevates the hips overhead, and uses the momentum to bring the legs back...

Hip Out Mount EscapeSub-FamilyEscape and Reversal

The Hip Out Mount Escape is the fundamental technique for recovering guard from the bottom of mount position, combining a hip escape (shrimp) with an elbow-knee connection that inserts the knee betwee...

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 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 Single Leg Wrestle-UpgenusEscape and Reversal

The Standard Single Leg Wrestle-Up attacks one of the opponent's legs from the bottom — typically from half guard or seated guard — by securing the leg with both arms, then driving upward to standing ...

Standard Shrimp EscapegenusEscape and Reversal

The Standard Shrimp Escape from north-south frames against the opponent's hips, bridges to create space, then hip escapes to one side, turning the body to create enough angle to reinsert a knee and re...

Standard Scoot And TurngenusEscape and Reversal

The Standard Scoot And Turn slides the hips downward along the attacker's body while simultaneously turning toward the bottom hook side, working to slip below the attacker's control and turn to face t...

Standard Electric ChairgenusEscape and Reversal

The Standard Electric Chair executes the sweep by securing the lockdown on the opponent's trapped leg, obtaining an underhook, then driving upward and outward with the underhook while extending the lo...

Standard Frame And ShrimpgenusEscape and Reversal

The Standard Frame And Shrimp pushes both forearms against the opponent's knee on the belly, creates a momentary space through the frame, then hip escapes away from the knee while swinging the far leg...