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The Standard Deep Half establishes the deep half guard with the guard player fully underneath the opponent, one arm hugging the controlled leg, head positioned under the opponent's hip, with the body ...
The Deep Half Sweep subfamily covers sweeps from the deep half guard, an advanced half guard variation where the guard player dives deep underneath the opponent, positioning their body entirely beneat...
The loop choke is executed by feeding the opponent's collar around their neck from underneath — typically from half guard, butterfly guard, or during a sprawl — creating a looping noose that constrict...
The Half Guard Sweep family covers all sweeping (reversal) techniques executed from the half guard position — where the bottom player controls one of the opponent's legs between their own legs and use...
The tornado guard is an inverted guard position played from half guard where the practitioner rolls underneath the opponent using a twisting inversion to create sweeps and submission entries. [1] Whil...
The X-Guard family covers the guard position where the guard player places both legs between the opponent's legs in an X-configuration, with one hook behind the knee and one on the hip, creating a pow...
The Full X-Guard establishes the complete X-guard with both hooks fully inserted — one behind the opponent's knee and one on the hip — with the guard player's body directly underneath the opponent's c...
The Inverted Guard is an advanced guard position where the bottom player inverts (goes upside down on their shoulders/upper back) to create angles for guard retention, sweeps, and back takes — a high-...
The Standard Berimbolo subfamily covers the core berimbolo technique — the foundational inversion from De La Riva guard that spins underneath the opponent to take the back. [1] This is the original be...
The X-Guard Sweep subfamily covers sweeps from the X-guard position, a highly effective butterfly guard derivative where the guard player places both legs between the opponent's legs in an X-configura...
The double under pass is a fundamental pressure-based guard pass where the passer threads both arms underneath the opponent's legs, gable-grips the hands together near the hips, and stacks the opponen...
The Standard Berimbolo Technique executes the full berimbolo from De La Riva guard by hooking the DLR leg deep, gripping the opponent's belt or pants, inverting by pulling the hips overhead, and spinn...
The Granby Roll is a dynamic wrestling escape from the turtle position where the bottom fighter rolls over their shoulder to invert, escape the opponent's top control, and recover guard or create a sc...
The Technical Standup X-Guard sweep completes the sweep by using the X-guard hooks to elevate the opponent's leg while performing a technical standup to rise underneath them, taking them off their fee...
The Hip Escape Side Control subfamily covers side control escapes that primarily use the hip escape (shrimp) movement to create the lateral space needed to reinsert the legs and recover guard. [1] The...
The Standard Front Body Lock TD is the fundamental genus-level execution of the front body lock takedown, where the attacker locks the grip around the opponent's waist, drops the level slightly, lifts...
The Berimbolo family covers the berimbolo technique and its variations — a spinning inversion from De La Riva guard that uses an under-the-back rotation to take the opponent's back or achieve a sweep....
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...
Stoner control is a half-guard control position from the 10th Planet lockdown system where the guard player triangles their legs around the opponent's trapped leg and swims an arm underneath the oppon...
Sumi Gaeshi, the corner reversal throw, is a rear sacrifice technique in which tori drops underneath uke while hooking the inside of uke's thigh with one leg and rolling backward to sweep uke over. [1...
The Deep Half Guard subfamily covers the advanced half guard variation where the guard player dives deep underneath the opponent, positioning the body entirely beneath the opponent's hips with the hea...
The Alcatraz is a mount escape from the 10th Planet system where the bottom player frames on the opponent's hips, hip escapes to one side, uses the far-side leg to hook under the opponent's foot and e...
The Side Control Escape family within the Bottom Escape group covers the fundamental techniques for escaping from underneath side control — the most commonly encountered bad position in BJJ and the po...
The Ghost Escape is a dynamic side control escape where the defender slides underneath the opponent by performing a sharp hip escape combined with a body-flattening motion that allows them to slip out...
Bottom Escape covers all techniques for escaping inferior bottom positions where the opponent has established dominant top control — the defensive survival skills that keep a fighter in the fight afte...