Mastery Log

Cutting across the opponent's thigh with your knee to pass their guard.

Forcing the opponent's legs apart to create a passing lane.

Folding the opponent's legs together to pass around them.

Passing by controlling one leg over and one leg under.

Stacking the opponent by controlling both legs/hips.

Using a dynamic back step to clear the legs, often from half guard.

Using momentum and a long step to bypass the guard.

Kickstand motion to open the guard and pass.

Steering the opponent's legs like a bullfighter to pass.

Rolling over the opponent to pass, often against turtle/sitting.

Balancing on independent legs to pass.

Stepping directly into the center to split the guard.

The fundamental defensive and offensive position where you control the opponent between your legs.

Controlling one of the opponent's legs with both of yours.

Using feet and hands to control distance without locking legs.

Dominant position perpendicular to the opponent.

A mobile top position offering high pressure and mobility.

Dominant top position sitting on the opponent's torso.

The most dominant position in Jiu-Jitsu, controlling the back.

Defensive position on knees and elbows.

Seated guard using instep hooks inside opponent's thighs.

Using the leg looped around their arm for control.

Controlling opponent's arms with feet on biceps.

Under the opponent creating an 'X' with legs.

Entangling one leg from the bottom.

Outside hook control on the lead leg.

Counter to knee cut, hook inside the leg.

Deep under the opponent's center of gravity.

Symmetrical leg entanglement.

Head and arm control from side.

Superior leg entanglement isolating one leg.

Using the lapel to tie up the opponent's leg.

Playing guard upside down effectively.

Shin against shin contact from seated guard.

Breaking posture using a high leg over the back.

Both players in seated guard (double pull scenario).

A foot lock that hyperextends the ankle joint by compressing the Achilles tendon and instep.

A rotational foot lock that twists the ankle using a figure-four Kimura grip on the foot.

Hyperextending the knee joint by isolating the leg and bridging the hips, mechanically identical to an armbar.

A rotational leg lock that attacks the knee ligaments by fixing the leg and rotating the heel.

A compression lock that drives the shin bone into the opponent's calf muscle using a fulcrum.

A strangle applied to a turtled opponent using a cross-collar grip and walking the hips around.

A Gi choke using a palm-up/palm-down grip on the same collar, often finished by spinning.

Uses a cross-collar grip to loop around the opponent's neck, trapping their head under your arm.

The fundamental Gi choke using crossed wrists deep in the collar to compress the carotids.

A sleeve-choke that uses your own gi sleeve to constrict the throat, effective from Mount or inside Guard.

One of the most powerful Gi chokes, using a collar grip and a pant grip to stretch the opponent.

A blood choke that uses the opponent's own shoulder and your arm to constrict the neck.

An arm-triangle variation where you thread your arm under the opponent's armpit and lock behind the neck.

An arm-triangle variation where you lock under the neck and roll the opponent to tighten the pressure.

A front headlock choke that attacks the neck directly, often used against a shooting opponent.

Strangling the opponent using your legs and their own arm.

Shoulder lock attacking the rotator cuff using a figure-four grip.

A blood choke applied from the back mount using the arms.

Hyperextending the elbow joint using leverage from the hips.

A classic guard sweep using a scissoring motion of the legs to off-balance the opponent.

A powerful sweep from closed/open guard that uses the momentum of a swinging leg.

A sacrifice sweep where you launch the opponent over your head using a foot in their hip.

Available when the opponent stands in your guard; you grab both ankles and bump their hips.

The primary sweep from Butterfly Guard using a hook to elevate and flip the opponent.

A sit-up sweep that attacks the opponent's posture when they sit back.

A variation of the pendulum sweep where you hold the opponent's pants leg to prevent posting.

A high-percentage Open Guard sweep using a foot on the hip and a hook behind the knee.

The fundamental mount escape involving framing and shrimping to recover a leg.

Also known as the Upa escape; trapping the opponent's limb and bridging explosively.

Creating space from bottom Side Control to bring the legs back in.

The process of opening an opponent's crossed ankles to initiate a pass.

A dynamic escape from Turtle position by rolling underneath the opponent.

The method of clearing back hooks and the choke to turn and face the opponent.

Dragging the opponent's leg across your body to pass or take the back.

Inverting to take the back from De La Riva guard.

Using hooks behind the knees to control and take the back.

Back take entry from Single Leg X / K-Guard.

Inverted spin from Reverse De La Riva to the back.

Attacking one leg to take the opponent down.

Attacking both legs to drive through the opponent.