BJJ Flashcards
K Guard
Starting in Closed Guard
1 Use opposite hand to grab on the sleeve from the top. (optionally the other hand can slide from underneath to break the collar grab). Pull that hand up and keep it there
2 The other hand grab his inner thigh (also swing the opposite leg out) to put my body to perpendicular against his.
3 Right away the leg swung out move back to track and block his body and arm.
A. Push back his body abit to attract him pushing back. Find chance to slide leg up from his shoulder and move into a triangle choke.
B. If he tries to stand up, which is the right defense move, or A doesn’t work, Slide the lower leg’s foot into his armpit. Swing the blocking leg outward to gain momentum while lifting the hand which grab his thigh and pushing (kicking) the foot thats into his armpit. And this should give a sweep.
Half Guard
When just about getting pass, recognize the incoming knee slice and push his knee back to get into half guard.
- Grab his left hand with your left hand. And use your right hand on his left knee.
- Raise your left leg to kick him from the side. Same time pulling his left hand with your left hand and block his left knee with your right hand to do a scissor swift.
2a. Can also enter Kimura from half guard. Right hand hold on his wrist. Left hand goes around that same hand to form figure 4. Layback down for Kimura.
3. If he resists by grabbing on his belt. You can insert your right knee on his left knee. Use it as anchor and arch your back to really pull his arm.
3a. Or you can abandon the Kimura and move on to triangle using his left arm.
3b. Or use your left foot insert Into his right leg for a butterfly hook. Kick up and turn right to swift him.
4. Use momentum to get on top and don’t let go the figure4. Sit on him and finish the Kimura.
Butterfly Guard
Starting : Left foot hooked. Right foot outside.
- Sit up to grab opponents upper back with left hand. Grab as much as you can.
- Right hand grab on his elbow.
- Fall with your opponent to your right side.
3b. If he post his hand to regain his base, grab on sleeve and pull away his hand to make him fall.
3c. If that also fail, kick his left knee to remove his base on knee.
- If all step 3 fails. Use his left knee to move your body to perpendicular to him. At the same time move your left leg to his upper back to apply pressure.
- Now you should be able to attack his right arm for kimura.
5b. Or, you could move on to omoplata. Swing your left leg around his head to his chin. Flat yourself for easier access his chin. once you got the chin, Straighten your leg out and lift high to apply pleasure on his neck.
Single leg x guard
One of the entering is from Delariva guard.
- Sit up and and place right knee towards another foot of his and slightly up. So to prevent his knee cut pass.
- Reposition left foot so shin against his shin
- Underhook his other foot with right arm. Rotate into right side while lift you left foot to lift his right foot.
- Straight left leg in process so that when you roll on your back you have you left leg wrap around his right leg. Left foot against his hip. Right foot just hook slightly off his crutch also on his right leg.
- Lift your ass to apply weight on your right leg against his leg. And twist your body slight to the left. This will force him to fall down. Now you have a ankle lock.
- To do ankle lock, make sure his ankle is under your armpit and your hand can just put somewhere on your own belly. Make sure you can’t see his toes when you turn around. Elbow tight against your body. Slowly turn your whole upper body against floor and lean towards floor. If nothing . Arch back.
6b. The defending of ankle lock is to avoid attackers foot from applying pressure against your hip by shuffle it underneath your ass. If your opponent does that. You can shift to attack the other leg.
6c. Or, move on to knee bar. By grabbing his collar and sit up. Quickly do a knee cut pass. Might have your passing feet trapped but it’s ok. - Back stab by turn around and sit on him. Grab his right leg (assuming attacking left leg) and control that right leg while fall to the left.
- Move the right leg away and grab on his left ankle with both hand.
- Apply pressure from your ass. If nothing. Slightly twist his ankle towards left and should make him feel worse.
Single Leg X guard to X guard to Ankle lock
Entry with delariva with left hand on his foot. Right hand grabbing in his sleeve.
Spider guard by Right foot kicking into his left biceps. Shift ass to closer to his right foot. Stretch his left arm out with right foot spider. Meanwhile tilt upper body to left so you can elevate his right foot.
Move around left leg from daleriva hook to single leg x guard by inserting left leg to his inner right leg. Move you right leg to against his hip.
Wrap his right foot to your left armpit.
He is going to want to lower his body to steady his base. When that happens, grab his collar.
He might also try to move away your single leg x guard by pushing your leg. When that happens, move to regular x guard.
Pull his collar to force him fall forward. He is going to want to resist that by pulling back. As soon as he does that, drop right foot to his ankle and push him fall back with your left leg.
Move on to ankle lock. Adjust his foot under armpit so that you don’t see his toe when you look back.
Clamp your arm tight against body. Left feet on his left leg, and cross your right leg to his right hip.
Close you arm and leg tight and slowly twist towards left and arch back.
Lasso Guard defense
Lasso Guard is only a thread when its tight. (watch for bicep slicer).
First need to loosen the guard with a sprawl on the leg. Also pinching the other leg.
Try to wind your hand counter clock wise around his leg to free your hand.
A. If Lasso Guard is already loose, may consider start passing.
B. Try walk towards to the back. Lift his left leg and pressure against it. Move my head around his left leg through underneath his leg while maintain pressure. And go into half guard.
C. When walking towards back fails (he follows). Get up from sprawling, Grab both of his legs up for unwinding your hand free (counter clock wise around his leg) from the guard. Post right hand against his left knee while grabbing on his Gi or just attach to his waist, Pull his right arm by pulling sleeve or elbow. Do the knee slice passing.
Side mount defense transition
1 frame up with elbow against neck. Another elbow against his waist.
2 shrimp out
3 move the hand which was against his waist to his collar. Palm up thumb in grab the collar.
4 lay body flat.
5 circle your other arm around his arm and wrap onto the bicep of the other arm. (Which is grabbing his collar)
6 shrimp again and stick your ass out to flatten him on the ground.
7 now you have both choke and arm bar.
guillotine choke defense
1 use both hand to push against his thigh or waist
2 at least point he can’t really choke you
3 fall back to the ground to throw him out
4 optionally do a back roll follow him to get top position
Ankle Lock
- Somehow grab his left leg under arimpit. And position the leg your attacking between your own legs.
- As you fall, try as much as you can, back out as much as you can so that armpit is right on his instep; and Wrist is right on his achilles heel.
- As soon as you fall down, move your left leg to track against his lower stomach. While more adjustment on your armpit.
- When ready. Move your right leg outwards to allow more space. And pinch your left leg downwards. And armpit tight.
- Look down to apply pressure on his ankle and slowly arch back.
Open Guard Sweep
When grabbing both of his sleeves. Kick his hip abit and wait for him to push back
- Grab his ankle which he put forward when pushing back, by shifting your hip to the opposite side.
- Insert your leg which is on same as as the ankle you have control to behind the other leg. Around calf area.
- Push the leg that’s against his hip to sweep.
2b. If step 2 didn’t work , shift hip to another direction and try to attack the same principle with switched leg.
(Now that I think of it, can even move into dale riva)
Collar Drag
- Grab the opposite collar (right hand grab his right collar for example)
- Make a left step
- Baseball slide with right leg sliding into right before his right leg. The same time drag his collar across you. Like opening sliding door.
Arm Drag
- Left hand get a hold of his right hand
- Right hand reach for his right hand above elbow.
- Pull yourself close to him
- Deep Step your right foot to right behind his right foot. And flat your ankle against the ground.
- Use that momentum to grab his waist and run him over to take him down.
Closed guard to back take
In close guard
- Usually his hand would be grab my gi. Use one hand to grab his sleeve or wrist, the other insert from below to help breaking his grib.
- Don’t let go his hand or sleeve. And pull towards his opposite side. So that his shoulder is tilted.
- Start back take.
Closed guard -> arm bar & choke
Starts In closed guard
- Break the hand that grib on your gi
- Hold his sleeve or hand using same aside hand and pull up in the air
- Swim your opposite hand from under his grabbing arm. Into his armpit, circle around back to his neck and chin
- Now you have him both in arm bar and neck choking
Front neck choke
When you have the other in closed guard.
Pull
