Table Of ContentCover Page Page: 1
Title Page Page: 2
Copyright Page Page: 3
CONTENTS Page: 4
Introduction to Jiu-Jitsu Page: 6
SURVIVAL Page: 9
1.0 THE BACK Page: 12
1-0 THE BACK SURVIVAL POSITION Page: 12
1-1 HAND FIGHTING Page: 12
1-2 THE SCOOP Page: 12
1-3 COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS Page: 12
2.0 ALL-FOURS Page: 13
2-0 SURVIVING ALL-FOURS BACK POSITION Page: 13
2-1 SOLO ALL-FOURS SURVIVAL Page: 13
2-2 ALL-FOURS SURVIVAL DRILL Page: 13
2-3 ALL-FOURS DETAIL Page: 13
2-4 ROLLING TO BACK SURVIVAL Page: 13
2-5 COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS Page: 13
3.0 THE MOUNT Page: 14
3-0 SURVIVING THE MOUNT Page: 14
3-1 SOLO MOUNT SURVIVAL DRILL Page: 14
3-2 EARLY POSTURE Page: 14
3-3 NULLIFYING THE CHOKE Page: 14
3-4 ERROR IN CHOKE SURVIVAL Page: 15
3-5 SEATED MOUNT SURVIVAL Page: 15
3-6 COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS Page: 15
4.0 SIDE CONTROL Page: 16
4-0 SIDE CONTROL SURVIVAL Page: 16
4-1 BLOCKING THE CROSS-FACE Page: 16
4-2 RELEASING THE HAND Page: 16
4-3 KESA GATAME HAND FIGHTING Page: 16
4-4 REVERSE KESA GATAME Page: 16
4-5 COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS Page: 17
5.0 KNEE-ON-BELLY Page: 18
5-0 KNEE-ON-BELLY SURVIVAL Page: 18
5-1 SOLO KNEE-ON-BELLY PREVENTION Page: 18
5-2 STRAIGHT-LEGGED PREVENTION Page: 18
5-3 IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTION Page: 18
5-4 RUNNING SURVIVAL POSTURE Page: 18
5-5 EXPOSED ROLL Page: 19
5-6 COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS Page: 19
ESCAPES Page: 20
6.0 THE BACK Page: 21
6-0 ESCAPING THE BACK Page: 21
6-1 COMMON MISTAKE Page: 21
6-2 BODY LOCK ESCAPE Page: 21
6-3 ESCAPING DOUBLE-UNDERHOOK CONTROL Page: 21
6-4 ESCAPING ALL-FOURS DRILL Page: 21
7.0 THE MOUNT Page: 22
7-0 SOLO MOUNT ELBOW ESCAPE DRILL Page: 22
7-1 MOUNT ELBOW ESCAPE Page: 22
7-2 SEATED MOUNT ESCAPE Page: 22
8.0 SIDE CONTROL Page: 23
8-0 SOLO SIDE CONTROL DRILLS Page: 23
8-1 SIDE CONTROL TO GUARD RECOVERY Page: 23
8-2 SIDE CONTROL ESCAPE TO THE KNEES Page: 23
8-3 SIDE CONTROL RUNNING ESCAPE Page: 24
8-4 ESCAPE FROM KESA GATAME Page: 24
8-5 ESCAPE FROM REVERSE KESA GATAME Page: 24
8-6 ESCAPE AGAINST WRESTLER’S PIN Page: 25
9.0 KNEE-ON-BELLY Page: 26
9-0 KNEE-ON-BELLY RUNNING ESCAPE Page: 26
10.0 ARMBAR Page: 27
10-0 ARMBAR ESCAPE MOVEMENT DRILL Page: 27
10-1 COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS Page: 27
10-2 ARMBAR ESCAPE TO GUARD PASS Page: 27
10-3 ARMBAR ESCAPE TO GUARD PASS 2 Page: 27
10-4 ARMBAR ESCAPE FROM BOTTOM Page: 27
11.0 TRIANGLE Page: 28
11-0 TRIANGLE ESCAPE TO PASS Page: 28
11-1 COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS Page: 28
12.0 GUILLOTINE Page: 29
12-0 CLASSIC GUILLOTINE ESCAPE Page: 29
12-1 ARM-IN GUILLOTINE ESCAPE Page: 29
13.0 FOOTLOCK Page: 30
13-0 SOLO FOOTLOCK ESCAPE DRILL Page: 30
13-1 FOOTLOCK ESCAPE FROM GUARD Page: 30
14.0 KIMURA Page: 31
14-0 KIMURA ESCAPE FROM HALF GUARD Page: 31
14-1 KIMURA ESCAPE TO ARMBAR POSTURE Page: 31
THE GUARD Page: 32
A. CLOSED GUARD AGAINST KNEELING OPPONENT Page: 34
15-0 CLOSED GUARD ARM WRAP Page: 34
15-1 SOLO ARM WRAP CHOKE TO STRAIGHT ARMLOCK Page: 34
15-2 ARM WRAP CHOKE TO STRAIGHT ARMLOCK Page: 34
15-3 CLOSED GUARD OVERWRAP Page: 35
15-4 OVERWRAP TO BACK Page: 35
15-5 SCISSOR / KNEE SHIELD Page: 35
15-6 CLASSIC ARMBAR Page: 36
15-7 ARMBAR TO CROSS CHOKE DRILL Page: 36
15-8 BRABO CHOKE Page: 36
15-9 CLASSIC TRIANGLE CHOKE Page: 37
15-10 SOLO HIP BUMP SWEEP Page: 37
15-11 HIP BUMP SWEEP Page: 37
15-12 FLOWER SWEEP Page: 37
B. CLOSED GUARD AGAINST STANDING OPPONENT Page: 39
16-0 FRUSTRATING STANDING BASE Page: 39
16-1 HIP PUSH SWEEP Page: 39
16-2 CLASSIC UNDERHOOK SWEEP Page: 39
16-3 ROLLOUT AGAINST UNDERHOOK DEFENSE Page: 39
16-4 COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS Page: 39
17.0 GUARD PASS DEFENSE Page: 40
A. UNDER-THE-LEG PASS DEFENSE Page: 40
17-1 SINGLE UNDER-THE-LEG PASS DEFENSE124 Page: 40
17-2 DOUBLE UNDER-THE-LEGS DEFENSE TO SWEEP Page: 40
B. OVER-THE-LEGS PASS DEFENSE Page: 40
17-3 LEG-SQUEEZE DEFENSE Page: 40
17-4 FAILED LEG-SQUEEZE DEFENSE Page: 41
17-5 OVER-AND-UNDER SMASH DEFENSE Page: 41
17-6 FAILED OVER-AND-UNDER SMASH DEFENSE Page: 41
17-7 SAME-SIDE KNEE BLOCK Page: 41
17-8 FAILED SAME-SIDE KNEE BLOCK Page: 41
17-9 KNEE-SLIDE BLOCK Page: 41
17-10 EARLY TORREANDO GRIP BREAK Page: 42
17-11 COLLAR DRAG OFF TORREANDO DEFENSE Page: 42
17-12 ANKLE PICK OFF TORREANDO DEFENSE Page: 42
17-13 LATE TORREANDO BLOCK Page: 42
17-14 TWO-HANDED TORREANDO BLOCK Page: 42
17-15 STRAIGHT ARMLOCK Page: 43
17-16 OMOPLATA OFF STRAIGHT ARMLOCK Page: 43
18-0 BUTTERFLY GUARD Page: 44
18-1 CONTROL AND DISTANCE Page: 44
18-2 CONTROL AND MOVEMENT Page: 44
18-3 SOLO BUTTERFLY SWEEP Page: 44
18-4 CLASSIC BUTTERFLY SWEEP Page: 44
18-5 FAILED BUTTERFLY SWEEP Page: 44
18-6 WING SWEEP Page: 45
18-7 STRAIGHT ARMLOCK DRILL Page: 45
18-8 CLASSIC CROSS-CHOKE Page: 45
18-9 PALM UP-PALM DOWN CHOKE Page: 45
19-0 SPIDER GUARD Page: 47
19-1 CONTROL AND MOVEMENT Page: 47
19-2 FAILED CONTROL AND MOVEMENT Page: 47
19-3 SWEEP OFF A PASS Page: 47
20-0 CROSS-GRIP GUARD Page: 48
20-1 POSTURE161 Page: 48
20-2 FAILED POSTURE Page: 48
20-3 CLASSIC TRIPOD SWEEP Page: 48
20-4 CROSS-GRIP BACKROLL SWEEP Page: 48
21-0 DE LA RIVA Page: 49
21-1 STARTING POSITION Page: 49
21-2 POSTURE BLOCKED Page: 49
21-3 ROLLOVER SWEEP Page: 49
21-4 DE LA RIVA TO TOMOE-NAGE SWEEP Page: 49
22-0 SIT-UP GUARD Page: 50
22-1 POSTURE DRILL Page: 50
22-2 SIT-UP GUARD TO CLASSIC SWEEP Page: 50
22-3 REVERSE ROLL SWEEP Page: 50
22-4 FAILED REVERSE ROLL SWEEP Page: 50
23-0 REVERSE DE LA RIVA GUARD Page: 51
23-1 POSITIONING Page: 51
23-2 REVERSE DE LA RIVA DRILL Page: 51
23-3 FAILED POSITIONING Page: 51
23-4 KNEE PUSH SWEEP Page: 51
24-0 HALF GUARD Page: 52
24-1 REGAINING GUARD OR CONTROL Page: 52
24-2 IMPROPER CONTROL Page: 52
24-3 DEEP CONTROL Page: 52
24-4 GETTING EVEN DEEPER Page: 52
24-5 BACKDOOR TO BACK Page: 52
24-6 BOTTOM ARMLOCK - KIMURA Page: 52
24-7 INCORRECT KIMURA Page: 52
GUARD PASSING Page: 53
A. PASSING THE CLOSED GUARD FROM THE KNEES Page: 54
25-0 BLOCKING THE COLLAR GRIP Page: 54
25-1 DEFEATING THE CROSS-COLLAR GRIP Page: 54
25-2 OVERHOOK GUARD ESCAPE Page: 54
25-3 ESCAPING OVER-THE-SHOULDER BELT GRIP Page: 55
25-4 CLASSIC OPENING ON THE KNEES Page: 55
25-5 BLOCKING THE TRIANGLE Page: 55
25-6 FAILED TRIANGLE BLOCK Page: 55
25-7 OPENING WHEN OPPONENT HIDES BOTH ARMS Page: 56
25-8 BASIC SINGLE UNDERHOOK OPENING Page: 56
25-9 BASIC UNDERHOOK PASS Page: 56
25-10 BEATING THE BLOCKED HIP Page: 56
25-11 BASIC UNDERHOOK PASS VARIATION Page: 57
25-12 DOUBLE UNDERHOOK PASS Page: 57
25-13 DOUBLE UNDERHOOK PASS VARIATION Page: 57
25-14 COMBAT BASE TO BASIC PASS Page: 57
B. PASSING THE GUARD FROM STANDING Page: 59
25-15 BASE WARM-UP Page: 59
25-16 STANDING CORRECTLY VS. INCORRECTLY Page: 59
25-17 STANDING OPENING WITH HIP PRESSURE Page: 59
25-18 DEFENSIVE SQUATTING & STANDING OPEN Page: 59
25-19 OPEN WHEN OPPONENT HIDES ONE ARM Page: 60
25-20 OPEN AGAINST LONG LEGS Page: 60
25-21 ARMPIT GRIP OPENING & BRIDGE DEFEATING Page: 60
25-22 OPENING AGAINST DOUBLE UNDERHOOKS Page: 61
26-0 CORE OPEN GUARD PASSES Page: 62
26-1 LEG ROPE FRONT Page: 62
26-2 LEG ROPE BACK Page: 62
26-3 LEG ROPE SIDE SWITCH & SMASH Page: 62
26-4 KNEE CROSS PASS Page: 62
26-5 KNEE CROSS AGAINST LAPEL GRIP Page: 63
26-6 ANGLE CHANGE TO KNEE PASS Page: 63
26-7 TORREANDO & APPROACH Page: 63
26-8 TORREANDO AGAINST ONE HOOK Page: 63
26-9 TORREANDO W/ HIP CONTROL DRILL Page: 64
26-11 TWO-ON-ONE LEG PASS Page: 64
27-0 BUTTERFLY GUARD PASSES Page: 65
27-1 POSTURE & BALANCE Page: 65
27-2 FLAT BUTTERFLY–WALK-AROUND PASS Page: 65
27-3 WALLID ISMAEL VARIATION Page: 65
27-4 WRAP-THE-LEGS PASS Page: 65
27-5 HAND PLANT PASS Page: 66
27-6 LEVEL CHANGE PASS Page: 66
27-7 FORWARD KNEE-PRESS PASS Page: 66
27-8 PASSING THE CROSS-GRIP Page: 66
27-9 FLOATING HIP-SWITCH PASS Page: 67
27-10 FLOATING HIP-SWITCH AGAINST PANT GRAB Page: 67
27-11 THE STAR PASS Page: 67
27-12 TRANSITION TO MOUNT OFF PASS Page: 67
27-13 STAND-UP WHEEL PASS Page: 68
27-14 X PASS Page: 68
27-15 SHIN-TO-SHIN PASS Page: 68
28-0 SPIDER GUARD PASSES Page: 70
28-1 BREAK & PASS Page: 70
28-2 LEG LASSO PASS Page: 70
29-0 CROSS GRIP PASSES Page: 71
29-1 SAME SIDE PASS Page: 71
30-0 DE LA RIVA PASSES Page: 72
30-1 UNLOCK & PASS Page: 72
30-2 HOOK ESCAPE PASS Page: 72
30-3 PASSING THE DEEP DE LA RIVA Page: 72
31-0 SIT-UP GUARD Page: 73
31-1 STEP-AROUND PASS Page: 73
31-2 UNDERHOOK TO MOUNT Page: 73
31-3 UNDERHOOK TO KNEE-UP-THE-MIDDLE VARIATION Page: 73
32-0 REVERSE DE LA RIVA PASSES Page: 74
32-1 HIP SMASH Page: 74
32-2 FLOATING PASS Page: 74
33-0 INVERTED GUARD PASSES Page: 75
33-1 HIP PASS Page: 75
33-2 DANGER OF CIRCLING Page: 75
34-0 PASSING THE X-GUARD Page: 76
34-1 BALANCE BALL BREAK & PASS Page: 76
34-2 BREAK & PASS Page: 76
35-0 HALF GUARD PASSES Page: 77
35-1 FLATTENING THE OPPONENT Page: 77
35-2 STRAIGHT LEG PASS WITH KNEE BLOCK Page: 77
35-3 BASE-SWITCH PASS WITH SHIN Page: 77
35-4 BLOCKED ARM PASS Page: 77
35-5 XANDE’S FLATTENING PASS Page: 78
35-6 SHIN SLIDE PASS Page: 78
35-7 ESGRIMA PASS Page: 78
35-8 ESGRIMA MOUNT Page: 78
35-9 FREDSON ALVES’ ESGRIMA PASS Page: 79
35-10 WHIZZER ARMBAR FEINT PASS Page: 79
35-11 THE OPPOSITE SIDE PASS Page: 79
35-12 OPPOSITE PASS AGAINST UNDERHOOK Page: 80
35-13 OPPOSITE-SIDE PASS TO MOUNT Page: 80
35-14 HALF MOUNT PASS Page: 80
35-15 HALF MOUNT TO KNEE CROSS Page: 80
35-16 DEEP HALF—LEG PULLOUT Page: 80
35-17 HALF BUTTERFLY HIP-SWITCH Page: 81
35-18 OPEN HALF GUARD HIP-DRIVE PASS Page: 81
35-19 OPEN HALF GUARD LEMON SQUEEZE PASS Page: 81
SUBMISSIONS Page: 82
36-0 THE BACK Page: 83
36-1 GETTING THE COLLAR: BOW & ARROW CHOKE Page: 83
36-2 ARMBAR AGAINST CHOKE DEFENSE Page: 83
36-3 ARM & COLLAR CHOKE Page: 83
36-4 EZEQUIEL CHOKE FROM THE BACK Page: 83
37-0 THE MOUNT Page: 84
37-1 THE AMERICANA Page: 84
37-2 MOUNTED ARMBAR Page: 84
37-3 EZEQUIEL Page: 85
37-4 KATA GATAME Page: 85
37-5 PALM UP/PALM DOWN CHOKE Page: 85
37-6 PALM UP/PALM UP CHOKE Page: 86
37-7 TRIANGLE CHOKE Page: 86
37-8 S-MOUNT CROSS CHOKE Page: 86
37-9 S-MOUNT ARMBAR Page: 87
37-10 KATA GATAME TO EZEQUIEL Page: 87
37-11 COLLAR CHOKE DRILL Page: 87
38-0 SIDE CONTROL Page: 88
38-1 KIMURA Page: 88
38-2 WALK-AROUND ARMBAR Page: 88
38-3 ROYLER’S ARMBAR Page: 88
38-4 SPINNING ARMBAR Page: 89
38-5 FAILED SPINNING ARMBAR Page: 89
38-6 SPINNING ARMBAR TO KIMURA Page: 89
38-7 STEP-OVER CHOKE Page: 89
38-8 BREAD CUTTER CHOKE Page: 90
38-9 BASEBALL CHOKE Page: 90
39-0 TURTLE TOP Page: 91
39-1 CLOCK CHOKE Page: 91
40-0 HALF GUARD Page: 92
40-1 BRABO CHOKE Page: 92
40-2 BRABO TO STRAIGHT ARMLOCK Page: 92
41-0 GUARD TOP Page: 93
41-1 STRAIGHT ANKLE LOCK Page: 93
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