The Study Guide: Notes and Resources For The 4 Week Intro Class

Welcome to the resource page for Intro to Jiu-Jitsu! Here, you’ll find notes about the classes and techniques we’ve covered, plus occasional video reminders. Remember, you can also access our broader Learning Resources page — that has helpful links as well, and we’re adding to it constantly.

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In this class, we’ll do four weeks of an Intro to BJJ curriculum — eight classes. All of the videos from that four-week curriculum, along with some notes, are below for your review.

LESSON 1: Four Basic Movements

Shrimping

Bridging

Breakfalling

Standing up in Base

Class notes on all of these.


Cross Choke From the Guard, with posture break:

LESSON 2: Closed guard

Notes on these techniques:
Arm bar from guard

Triangle choke from guard

LESSON 3: Closed guard

Notes on these techniques:
Hip Bump Sweep From Guard

Reverse Bent Arm Lock From Guard (Kimura)

LESSON 4: Survival and escape from mount and side control

Notes on these techniques:

Upa escape / Bridge and Roll Escape

Elbow escape / shrimp escape from mount

Elbow escape / shrimp escape from side control

LESSON 5: Back Escapes

Notes on these techniques:


Turning Escape

Turning Escape to Elbow Escape

Countering Crossed Feet

LESSON 6: Standing Techniques

Bear Hug Takedown

O Goshi hip throw

Pulling Guard to Defend and Attack

LESSON 7: Passing the Guard

Opening the Guard From the Knees

Double Under Hook Stack Pass


Knee Cut Pass

LESSON 8: Submissions From Dominant Positions

Butcher Choke from Side Control

Cross Choke From Mount

Rear Naked Choke From the Back


Sliding Collar Choke from the Back