{"id":473,"date":"2019-04-21T08:48:22","date_gmt":"2019-04-21T13:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rollingaroundbjj.com\/?p=473"},"modified":"2023-08-29T19:50:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T00:50:37","slug":"bjj-techniques-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rollingaroundbjj.com\/bjj-techniques-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"My BJJ Techniques Checklist [Fundamentals for White Belt to Blue Belt]"},"content":{"rendered":"
In this article I’m going to give you my BJJ techniques checklist.<\/p>\n
This is the list of BJJ fundamental techniques<\/strong><\/a> I put together to:<\/p>\n Identify gaps in my knowledge.<\/p>\n Prioritise which instructionals I\u2019d watch.<\/p>\n Focus the things I\u2019m drilling.<\/p>\n Most importantly, it helped me to make the most of limited training time on mat<\/strong>…<\/p>\n …and provide a foundation to start learning how to apply concepts<\/strong>, rather than collecting 1,001 individual techniques<\/strong><\/p>\n So what are the foundation techniques?<\/p>\n Here they are:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Click here to download My BJJ Techniques Checklist pdf\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n I combined the content from the course The Most Important Techniques of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Stephan Kesting’s article<\/a> The 16 Most Important Techniques for the BJJ Beginner.<\/p>\n Then?<\/p>\n I listed these techniques based on the hierarchy of positions to help prioritise what I should focus on:<\/p>\n Weak side back-to-mat escape, strong side baseball bat grip escape, butt scoop escape<\/p>\n Upa \/ bridge and roll escape, elbow-knee escape<\/p>\n Hip escape guard replacement, backdoor escape<\/p>\n Over-under guard pass, knee slice, bullfighter guard pass (Toreando)<\/p>\n Under-hook back take, foot sweep<\/p>\n Foot-wedge guard pass, hip-switch guard pass<\/p>\n Arm-drag back take, scissor sweep. hip bump sweep, cross collar choke, arm bar, triangle choke<\/a>, kimura, guillotine<\/a><\/p>\n Knee slice to mount, kimura<\/a>, americana<\/a>, head-arm triangle choke<\/p>\n Back take, cross collar choke, americana, arm bar<\/p>\n Rear naked choke, doorbell choke, bow and arrow choke, arm bar<\/p>\n Being rear mounted is the worst place I could possibly be…<\/p>\n …so I figured back escapes should be the first thing to focus on<\/strong>.<\/p>\n (And, as a beginner, I\u2019d probably end up being there more than I cared for)<\/p>\n Once I got that sorted?<\/p>\n Then mounted is the next worse position.<\/p>\n So should fix that too.<\/p>\n I COULD<\/em> have worked on arm bar from mount first…<\/p>\n …but what point would there be if I never got there?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I think the best BJJ 101 course is The Most Important Techniques of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu<\/p>\n (for less than $20, you can’t go wrong)<\/p>\n It\u2019s a one-stop-shop video collection of most of the techniques you should be focusing on…<\/p>\n … with details on how to make them work.<\/p>\n Read:\u00a0The Most Important Techniques of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu: Udemy Course Review<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Next, I would check out The Ace of Escapes by MMA Leech.<\/p>\n Solid instruction on back, mount, and side control escapes.<\/p>\n (My top 3 training priorities have been sorted with just this one resource<\/strong>)<\/p>\n Even though it’s “just escapes”, it’ll improve the whole game because they lead to more dominant positions.<\/p>\n Not at all.<\/p>\n It\u2019s supposed to supplement it.<\/p>\n I can\u2019t get to training as much as I\u2019d like…<\/p>\n …so it could be over a year between sessions working on a position or specific technique.<\/p>\nMy BJJ Techniques Checklist – White Belt to Blue Belt<\/h2>\n
Rear Mounted or Back Control (Bottom)<\/h3>\n
Mount (Bottom)<\/h3>\n
Side Control (Bottom)<\/h3>\n
Inside Guard<\/h3>\n
Half Guard (Bottom)<\/h3>\n
Half Guard (Top)<\/h3>\n
Full Guard<\/h3>\n
Side Control<\/h3>\n
Mount<\/h3>\n
Back Control (Rear Mount)<\/h3>\n
Why is the BJJ techniques checklist grouped from worst-to-best in the hierarchy of positions?<\/h2>\n
What are good resources to learn the fundamental BJJ techniques?<\/h2>\n
Is this list so you don\u2019t have to go to BJJ training?<\/h2>\n