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Stuck in a position? Learn what to do next.

Free lessons for every BJJ position: escapes, sweeps, passes and submissions, with videos from top instructors.

Choose your position New to jiu-jitsu? Start with Foundations I

Where are you stuck?

Tap where you end up. Each card opens that position: what to do, how to escape and the videos.

Underneath

Under mountSurvive, then bridge or shrimp outUnder side controlFrame, make space, get your guard backThey have my backProtect your neck and turn inKnee on bellyPush the knee, shrimp awayTurtleStop the back take, sit out or roll

In a guard

Closed guard (bottom)Break posture, then sweep or submitHalf guard (bottom)Get the underhook, come up or sweepStuck in their closed guardPosture up and open the legsStuck in their half guardFlatten them and free your leg
At the start of a rollGrips, takedowns and guard pullsCaught in a submission?Escapes for 21 submissions, step by stepNot sure what it’s called?See all 57 positions, grouped the way you meet them

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Positions57 positions: where you are on the matSubmissions44 submissions: how they work and how to escape themVideos57 free full-length seminars, inside the positionsQuizzesCheck what you know, a few questions at a time

New to jiu-jitsu? Follow the Foundations in order

All courses
  1. ISurvive & escape
  2. IIClosed guard
  3. IIIHalf guard
  4. IVPassing
  5. VPins & mount
  6. VIStanding, front headlock & back

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Free seminars, inside the positions

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Dean Lister's Bottom Half Guard SystemDean Lister · Half guardArmbar Mastery SeminarRener and Ryron Gracie · ArmbarAttacking the Turtle: Control and Taking the BackRory van Vliet · Turtle (top)

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