Cycle 3 BJJ Curriculum

Testing for Cycle 3 will be March 29th. We will have a week of review prior to that weekend. I will also place video here for reference soon. -Sensei Larry Keith-

Weeks 1-5-9—

Jan 1-4, Jan 27-31, Feb 24-28

NAGE WAZA—THROWING TECHNIQUES

PRINCIPLES/CONCEPTS

1.       Safety first—look out for number 1 and protect your partner

2.       Differences between sweep and reap

*UKEMI—BREAKFALL PRACTICE

·         Forward rolls

·         Side falls

·         Back falls

·         Front falls

THROWS AND TAKEDOWNS

1.       Ko-uchi-gari                                                       minor inner reap

2.       O-uchi-gari                                                         major inner reap

3.       De-ashi-barai                                                    advanced foot sweep

4.       ­Bonus—Ko-soto-gari w/cross sleeve           minor outer reap

Weeks 2-6-10—

Jan 6-10, Feb 3-7, March 3-7

HALF GUARD—BOTTOM POSITION

PRINCIPLES/CONCEPTS

1.       Underhook and biceps control

2.       Not getting flattened out (be a ball)

3.       Positional advancement—recover guard, sweep, or submission

POSITIONAL CONTROL AND SWEEPS

1.       Ankle step underhook recovery

2.       Inside and outside lockdown

3.       Guard recovery—shrimping to recover full guard

4.       Old school sweep

5.       Plan B sweep

Weeks 3-7-11—

Jan 13-17, Feb 10-14, March 10-14

SIDE CONTROL—TOP POSITION

PRINCIPLES/CONCEPTS

1.       Sag-Hug-Contour

2.       Figure 4 gripping

SUBMISSIONS

1.       180 degree Juji-gatame

2.       Upward ude-garami

3.       Downward ude-garami

4.       Bread cutter/paper cutter choke

Weeks 4-8-12—

Jan 2-24, Feb 17-21, March 17-21

CLOSED GUARD—BOTTOM POSITION

PRINCIPLES/CONCEPTS

1.       Overhook

2.       Figure 4 gripping

3.       Bridging the hips

4.       Triangle bite or high guard position

POSITIONAL CONTROL—SUBMISSIONS

1.       Overhook to kataha-jime

2.       Overhook to sankaku-jime

3.       Hip Bump sweep

4.       Sit up Ude-garami (Kimura)

5.       Sit up guillotine

Video--Dynamic Jiu-jitsu Cycle 1/Part 1

 

 

 

 

 





Dynamic Curriclum Cycle 1

YOUTH JIU-JITSU CURRICULUM—CYCLE 1

AGES 4-15

Week 1-5-9—

Mount—

Positional control

1.       knee drive transition to mount(gray)

2.       anchor and base(gray)

3.       low swim/high swim(gray)

4.       take the back(orange)

5.       remount technique (orange)

Week 2-6-10—

Mount

Escapes and defenses

1.       trap and roll (arm hug variation) (gray)

2.       elbow escape (standard variation) (yellow)

3.       elbow escape (with hook removal) (orange)

4.       bench press to butterfly guard(green)

 

Week 3-7-11—

Guard—

Positional control

1.       collar and sleeve gripping(gray)

2.       scissor sweep(gray)

3.       hip bump sweep(orange)

4.       double ankle sweep (vs standing) (orange)

5.       hook sweep (vs standing) (orange)

Week 4-8-12—

Guard—

Passing the guard

1.       guard break to single underhook smash pass(gray)

2.       guard break to double underhook smash pass(yellow)

3.       guard break to knee through inside pass(green)

4.       butterfly guard X-pass(green)

 

 

ADULT BJJ CURRICULUM—CYCLE 1

--Warm ups should include bridges, shrimping, ukemi, and around world pins.

Weeks 1-5-9—

Side Control and Mount—

Positional control

1.       Mune-gatame to Kuzure-kesa

2.       knee drive transition to mount

3.       anchor and base

4.       low swim/high swim

5.       pommel horse armlock

6.       take the back

Weeks 2-6-10—

Mount

Escapes and defenses

1.       trap and roll (arm hug variation)

2.       trap and roll (head control variation)

3.       elbow escape (standard variation)

4.       elbow escape (with hook removal)

5.       bench press to butterfly guard

Weeks 3-7-11—

Guard—

Positional control

1.       scissor sweep

2.       hip bump sweep

3.       pendulum sweep

4.       name-juji-jime (cross collar choke)

5.       cross collar to armbar

Weeks 4-8-12—

Guard—

Passing the guard

1.       guard break to single underhook smash pass

2.       guard break to double underhook smash pass

3.       guard break to knee through inside pass

4.       cross body half guard pass

5.       tripod half guard pass

 

 

ADULT MMA CURRICULUM—CYCLE 1

--Warm ups include bridges, shrimping, ukemi, and around world pins.

Weeks 1-5-9—

Side Control and Mount—

POSITIONAL CONTROL

1.       Mune-gatame to Kuzure-kesa (side mount to modified scarf hold)

2.       knee drive transition to mount

3.       anchor and base

4.       low swim/high swim

5.       pommel horse Juji-gatame (crossmark armlock) 

6.       take the back and finish with RNC

Weeks 2-6-10—

Ground work

FIGURE 4 (UDE-GARAMI)

1.       far side with juji-gatame finish

2.       sit up Kimura

3.       as defense to single leg takedown

4.       as counter to hugger from top mount

5.       over/under north/south

Weeks 3-7-11—

Ground work--

ATTACKING THE TURTLE

1.       figure 4 rolling armbar

2.       anaconda choke from front

3.       brabo choke from front

4.       D’arce choke from front

5.       Brabo guillotine choke

Weeks 4-8-12—

Guard—

STRIKING DRILLS

1.       skipping knees

2.       pyramid round kicks

3.       1-2-3-4 punch combination

4.       Blocking 1-2-3-4

5.       Defending leg kicks with check, shuffle, open, and catch

6.       Parry and check