BJJ ROADMAP

Question 1

Standard Headlock Escape

Answer 1

Turn head toward opponent
Get on side slightly
Control opponents arm
Create connection with shoulder onto opponents back
Hook top leg over and create connection
Turn chest down, Hips turn before shoulders
End up on top connection shoulder into back

Question 2

Headlock Escape from Leg run counter

Answer 2

Turn head toward opponent
Get on side slightly
Control opponents arm
Create connection with shoulder onto opponents back
Try to hook top leg over but opponent moves away
Scissor switch legs and turn chest down
Circle toward open side 90 degrees
End up on top, post arm onto neck/shoulder connection
Connect with leg over, arm across face and leg tight behind back

Question 3

Headlock Escape from Leg run counter with arm lock

Answer 3

Turn head toward opponent
Get on side slightly
Control opponents arm
Create connection with shoulder onto opponents back
Try to hook top leg over but opponent moves away
Scissor switch legs and turn chest down
Circle toward open side 90 degrees
End up on top, connect with leg over, arm across face and leg tight behind back
Lock opponents arm up high and grab own shoulder
Lay back, pinch knees together and ankles in tight
If they grab hands, keep posture and break grip at their wrist with your opposite hand

Question 4

Standing Base

Answer 4

Feet at 90 degrees L knees bent, shoulders back
If pushed lean in
If pulled sink hips down, shoulders back
If within 1 step of striking hands up
If contact hands up and control inside

Question 5

Break Grips Standing

Answer 5

Get base
Shuffle forward if needed and
Pull hand up toward head, your elbow to their elbow
Radial bone out on the line between their thumb and fingers
If 2on1 grip may need to thread other hand between theirs from over top to assist
Finish with hands up

Question 6

Thai Clinch Shoulder Shrug Standing

Answer 6

Base
Posture hips underneath, shoulders back, head up and chin tucked
Hands up protecting head
Connection shoulder to their arm
Pressure Turn away from clinch
Go into Russian 2on1

Question 7

Snap Down Guilotine

Answer 7

Snap down 
Thread arm through no gap at elbow crease connection is tight
Thumb up grab fist with other hand 
Relax arm
Straight up like a window shade and 
Check your watch for a little extra

Question 8

Standing Guilotine Counter

Answer 8

Relax arm nearest their centreline
Whip it up over their opposite shoulder
Get your shoulder as close to their chest neck area

Question 9

Counter their standing Guilotine counter

Answer 9

Create space between you and them with your choking elbow
Preventing their connection to your chest
Can lift the non choking elbow to block their arm

Question 10

Closed Guard Bottom

Answer 10

Climb legs high, removing the space between your knees and their armpits/shoulders
Pinch knees together
Hand either on neck or armpit from over the top
Elbow drops toward hip
Chest expands and shoulders back to the ground

Question 11

Hip Bump Sweep

Answer 11

As soon as they start to posture, follow them up
First onto elbow, then onto hand
Other arm goes over their shoulder, the side you are sweeping to
Tricep goes into their neck and hand grabs their tricep
Chest is up
Guard opens
Hip bump and push arm down and through

Question 12

Mount from Hip Bump Sweep

Answer 12

Hands at 45 degrees elbows slightly bent (if they go to grab an arm, can weight up that arm making it harder to move)
Knees pinched together
Tuck your tailbone under (posterior pelvic tilt)
Sink your weight back to your hips

Question 13

Break Posture from Closed Guard

Answer 13

Three ways to break their posts on your chest:
- Inside to the outside, 
- outside to the outside and 
- both in one direction
Two ways to pull with the legs:
- Straight down
- Slightly up then down

Question 14

Head and Arm from Closed Guard (arm across your neck)

Answer 14

From Closed guard position
Your hand controlling the shoulder/head moves over the back to the armpit of the arm across your neck
Your other hand goes to the tricep of the arm across neck
Move to the side and pull with the legs to move their arm across their neck rather than their face
Loose are around neck to create greater connection
Finish choke

Question 15

Double Ankle Sweep

Answer 15

They have established posture and begin to stand up
Uncross feet and immediately pinch knees together pushing ankles slightly toward ground
Grab their ankles/heels with pinky on floor
Hip pressure into them to push them backwards
Pick a side and move through S leg position to establish mount
Stabilise in mount, hips back and tucked knees pinched, arms at 45 degrees

Question 16

Hug and Roll Sweep

Answer 16

May be done halfway through an unsuccessful sweep attempt
They posture up
Use legs to pull up and back toward you, lifting their knees up off the ground
On the way down, hug and roll to a side
Preferable hug over the arm on the side rolling to

If get stuck halway, face away and use both hands to walk yourself around and backward ontop

Question 17

Defeat frames when on Mount Top

Answer 17

If they go to push up from the bottom:

• Keep weight on their hands and swim one arm through at a time, angling the shoulder forward that you are sweeping through
• Angle shoulders 45 and sweep across from one side use bodyweight to pin their arm to their chest and can gift wrap their arm

Question 18

Controlling posture from Close Guard Bottom - Angle Off

Answer 18

Angle hips off to OVERHOOK side, without putting foot on the matt or hip
Do by pushing one knee up at 45 and pulling one knee in
Overhook close arm and pull thumb toward your face
Squeeze knees together and weight up top knee into their back
When they try to push down knee with hand or elbow, extend legs and squeeze knees together

Question 19

Controlling posture from Close Guard Bottom - Prevent Strong Guy Sit Up

Answer 19

Take top leg and post, lifting your hips off the ground whilst maintaining overhook and head control

Question 20

Triangle Choke Details

Answer 20

Need either:
- My leg to go between their arms or
- Their arm to between my legs
Leg goes up over shoulder and extends and hooks back and down to create connection
Triangle second leg, then make adjustments without releasing legs

Question 21

Triangle Choke from Angled off Closed Guard

Answer 21

If they go to push or elbow bottom leg down, first squeeze knees together
Feed hand or elbow through
Extend leg and hook back to create connection (lock feet together at least)
Then secure with figure 4
Make adjustments without opening legs
Internal rotate overlock leg

Question 22

Knee Shield

Answer 22

When lose control and they posture up
Open guard
Angle hips out
Top knee can go over their arm
Bottom foot onto hip, outside their knee or calf on their thigh all with connection
Must get knee angle correct:
- Can lay on it if too low
- Can pass inside it if too high

Question 23

Knee Shield to Sweep (break their posture)

Answer 23

Use bottom foot to push on their knee breaking their posture

Can heel kick in their face with the same foot

Question 24

Spider Guard

Answer 24

They posture up
Pinch knees together
One at a time put foot on hip
Knees stay together preventing straight punches
When hooks come, block then catch arm behind elbow on the way back
Push knee out toward their elbow pit and shoulders back to ground
POSTURE: Shoulders back, hips up
CONNECTION: Knees to elbow pits, feet on hips
If take arm back, can re-block and capture are, or pinch knees together and extend hips

Question 25

Upkick from Spider Guard

Answer 25

From Spider Guard
They posture up
Transition hands from tricep to wrists and Upkick extending hips
Sharp extension then pull back to re-establish Spider Guard and/or prevent pass
Transitioning hands to wrists opens up Triangle choke as well

Question 26

Triangle Choke from Spider Guard (leg between hands)

Answer 26

Controlling Triceps, knees pushed out to elbows, feet on hips, hips up
They posture up
Transition hands to wrists and if can turn thumbs down
Feed foot like up-kick but miss, at same time feed arm across to same side
Wrap leg and use other leg to turn body to look into ear
Figure 4 before releasing hand grip
Adjust as required

Question 27

Triangle Choke from Spider Guard (hand between legs)

Answer 27

Controlling triceps, knees flared, feet on hips, hips off the ground, shoulders back
They posture up
Transition grips to wrists and turn thumbs down (particularly on the hand that you will stuff)
Hips are up
Drop hips and stuff hand between legs - maintain grip
Feed foot up and across behind neck and feed other hand across
Other foot pushes on hip to turn to look into ear
Lock up figure 4
Release grip on stuffed hand and adjust

Question 28

Technical Stand Up

Answer 28

Get up going away from opponent, dont want head going closer to them