WHITE TO BLUE BELT CURRICULUM

Mount Attack
1. Cross Collar Choke
1.1 Palms up
1.2 Palm up Palm down
1.3 Palms down
2. Ezekiel Choke
3. Key Lock
4. Arm bar

Mount Escape
1. Trap Arm and Bridge
2. Trap Wrist and Bridge
3. Hip Escape
1.1 Bridge and one knee in
1.2 Bridge and two knees in

Side Control Attack

1. Kimura
1.1 Variation to Straight arm attack
2. Key Lock
2.1 Variation to Straight arm attack
3. Arm bar (going to north/south transition)
4. Paper cutter choke
5. Mount from knee on belly with under-hook
6. Mount with big step over (butt flop-grab foot)

Side Control Escape

1. Hip escape
 1.1 variation with butterfly hook instead of knee
2. Under-hooking and going to knees with a single-leg

Back Attack
1. Mata-Leao (rear naked choke_
2. Hand to hand choke
3. Arm bar

Back Escape
1. Shrimp and bridge to where attacking arm points
2. 2 on 1 and turn into opponent
3. Foot lock when feet are crossed

Turtle position attack

1. Clock choke with collar and wrist
2. Back attack sprawl

Turtle escape
1. Sit to guard (fire hydrant)
2. Roll to guard
3. Stand up

Knee on belly attack

1. Baseball choke
2. Collar Choke
3. Arm bar (opponent pushing knees) North south & kimura variation
4. Arm bar falling back

Knee on belly escape

1. Shrimp to full guard
2. Stiff arms on belt and hip, go to knees
3. Trap foot in half-guard

Closed guard
1. Kimura
1.1 Kimura & bridge to mount variation
2. Arm bar and under hook leg, sweep to mount and sweep to arm bar variations
3. Triangle
4. Collar choke, palms up
4.1 Collar choke 1 palm up and 1 palm down
5. Wrap choke (anaconda)
6. Omoplata shoulder lock
7. Standard back sweep when opponent stands up (grabbing the ankles)
8. Jump closed guard
Opening closed guard
1. On knees, one knee in the middle and press open
2. Standing up with posture controlling 1 sleeve
3. Escaping arm bar, triangle, kimura, collar choke, etc.
4. Posture theory

Half guard (top)

1. Knee through pass with under hook
2. Ezequiel
3. Key Lock
4. Kimura to pass and submit

Half Guard (bottom)

1. Put opponent back in guard by shrimping
2. Getting under hook and going to knees
3. Fore arm in front of neck and butterfly hook escape

Open guard bottom

1. Scissor sweep
2. Tripod sweep, variations 1 and 2
3. Wind shield-wiper sweep (foot on bicep)
3.1 Straight to triangle
3.2 Straight to omoplata

Open guard pass

1. “Toreando pass”
1.1 Legs on mat
1.2 Legs on opponent’s chest
2. Stack pass (double unders)
2.1 Hand on collar
2.2 Hand on lapel
3. Going under and forcing opponent to his knees then securing front head lock

Take downs
1. Osoto- Gari (leg sweep) and break grip variation
2. Ogoshi (hip throw)
3. Ippon seoi-nague
4. Single leg to dump
5. Double leg
6. Body lock and leg trip variation

Take Down Defense

1. Sprawl
2. Break Single (head high)
3. Break single (head low)
4. Counter hip-throw with another hip-throw
Submission Escapes
1. Wrap choke escape from guard
2. Palm-up choke escape from guard
3. Closed guard arm bar escape
4. Mata-Leao (r.n.c.) escape
5. Triangle Escape
6. Omoplata escape
7. Arm bar escape