All Positions Techniques

Primary leg-entanglement family that isolates one leg for heel hooks, kneebars, and transitions into saddle or 50/50.

Highest scoring control position with strong finishing mechanics.

Chest-to-chest clinch around the torso used for passing, takedowns, and crushing half-guard pressure.

Back-control variation that locks the legs in a triangle around the torso to immobilize the hips and raise submission percentage.

Butterfly-hook entry into ashi-style entanglement — a seated path from butterfly into single-leg X and heel-hook systems.

Dynamic open guard leveraging inside hooks, underhooks, and forward pressure to create sweeping opportunities.

Fundamental defensive guard with strong control and high-percentage attacks.

Gi open-guard framework built on opposite collar and sleeve grips — the base for scissor, pendulum, and many classic sweeps.

Standing head-and-neck grip used to snap, angle, and set up shots, trips, and front headlock attacks.

Inverted open-guard structure that sandwiches the passer between crossed legs — a high-control platform for sweeps and back takes.

Control position that traps both of the opponent’s arms with your legs and arms — a high-percentage platform for chokes and arm attacks.

Outside hook guard that controls the lead leg — a modern staple for sweeps, back takes, and berimbolo entries.

Half-guard entanglement that gets underneath the passer’s hips — a high-percentage path to waiter sweeps, back takes, and single-leg entries.

Half-guard dogfight — both athletes seated facing the same direction with competing underhooks — a high-percentage sweep and back-take platform.

Outside-reaping entanglement lookalike used to threaten heel hooks while managing IBJJF-illegal reap angles in training contexts.

Symmetric leg entanglement where both players share leg configuration — hub for ankle locks and modern leg wars.

Head-and-arm control from the front — the hub for guillotines, D’arce and anaconda chokes, snap-downs, and back takes.

Control position that traps the opponent’s near arm across their neck, setting back takes, armbars, and chokes.

Mounted control that hooks both of the opponent’s legs with your feet — a heavy pin that kills bridges and sets up high-percentage attacks.

Versatile hybrid guard that blends defensive recovery with sweeping and submission options.

HQ passing position — standing or kneeling over a seated/supine guard with inside control of one leg — the launchpad for knee-cuts, smash passes, and long steps.

Saddle-style entanglement nickname emphasizing the inside hip pocket used for high-percentage heel hooks.

Ashi configuration with the inside hook controlling the hip line — common highway into outside heel hooks and saddle.

Upside-down open-guard family that uses shoulder mobility and leg frames to retain, sweep, and enter company or waiter systems.

Inverted half-guard style entanglement that attacks the far leg — a modern bridge from retention into saddle, outside ashi, and back takes.

North-south style arm trap that isolates a kimura grip and hunts finishes, back takes, and armbars from a clamped upper body.

Mobile top control position that applies chest pressure while freeing hands for submissions or transitions.

Half-guard framing structure that uses the shin across the opponent’s torso to create space, stop the pass, and recover fuller guard.

Gi guard family that wraps a lapel around the opponent’s leg or body to control distance, sweep, and stall passes.

Gi open-guard system that wraps a sleeve-controlled arm with your leg — a high-control hub for sweeps, omoplatas, and spider combinations.

Half-guard entanglement that figure-fours the opponent’s leg to stall pressure — a control layer used for sweeps, transitions, and tempo changes.

The most dominant top position in BJJ with strong control and finishing options.

Top position with chest aligned north-south — strong control and choke entries when the opponent turns away.

Overhook-heavy guard that wraps the near arm and climbs the back or sweeps — a scramble-friendly control from half and open guard.

Dynamic guard family that relies on distance management, hooks, and grips to create attacks from open legs.

Ashi-garami configuration that controls the leg from the outside line — a primary highway into saddle, heel hooks, and ankle locks.

Inside-hook open guard that controls the lead leg from the inside — a primary entry to berimbolos, back takes, and modern passing counters.

High-leg closed-guard system that uses extreme hip flexibility to control posture and create omoplata, gogoplata, and triangle paths.

High mount variation with one knee up by the head — the classic platform for mounted armbars and mounted triangles.

Inside-sankaku style leg entanglement that isolates one leg for heel hooks and knee attacks — a cornerstone of modern no-gi leg-lock games.

Kesa-gatame style top pin that wraps the head and near arm from the side — a high-pressure control after throws and side-control transitions.

Back-control harness with one arm over the shoulder and one under the armpit — the primary grip for choking from the back.

Seated open-guard connection that meets the passer’s lead shin with your own — a primary entry to single-leg X, X-guard, and stand-up sweeps.

Fundamental top control position with strong pins and transitions.

Ashi-style open guard that isolates one leg with a figure-four — the main highway into ankle locks and modern heel hooks.

Standing clinch control that isolates one wrist — a setup hub for snaps, drags, trips, and hand-fighting entries.

Gi guard using sleeve and foot on biceps — creates distance, sweeps, and triangle entries against standing passers.

Lapel-based open-guard configuration that wraps the lapel around the near leg and uses sleeves to create sweep and back-take pressure.

Neutral standing phase — grip fighting, takedowns, and guard pulls start every rolling exchange.

Modified mount that slides a knee high toward the head — a bridge between mount retention and armbars, chokes, and back takes.

Twister-side control that folds the opponent’s legs and hips — a platform for calf slicers, back takes, and twister entries.

Defensive quadruped posture protecting the guard — gateway to escapes, reversals, and back-take battles.

Modified side-control / scarf-style pin that isolates the near arm and sets twister and crucifix-family attacks.

Lapel-based open guard that threads the gi skirt through the legs to control distance — a modern gi system for sweeps and back exposure.

Open-guard entanglement that elevates the opponent on crossed hooks — a hub for sweeps, single-leg X, and leg-lock entries.

Knee-shield half guard that frames the passer’s chest with your shin — a primary retention and sweep platform against pressure passing.