White Belt Curriculum

Floor Drills

Breakfalls

-Forward

-Backward

-Side

Rolling

-Forward 

-Backward

-Side

Bridging (Upa)

-Basic

-Bridge to Knees

Hip Escapes/Shrimping

-Traditional

-Two Feet

Technical Standup/Hip Heist 

Helicopter Leg Drill

Defense: Survival & Escape

Mount (Bottom)

-Mount Protective Positions

-Bridge Escape (Upa) *Rickson Technique *Technique

    -Bridge Escape-Opp Choking You *Rener & Ryron example

     -Bridge Escape-Under Grap Opp. Arm

    -Bridge Escape-Over Hook Opp. Arm *example

    -Bridge Escape-Arm Under Neck *Rener & Ryron example

    -Bridge Escape-Hug (Opp sits up to punch) *Rener & Ryron example

-Knee Elbow Escape 

    -Elbow-Knee Escape-Basic *Danaher Example

        -Heel Drag *Roy Dean example
        -Foot Lift *Roy Dean example

    -Elbow Knee Escape-Hug (Gracie Combatives) *Sundarexample
    -Elbow-Knee Escape-Xande Method *Xande Example

    -Elbow Knee Escape - Danaher Rising Shrimp Version *example *Danaher example

Side Control (Bottom)

-Side Control Survival Position

-Shrimp Escape to Guard *example

-Escape to Knees

Back (Bottom)

-Basic Back Escape-Moving to the Side *Example

Knee On Belly (Bottom)

-Escape to Single Leg

Closed Guard (Top)

Guard Breaking & Passing

-Opening Closed Guard 1 - Standard Method (Collar & Cuff Grips) *Example

-Opening Closed Guard 2 - Collar & Pant Grips *Example

-Opening Closed Guard - No Gi *Example

-Standing Staple Pass 1 (collar & cuff grip) *basic technique

-Standing Staple Pass 2 (collar & pant grip) *basic technique

-Knee Cut Pass *example

-Double Under/Stack Pass

-Toreando Pass

Half Guard (Top)

-Foot Pry Pass *example

Offense

Mount (Top)

Positional Control

Understand Low Mount Leg Positions (Heals Under Legs, Deep Hooks) 

Mid Mount

High Mount

-Arm Swimming (When opp. pushes on your chest) *technique
-Low Mount Swimming (When opp. tries to over hook your arm) *technique
-Anchor and Base (When opp. rolls and pushes you to the side) *technique
-Pull Hands off Knees (When opp. pushes your knees with his hands)
-Move to Technical Mount (When opp. pushes your knees, elbow-knee escapes or rolls with arms tucked) *technique  *technique
-Cross Face (When opp. pushes knee/hip) *technique

Submissions

-Americana/Keylock (opp. arms close to chest, but not tight) *Gracie example

-Americana/Keylock-Arm Under Neck Version *SundarBJJ example

Closed Guard (Bottom)

Breaking Posture

-Double Elbow Cup & Knee Pull

-Hands Under Opp Forearms & Knee Pull

-Classic Grip & Knee Pull

Sweeps

-Hip Bump Sweep

-Pendulum Sweep

-Scissor Sweep 

1) Traditional 

2) High Kick

3) Knee Push

-Elevator Sweep *technique example

-De la Riva Arm Drag

-Going to B

-Waiter Sweep/Muscle Sweep

-Double Angle Grab Sweep 

  1) Knees together version *technique example

  2) Feet version *technique example

-Tripod Sweep *M. G. Example

-Broom/Sickle Sweep *Emily Kwon Example

1) Knee version

2) Feet version

-Back Roll Sweep

Submissions

-Guillotine 

  1) Arm out

  2) Arm in

(arm in and out)

-Armbar 

-Kimura

-Cross Collar 

  1) Palm Up

  2) Palm Down

  3) Overhook

-Triangle Choke

1) Push Hand In, Foot On Hip or Pop Up

2) Push Hand In, Pop Up

3) Closed Guard to Spider Guard to Triangle 

Sparring

1) Without strikes

2) With strikes