Gameplan for a Beginner

I’m not saying that you shouldn’t be practicing submissions or sweeps at all but most of your first few years should be spent learning to get out of trouble. Once you have good escapes and your more confident that you’ll get out of trouble, you’ll feel much safer going for sweeps and subs because you’ll already know that you can get out of any bad position that potentially missing your move could lead to.

1. Closed guard submissions
2. Closed guard passes
3. Closed guard sweeps
4. Open guard submissions
5. Open guard passes
6. Open guard sweeps
7. Half guard submissions
8. Half guard passes
9. Half guard sweeps
10. Side mount submissions
11. Side mount transitions
12. Side mount escapes
13. Knee mount submissions
14. Knee mount transitions
15. Knee mount escapes
16. Full mount submissions
17. Full mount transitions
18. Full mount escapes
19. Rear mount submissions
20. Rear mount transitions
21. Rear mount escapes
22. Turtle submissions
23. Turtle transitions
24. Turtle escapes

1. Cross Collar Choke — to — Armbar (Closed Guard Submissions)

18. Hip Escape (shrimping) — to –Elbow Knee Escape (Full Mount Bottom Escapes)

I realize that after writing this … that it would certainly be more fun in sparring to have more options , but really any one of the options — could take a life time for mastery. Just when I think I know a basic — a Rickson seminar blows everything away with new details — or seemingly new 😉

16. Cross Collar Choke — to — Armbar — (Full Mount Submissions)

Alright, here goes. There are four major (no shit, major) basic movements that are going to be the end all, be all if you ever want to get good at bjj period. Here they are:
1. Bridge
2. Shrimp
3. Upa escapes aka bridge and roll
4. Elbow-knee escapes

These should probably be about 75% of what you work on for the first 1-2 years of bjj. I know it’s not that fun or flashy but you’ll seriously get you ass kicked forever unless your defense and escapes are good and that is what these four fundamental movements will lead to.

Kesting is 100% right that you should know 2 moves from all of those positions to make the J more fun but you’ve only been going twice a week for 2-3 months…..unfortunately with Jiu-Jitsu there is no easy way out or short cuts to all the sudden get great, trust me I’ve looked. The only tried and true way to get good at bjj, such as anything, is to train more. More mat time will give you more time to learn and practice your escapes, which will lead to you learning and getting “the feel” and you’ll eventually get good. Everyone on here has put there time in and will continue to do so because the J is real damn hard. The J is a marathon, not a sprint. Take your time, work hard and don’t quit. Remember “you have to be the nail before you can be the hammer”

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