Goals: Introduce new students to basic Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu terminology, positions and principles in a safe manner. Introduce students to Ballard Jiu-Jitsu.
Non-Goals: No expectations that students are “good” at the end.
Timeframe: 3 classes per week, 4 weeks in duration.
General Class Structure
Warm ups
Two or three techniques
Interactive drill
Preview next class
Exciting weekly move sequence
Common Warm Ups
Elbow escape/hip escape/shrimp
Bridge/upa
Technical stand up
Pummeling
Breakfalls
Switch base
WEEK 1
Focus --> Escapes
Class One
✔ Warm ups (breakfalls, upa, elbow escape)
✔ Rear naked choke
✔ Back escape to the correct side
✔ Back escape to the not-correct side
✔ Interactive drill: back escape specifics
✔ Preview mount escapes
✔ Exciting move sequence of week:
Standing head lock escape, take down, control, armbar finish
Class Two
✔ Warm ups (breakfalls, upa, pummeling, technical stand up)
✔ Cross collar joke from mount
✔ Mount escape - upa
✔ Mount escape - shrimp
✔ Mount escape - foot drag to 1/2 guard, shrimp to full guard
✔ Interactive drill: mount escape specifics
✔ Takedown to back take
Class Three
✔ warm ups (breakfalls, pummeling, switch base)
✔ pummel to back to takedown
✔ takedown to back take to finish
✔ interactive drill: takedown to back take/escape back to mount to escape mount
✔ preview guard sweeps
WEEK 2
Focus --> Guard Sweeps, Finishes, Guard Passing
Class One
✔ Warm ups (breakfalls, pummeling, technical stand up)
✔ Guard sweep #1 (scissor sweep)
✔ Guard sweep #2 (push sweep)
✔ Interactive drill: guard sweep to mount to mount escape
✔ Preview guard finish
✔ Exciting move sequence of the week: Rear bear hug escape, take down, control, finish
Class Two
✔ Warm ups (breakfalls, technical stand up, switch base)
✔ Guard finish (triangle)
✔ Guard finish (arm lock)
✔ Interactive drill: guard attacks - sweep or submit
✔ Preview guard passing
Class Three
✔ Warm ups (switch base, upa, pummeling)
✔ Break the guard (knees)
✔ Break the guard (standing)
✔ Knee cut pass
✔ Interactive drill: guard pass
✔ Preview side control escape
WEEK 3
Focus --> Side Control Escapes, Control and Finishes
Class One
✔ Warm ups (switch base, upa, elbow escape)
✔ Recover guard
✔ Turtle (to knee takedown)
✔ Turtle (to recover guard)
✔ Interactive drill: side control escapes
✔ Preview control
✔ Exciting move sequence of the week: Hip throw, control, arm bar finish
Class Two
✔ Warm ups (breakfalls, pummeling, upa)
✔ Side control concepts
✔ Mount control concepts
✔ Interactive drill: pass guard to control
✔ Preview finishing
Class Three
✔ Warm ups (breakfalls, elbow escape, upa)
✔ Arm bar from side control
✔ Arm bar from mount
✔ Arm triangle from side control
✔ Arm triangle from mount
✔ Interactive drill: finishes from mount vs mount escape
✔ Preview takedowns
WEEK 4
Focus --> Takedowns, Takedown Defense, Rolling
Class One
✔ Warm ups (breakfalls, elbow escape, pummeling)
✔ Single leg
✔ Double leg
✔ Hip throw
✔ Interactive drill: takedowns
✔ Preview takedown defense
✔ Exciting move sequence of the week: Double leg shot, control, mount, choke finish
Class Two
✔ Warm ups (breakfalls, switch base, pummeling)
✔ Take
✔ Sprawl
✔ Push the head down/crossface
Class Three
✔ Interactive drill: flow roll
✔ Review four-week curriculum