Gi Curriculum
19 Week curriculum including Warm Up and Takedowns
Week 1: Passing Closed Guard
Week 2: Passing Open Guard
Week 3: Passing Half Guard
Week 4: Side Control Attacks
Week 5: Knee on Stomach and North South Attacks
Week 6: Mount Attacks
Week 7: Back Attacks
Week 8: Turtle Attacks
Week 9: Closed Guard - Collar Sleeve Control
Week 10: Closed Guard - Cross Grip Break Grip
Week 11: Closed Guard - Armbar, Triangle, Uma Plata and Defenses
Week 12: Closed Guard - Opponent Standing
Week 13: Open Guard - Lasso and Spider
Week 14: Open Guard - Dela Riva
Week 15: Half Guard Bottom
Week 16: Side Control Bottom
Week 17: Knee on Stomach and North South Bottom
Week 18: Mount Escapes
Week 19: Back Escapes
Week 20: Takedowns and Defenses
Week 21: Judo Basics
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W00 Gi and Nogi - Tutaj Warm Up
Warmup
1. Jumping jacks
2. Squats
3. Push ups
4. Crunches
5. Side crunches
6. Other side crunches
7. Supermans
8. Sit outs
9. Hip escapes
10. Bridges
11. Necks - chin to chest
12. Necks - ear to shoulder
13. Necks - chin to shoulderLeg circles
Sit up
Ankle circles both directions
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W01 Gi - Passing Closed Guard
1.1 hand on the stomach and hip. break guard keep the knee on the mat and back step
1.2.1 person crosses their feet, pop your butt up in the air, slide in the scarf
1.2.2 into mount
1.3 Original backstep pass with knee off the mat
1.4 if they cross their feet put your foot on your own foot and dr... -
W02 Gi - Passing Open Guard
Engage with the legs until you pass the legs. Then engage with the upper body
Grabbing the sleeve and then breaking the grip by pummeling over the top and outside
Break the grips of the hands that are on the pants and work into spider
I was told to never to pass by grabbing both pant legs because... -
W03 Gi - Passing Half Guard
***Notice that I'm using my outside foot to push and clamp on the leg sometimes when I'm in 1/2 guard on top***
Sit on the thigh with the half guard foot close to the body, other foot behind, wide knees. Grab the hip and bring the elbow to your own hip, blocking the knee shield. Work to flatten y... -
W04 Gi - Side Control Attacks
4.0 shoulder pressure versus chest pressure
The should of justice
Dropping your chest to the mat and drive thru their heart
4.1 regular side control
Is the arm on the close shoulder or the far shoulder?
Close - drop your chin on the arm and just drive forward putting the person on their side.
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W05 Gi - Knee on Stomach and North South Attacks
Moving around the person in side control, North/South
4.4 Reverse scarf - because your partner gets an underhook..., grab the close hip and then switch to reverse scarf
Move Mount takes from side control to knee on stomach
5.1 Solo drills for top person switching sides, people are more comfortab... -
W06 Gi - Mount Attacks
6.1 Rodger Gracie x choke
6.2 they block the X choke by grabbing the original arm. Push the arm across and slide up into s-mount. X choke
6.3 X choked to armbar
Baseball bat choke to armbar
Ezekiel
Sleeve choke
Snow plow to gift wrap
If your partner blocks it by grabbing the biceps, windshield wi... -
W07 Gi - Back Attacks
Back attacks - strong side - controlling the lapel
- cross collar choke
- lapel and hand behind the neck
Back attacks - strong side - controlling the wrist
- rear naked choke
- 1 armed rear naked choke
- bulldog choke
Back attacks - weak side
+ cross collar choke with the chin over the shoulder
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W08 Gi - Turtle Attacks 2
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W09 Gi - Closed Guard - Collar Sleeve Control 3
Pull the person in you with your legs to get a hold of both lapels. If you're having trouble grab the elbows and pull them outwards to pull the person in. Use the legs to move your arm that is in the collar to move from side to side
X-choke - 2nd hand under, staying on the same side
X-choke - 2n... -
W10 Gi - Closed Guard - Cross Grip To Break Grip 4
Start by pulling the person in see you with your legs. Brake grip by grabbing the sleeve that's across and going under and grabbing your own wrist. Pull the person in with your arms and legs.
The hand that is not grabbing across goes around the inside and wraps and grabs a lapel
- X choke with... -
W11 Gi and Nogi - Closed Guard - Armbar, Triangle, Uma Plata and Defenses 3
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W12 Gi - Closed Guard - Opponent Standing 3
Pulling guard for takedown
Partners standing in closed guard
Partner standing and you're trying to crawl around them, just a strength and control drill
Double ankle sweep
Tripod sweep
Sickle sweep to chest crusher. Just grabbing your hands together and pushing into the person's chest
Sickle s... -
W13 Gi - Open Guard - Lasso and Spider 3
Ankle picks for both gi and nogi
Lasso
- Sweep to bicep slicers
- When your partner passes to side control
- grab the pants hip escape put the knee in and sweep- bicep slicer when the person passes
- straight arm lock on the arm that's going over the shoulder
- kimura- if the arm s...
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W14 Gi - Open Guard - De la Riva 3
Start on your back in open guard with the person on top controlling your knees. Personal bottom pushes on one hip and kicks the one leg out to break the grip, then pulling on the sleeve. Same on the other side.
Dela Riva
- Grab the pants so your partner can't turn and kick out, or try and back... -
W15 Gi - Half Guard Bottom
Gi Curriculum
1 - start on your side
- 2 on 1 on the arm, making sure that they cannot grab your lapel
- get the underhook, and pull your elbow back down. Push on the knee backwards combat stand up like the same way from me hug and Dela Riva. Could go for a flying triangle if your partner stay... -
W16 Gi - Side Control Bottom
Start standing with pummeling to double under hooks to bear hug takedown or crunching the hip as well
Starting flat on your back
Person is locking down on you
1 get your elbow to the mat
2 you can't get your elbow to the mat. Rock the boat
- sweep
- sweep - not showing anymore+ Arm break sweep...
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W17 Gi - Knee On Stomach and North South Bottom
Reverse scarf bottom
North south bottom
Knee on stomach bottom
Bonus paper cutter- grab knee up ankle and keep other elbow in as you block the knee and hip escape.
- Push on the close shoulder to maintain the distance and armbar- arm brakes sweep from side control and here - go after the ar...
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W18 Gi - Mount Escapes
No gi order
Not attacking just grab one arm and trap the foot
Shoulder pressure both directions
My regular hand on the hips to trap the foot
Rolling up and over your shoulders when they push back up and going for the straight ankle lock.
Back to grabbing the arm, not trapping the foot, side mount... -
W19 Gi - Back Escapes
- Start with just blocking the hand that comes over the shoulder
- then control the wrist and come up and over the shoulder and learn how to block with the other hand
- And then start with a figure fore grip have your partner push the wrist down and go for the cross choke
- Back and forth, back a... -
W20 Gi and Nogi - Takedowns and Defenses
Additions
Control your partner's lapel and do not let them grab yours.
- Snap down into a front headlock
- if they pull back really hard shoot a single or a double legSlide by
Go up and over the regular collar tie and poke them in the neck with your finger
Collar grip with outside control wi... -
W21 Gi - Baalbek Judo