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Date: 01/09/2025
Title: 10-Class Series: “The Art of Pressure”
Access Group(s): Oracle Jiu Jitsu Physical
Tag cloud: beginner, intermediate, theory and principle, requires strength, systems

Long form note:

This series focuses on developing a strong, consistent pressure game, applicable to both guard and top positions.

Class 1: Foundations of Pressure
* Concept: Understanding the importance of posture, weight distribution, and frame control in BJJ.
* Drills:
* Posture Drills: Partner work focusing on maintaining an upright posture while resisting partner’s attempts to break it.
* Weight Distribution: Drills emphasizing shifting weight effectively to create pressure and maintain balance.
* Frame Control: Partner work on establishing and maintaining strong frames to control distance and prevent opponent’s movement.

Class 2: Pressure in Guard
* Concept: Applying pressure from guard to control distance, prevent passes, and create submission opportunities. Cycle through bottom pressure grips
* Techniques:
* Knee Shield Pressure: Utilizing knee shield to control opponent’s posture and create space for submissions.
Techniques from Guard: scissor sweeps and hip bumps.
* Underhook Pressure: Applying pressure with underhooks to control opponent’s posture and create passing angles.
* Guard Retention: Techniques to maintain guard control under pressure, hand fighting-leg bicep curl, neck grabs, deep half, DLR/reverse DLR…
Look at guillotine setups, kimura trap

Class 3: Pressure Passing
* Concept: Overcoming opponent’s guard pressure to effectively pass the guard.
* Techniques:
* Passing with Pressure: Utilizing weight and leverage to break down opponent’s guard pressure.
* details:
– hip2hip connection; wedge back side to prevent escape/creating space for knee shield
– walk out, elbow 2knee, walk back frame
– near side hand wedge to leg lasso
– ultimate: X face control
* Stacking with Control: Stacking passes while maintaining control and preventing opponent’s escapes.
* Knees on Belly Control: Establishing and maintaining control from knees on belly position.
* T-Pee pass (a whole sub stack series ia devoted to this)

Class 4: Pressure in Side Control
* Concept: Maintaining side control through constant pressure and preventing opponent’s escapes.
* Techniques:
* The three (3) planes/axis of escape (X, Y and Z). Keys to effectively shut down each axis using side control pressure
* X axis: 4 points control; high and low control; the cross face: (advanced) The body lock
* Y axis: The back wedge; the leg weave
* Z axis: (covered in pressure from mount)
* Crossface Pressure: Applying pressure with the crossface to control head position and prevent escapes.
* Weight Distribution in Side Control: Shifting weight effectively to maintain control and prevent opponent from turning.
* Transitioning from Side Control: Utilizing pressure to transition to mount or back control.

Class 5: Pressure in Mount
* Concept: Controlling an opponent in mount through constant pressure and preventing; z axis guard lift to butterfly hooks
* Techniques:
* Maintaining Mount Pressure: Using body weight and leverage to maintain a secure mount position.
* Preventing Escapes from Mount: Techniques to control opponent’s hips and shoulders to prevent escapes.
escapes.
* Z axis: revisit. Vertical lift lockdown with body lock and leg lace; high mount
* Submissions from Mount: Utilizing pressure to set up submissions such as americana and kimura. And more.

Class 6: Pressure in Back Control
* Concept: Securing and maintaining back control through constant pressure and preventing escapes.
* Techniques:
* Securing Hooks: Properly securing hooks to maintain back control and prevent escapes.
* Applying Rear-Naked Choke Pressure: Applying consistent pressure to the neck for a successful rear-naked choke.
* proper hooks allocation, stretching opponent out,
* Maintaining Back Control Under Pressure: Techniques to prevent opponent from turning or escaping back control.

Class 7: Pressure Escapes
* Concept: Escaping from positions of pressure using leverage and technique.
* Techniques:
* Escaping Side Control: Techniques such as shrimping and bridging to escape side control.
* Escaping Mount: Techniques such as shrimping and bridging to escape mount.
* Escaping Back Control: Techniques such as creating space, bridging, and turning to escape back control.
Class 8: Pressure Sweeps
* Concept: Utilizing pressure to create opportunities for sweeps.
* Techniques:
* Sweeps from Guard: Utilizing pressure to create leverage for sweeps such as scissor sweeps and hip bumps.
– First we review tips from open guard:
a) feet positioning, long and short and placement (knee/bicep)
b) foot pummel both up and when pinned/inversion to pummel
c) framing your open guard
d) theory: 6/12 positioning and ‘squaring up’. 10/2 weak points and how to avoid it
* Sweeps from Half Guard: Utilizing pressure to create leverage for sweeps such as the pendulum sweep.
* Sweeps from Bottom Positions: Utilizing pressure to create leverage for sweeps from inferior positions.
Class 9: Pressure Submissions
* Concept: Utilizing pressure to set up and execute submissions.
* Techniques:
* Submissions from Guard: Utilizing pressure to set up submissions such as armbars and triangles.
* Submissions from Top Positions: Utilizing pressure to set up submissions such as americana, kimura, and rear-naked choke.
* Finishing Submissions with Pressure: Applying consistent pressure to finish submissions effectively.
Class 10: Putting it All Together
* Concept: Applying pressure principles in live rolling situations.
* Rolling: Focus on applying pressure concepts learned throughout the series in live rolling scenarios.
* Review and Adjustments: Reviewing individual performances and providing personalized feedback and adjustments.

Key Considerations:
* Progressive Difficulty: Each class will gradually increase in difficulty, building upon the foundational concepts.
* Individualized Instruction: personalized instruction and feedback to address individual student needs and challenges.
* Consistent Practice: Required: consistent practice of the techniques and concepts learned in class.
* Safety First: Emphasizing safety and proper technique throughout the series.

This 10-class series provides a comprehensive framework for developing a strong pressure game in BJJ. By focusing on posture, weight distribution, frame control, and consistent pressure, you can significantly improve your overall BJJ game.

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Long form notes:

Date: 01/06/2025
Title: Starting with safety first
Access Group(s): Oracle Jiu Jitsu Physical
Tag cloud: intro, beginner, intermediate, warm up, theory and principle, training programs

Long form note:

We begin the year with safety in mind.

Why is safety important?

1. Injuiries can be reduced with simple measures and techniques
2. Eliminates time off mats! You’re greatest threat to achieve goals ie. tournaments, advancements
3. Threat to consistency will increase ramp up time, chance of reinjuries, dampen mental health, affect your physical health
4. It just sucks being injured

How to prevent injuries?

1. Strength training. No1 cause
2. Flexibility
3. Warm ups. Warm ups. Warm ups!!!!
4. Consistency

Techniques to reduce chances of injury (by body part)

1. Neck.
Lack of neck strength*
Not tapping early**
Not tucking in chin on any roll
Not rolling over shoulders vs over neck
2. Shoulder.
* And ** (!!!)
Landing full weight/heavy onto shoulder
Omallata escape
3. Arms
* and **
Resisting with brute force (bicep tear)
Running man
4. Ribs
* and ** (!) >> pull downs bar exercise
Twisting motion with force/resistance
5. Back
* and **
Stack pass
Shoulder walk
Early/quick/powerful granby roll
6.Knees
* and ** (!!!)
Twisting the wrong way
Twisting under tight lockdown
Tech: flight va fight (how to fight). Hand (his)/ leg (your) control.
Full leg extension
Inside senkaku
7. Foot/ankle
* and **
Tech: flight va fight (how to fight). Hand (his)/ leg (your) control
Full leg extension
Inside senkaku

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Long form notes:

Date: 11/28/2024
Title: End of year recap 2024
Access Group(s): Oracle Jiu Jitsu Physical
Tag cloud: intro, beginner, intermediate, advanced, nogi, drill, chokes, joint locks (torso), take down, submission

Long form note:

1. Nogi. Collar tie snap to crucifix
2. Gi. Helicopter choke from Turtle
3. No2 Alt from knee on belly
4. Alt top arm bar: two arm n leg choke
5. Deep half counter choke
6. Nogi: collar tie snap to roll take down
7. Inside leg trip
8. Inverted arm in triangle
9. Back take to inside leg reversal to calf slicer
10. Drill: butterfly fwd shoulder back walking
11. Drill: inverted ankle grip backwrd shoulder backwrd back walk

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Tiny Tigers:
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Young Man:
Long form notes:

Date: 11/28/2024
Title: End of year recap 2024
Access Group(s): Oracle Jiu Jitsu Physical
Tag cloud: intro, beginner, intermediate, advanced, nogi, chokes, joint locks (torso), submission

Long form note:

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Tiny Tigers:
Teen Titans:
Young Man:
Long form notes:

1. Nogi. Collar tie snap to crucifix
2. Gi. Helicopter choke from Turtle
3. No2 Alt from knee on belly
4. Alt top arm bar: two arm n leg choke
5. Deep half counter choke

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