Systems

Compare BJJ course topics, find a useful starting chapter, and explore related techniques. Independent BJJGraph guides with official sources and course previews where available.

Attack System

• Aaron Benzrihem: Ankle Picks — Aaron Benzrihem’s ankle-pick course covers standing setups, seated guard, three-point stance and same-side or cross-body finishing topics.
• Craig Jones: Triangle and Leg-Lock Combinations — Craig Jones’s Systematic Submission Dilemmas covers triangle entries, triangle finishing problems, leg-lock transitions and rolling commentary.
• John Danaher: Back Attacks — John Danaher’s Back Attacks Enter The System covers rear-control topics, strangles, auxiliary attacks and back-entry methods.
• Berimbolo: Foundations with Mikey Musumeci — Mikey Musumeci’s The Berimbolo System Part 1: The Foundation covers double pull, De La Riva grips, inversion and berimbolo variations.
• Neiman Gracie: Jiu-Jitsu for MMA — Neiman Gracie’s Modern Jiu-Jitsu For MMA includes clinch entries, open-floor and cage takedowns, guard passing and ground offense.
• Craig Jones: Kneebars — Craig Jones’s You Can’t Knee bahh covers kneebar categories, half-guard entries, 50/50, rolling entries and ride-based attacks.
• Craig Jones: Down Under Leg Attacks — Craig Jones’s Down Under Leg Attacks covers single-leg X, saddle, 50/50, escape-response topics and back-taking branches.
• John Danaher: Arm Bars — John Danaher’s Arm Bars: Enter The System covers armbar control, hand separation and entries from guard, top pins and back-attacking situations.
• John Danaher: Straightjacket Back Attacks — John Danaher’s Back Attacks Enter The System includes straightjacket control, grip configurations, hand fighting and strangles from both sides.
• Edwin Najmi: Darces, Triangles and Estima Locks — Edwin Najmi’s Mission Submission covers darce setups, triangle entries and Estima-lock attacks from guard, top positions and takedown defense.
• Garry Tonon: Wrestling, Scrambles and Submissions — Garry Tonon’s Shoot To Kill: Wrestle, Scramble, Submit covers wrestling setups, back access, ashi entries, front headlocks and scrambles.
• Giancarlo Bodoni: Turtle Breakdowns and Back Attacks — Giancarlo Bodoni’s Chest To Back - Behind The Elbows covers turtle breakdowns, hook insertion, four-point positions and rear-mount offense.
• Jimmy Sheptock: Single-Leg Takedowns — Jimmy Sheptock’s The Single Leg Takedown is a wrestling course covering tie clearing, head-inside finishes, whizzer problems and low finishes.
• Kenta Iwamoto: Foot Sweeps and Leg Trips — Kenta Iwamoto’s Samurai Foot Sweeps & Leg Trips covers kouchi and kosoto situations, grip fighting, over-under throws and shot-defense topics.
• Tom DeBlass: The Lockdown Blueprint — Tom DeBlass’s The Lockdown Blueprint covers lockdown entries, electric-chair and reversal topics, leg attacks and top-side escapes.
• Marcelo Garcia: The North-South Choke — Marcelo Garcia’s The Complete North South Choke covers alignment, grip concepts, blocking-arm problems and entries from several top positions.
• Mikey Musumeci: Berimbolo Variations — Mikey Musumeci’s Berimbolo foundation course develops stacking, pulling, twister-hook, uninverting and top-bolo variations.
• Roger Gracie: Closed Guard — The Roger Gracie Closed Guard System covers closed-guard maintenance, collar and lapel attacks, arm locks, sweeps and back-attacking material.
• John Danaher: Kimura Control and Attacks — John Danaher’s Kimura: Enter The System covers dorsal and T-kimura topics, alternative submissions and positional changes from guard and takedown situations.

Competition Strategy

• Competition Preparation with Matt D’Aquino — Matt D’Aquino’s Competition Preparation Masterclass covers tournament preparation, travel, match-day decisions and coach communication.
• IBJJF Points, Control and Tiebreakers — How IBJJF guard-pass scoring, continuous positional progression and tiebreakers work.
• Competition Game Plans — The distinction between a developing repertoire and an event-specific game plan in Watson BJJ’s published strategy map.
• Roger Gracie’s Closed Guard — The Roger Gracie Closed Guard System covers guard maintenance, collar and lapel attacks, arm attacks and sweeps in the gi.
• IBJJF Competition Requirements — IBJJF membership, division, uniform and rules requirements that shape tournament participation.
• Grappling Under MMA Rules — How the cited ABC MMA rules treat positional offense, grounded-fighter status and contact with the fence.
• Champions Stay Present: Competition Mindset — Josh McKinney’s Champions Stay Present addresses nerves, focus, competition preparation and performance review.
• No-Gi Competition: IBJJF and ADCC — Differences in IBJJF and ADCC positional scores, match phases and division restrictions.
• Power Ride: Craig Jones’s Pinning System — Craig Jones’s Power Ride: A New Philosophy on Pinning covers leg rides, upper-body controls, turtle and submissions from top.

Control System

• Craig Jones: Riding Control with Power Ride — Craig Jones’s Power Ride covers leg rides, upper-body controls, turtle breakdowns and submission transitions from several top positions.
• John Danaher: Front Headlock Attacks — John Danaher’s The Front Headlock System covers standing entries, guillotines, anacondas, darces, go-behinds and front-headlock guard passing.
• John Danaher: Side Crucifix and Arm Isolation — John Danaher’s Master The Move: The Side Crucifix covers underhooks, near-arm pinning, chancery and shin-pin attacks with kimuras, triangles and armbars.
• Gordon Ryan: Mount Maintenance and Attacks — Gordon Ryan’s mount course covers entries, maintenance, remounting, arm isolation and submissions, with separate sparring and commentary volumes.
• Gordon Ryan: Side Control and North-South — Gordon Ryan’s side-control and north-south course covers pin retention, arm isolation, transitions and submissions, with sparring and commentary.

Defense System

• Brian Glick: Dynamic Back Escapes — Brian Glick’s Only Way Out: Dynamic Back Escapes covers hand fighting, hooks, body triangles and strangle defense from rear control.
• Caio Terra: Guard Recovery — Caio Terra Online’s public defense archive includes one-legged X against the toreando pass and half-guard recovery lessons.
• John Danaher: Pin Escapes and Turtle Escapes — John Danaher’s Pin Escapes & Turtle Escapes covers recovery from mount, side control, knee-on-belly, north-south, rear mount and turtle.
• Defensive Priorities Under IBJJF Rules — How IBJJF rules distinguish escaping a submission from earning positional points, including verbal submission and stabilization requirements.
• 50 Leg Locks and Defense — Lachlan Giles’ Leg Lock Anthology: 50/50 combines heel-hook offense with prevention, counters, knee recovery and disengagement.
• Priit Mihkelson: Turtle Defense and Exits — Priit Mihkelson’s Protecting & Generating Dynamic Offense From The Turtle covers defensive posture, hook and harness problems, chokes and exits from turtle.
• Alex Enriquez: Wrestling Takedown Defense — Alex Enriquez’s Wrestling Takedown Defense For Grappling covers stance, sprawls, leg attacks and clearing wrestling ties.

Guard System

• Eddie Bravo: Bottom Half in The Ultimate Rubber Guard — What The Ultimate Rubber Guard offers a reader interested in Eddie Bravo’s half guard.
• Eddie Bravo: The Ultimate Rubber Guard — Eddie Bravo’s four-volume course on rubber guard, its origins and selected bottom-half material.
• Eddie Bravo: Rubber Guard — A rubber-guard course combining named positions with Eddie Bravo’s account of their development.
• Adam Wardzinski: Single Leg X in the Gi — A gi single-leg-X course with butterfly and shin-to-shin entries, fabric-grip sweeps and passing counters.
• Half Guard: Recovering Closed Guard — A short explanation of half-to-closed-guard recovery based on Stephan Kesting’s public article.
• Brian Glick: Half Butterfly — A half-butterfly course spanning inside position, sweeps, kimuras and leg entanglements.
• Craig Jones: No-Gi Octopus Guard — A four-volume course connecting octopus guard with headlock counters, back takes and turtle offense.
• Dante Leon: No-Gi Reverse De La Riva — Reverse De La Riva offense against kneeling and standing opponents, with knee-shield and inversion options.
• Dante Leon: Wrestling Up From Guard — A course on turning guard exchanges into wrestling attacks through distance, reactions and underhooks.
• Understanding Guard Changes — An introduction to deliberate guard changes, passer-forced changes and the differences between open guards.
• Eduardo Telles: Octopus Guard in the Gi — A compact gi octopus course with sleeve entries, sweep variations and counters.
• Eoghan O’Flanagan: Shin-to-Shin and Seated Engagement — A seated-guard course on making contact, entering shin-to-shin and handling the opponent’s responses.
• Jeff Glover: No-Gi Deep Half — A no-gi deep-half course with overtop, backdoor and single-leg options plus underhook and chin-strap troubleshooting.
• Jonathan Thomas: Double Sleeve Guard — A sleeve-based open-guard course with sweeps, triangles and responses to grip-clearing attempts.
• Lapel Guard: What Stops the Entry — What Keenan Cornelius’s public lapel-denial discussion reveals about the setup a guard player needs.
• Lachlan Giles: K-Guard Entries and Offense — K-guard offense against kneeling, combat-base and standing opponents, including backside 50/50 and X-guard options.
• Giles and Tabak: Guard Retention Around and Under — Lachlan Giles and Ariel Tabak’s course on retention against torreandos, leg drags, north-south movement and stacks.
• Marcelo Garcia: Butterfly Guard — A butterfly course combining upper-body controls and sweeps with distance management and pressure responses.
• Marcelo Garcia: X-Guard Entries and Sweeps — An X-guard course with butterfly and shin-to-shin entries, stand-up sweeps and passing counters.

Passing System

• Ariel Tabak: Outside Passing and Finishing — Ariel Tabak’s Outside Passing Compendium covers getting around the legs, upper-body control, leg traps and finishing routes, including gi-specific grips.
• Bernardo Faria: No-Gi Pressure Passing — Bernardo Faria’s No Gi Pressure Passing centers on over/under entries and troubleshooting, with double-under, folding and half-guard passes.
• Gordon Ryan: No-Gi Guard Passing — Systematically Attacking The Guard by Gordon Ryan covers split squat, half guard, half butterfly, body locks and leg-entanglement positions, plus rolling.
• Lachlan Giles: Body-Lock Passing — The Body Lock Pass by Lachlan Giles covers no-gi entries, pinning, knee clearance and finishes, with counters, closed-guard opening and narrated rolling.
• Lucas Lepri: Gi Half-Guard Passing — Lucas Lepri’s Precise Half Guard Passing covers lapel-based knee cuts, coyote and single-leg-half responses, deep-half passing and submission counters.
• Lucas Lepri: Knee-Cut Passing — Lucas Lepri’s Precision Knee Cut Passes covers gi open-guard entries, knee-cut variations and responses to lasso, underhooks, deep half and X guard.
• No-Gi Guard-Passing Courses — No-gi passing options ranging from Gordon Ryan’s broad guard-passing course to focused body-lock, over/under and float-passing alternatives.
• Vagner Rocha: Float, Knee-Cut and Standing Passing — Vagner Rocha’s Float Passing System combines knee-cut, float and standing passing, including smash passes, reverse knee slices and transitions to mount.

Submission Chain

• Bernardo Faria: Omoplata Everyone — Bernardo Faria’s omoplata course covers setups from several positions, standing and rolling defenses, and alternatives to the shoulder-lock finish.
• Craig Jones: Triangle-to-Leg Transitions — Craig Jones’s triangle and leg-lock combinations course covers upper-to-lower-body transitions from guard and top positions.
• John Danaher: Leglocks — Enter The System — John Danaher’s eight-volume leg-lock course, from inside position and knee-line control to submission mechanics and entries.
• John Danaher: Triangles Enter The System — John Danaher’s triangle curriculum covers front, opposite, rear, side and reverse configurations from guard, top positions and scrambles.
• Jason Rau: Dynamic Ankle Locks — Jason Rau’s ankle-lock course includes seated and kneeling finishes, Aoki locks, heel hooks and routes to the back.
• John Danaher: Kimura — Enter The System — John Danaher’s eight-volume kimura course covers dorsal and T kimuras, defensive grip problems and applications from top, bottom and standing.
• Marcelo Garcia: The Marcelotine — Marcelo Garcia’s guillotine course includes takedown counters, guard attacks, passing-position entries and recovery when an opponent passes.
• Neil Melanson: The Filthy Kimura — Neil Melanson’s kimura course combines double-wrist-lock foundations with arm-lock variations, counters and positional sequences.
• Eddie Bravo: Rubber Guard to Omoplata — Eddie Bravo’s rubber-guard course includes an omoplata connection, full rubber guard, variations and bottom half guard.
• Rubber Guard and Triangle Attacks — Rubber-guard course coverage and linked alternatives for a dedicated triangle focus.
• Ryan Hall: The Modern Triangle — Ryan Hall’s current triangle course addresses frames, posture and pressure alongside submissions and sweeps from the triangle.
• Straight Ankle Locks and Kneebars — Straight-ankle-lock and kneebar coverage in Craig Jones’s submission-combinations course, with the scope of the connection made explicit.
• Twister and Truck Entries — Twister and truck coverage in two Mastering The System episodes, based on Eddie Bravo’s official descriptions.

Training Methodology

• Blue to Purple: Development and Promotion — Technical development and belt recognition, explained through Stephan Kesting’s positional framework and IBJJF graduation rules.
• Sport Grappling and Self-Defense — The limits of sport-grappling assumptions in Stephan Kesting’s discussion of self-defense.
• Teaching BJJ: Explanation, Recall and Application — John Connors and Jon Grayzel’s published approach to explaining BJJ techniques, checking recall and moving into partner practice.