Craig Jones: Riding Control with Power Ride
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Power Ride: A New Philosophy on Pinning
By Craig Jones
Power Ride: A New Philosophy on Pinning by Craig Jones approaches top control through leg rides and upper-body controls, with a dedicated section on turtle riding.
The six-volume series covers entries from pins and passing positions, then submission follow-ups. It suits grapplers who want to hold and attack an opponent across several top positions, including when the opponent turns toward turtle.
Is this for you?
- You can get on top but struggle to keep an opponent down as they turn or build toward turtle.
- You want wrestling-style rides alongside upper-body pinning and submission options.
Also consider
Gordon Ryan: Mount Maintenance and Attacks — For detailed mount maintenance, remounting and attacks organized around the mounted position.
Coverage and limits
- Leg splitting, rides, turks, shelves and rear-mount control.
- Crossfaces, claws, handcuffs and half nelsons, plus turtle rides and cradles.
- Entries from pins and passes, followed by arm-triangle, darce, kimura and other submission topics.
Limits
- Control across several rides and pins takes priority over a complete guard-passing curriculum or a mount-only treatment.
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Power Ride: A New Philosophy on Pinning by Craig Jones — official listing; checked 2026-09-19. Verified title, Craig Jones attribution and six-volume outline separating leg control, upper-body tools, turtle, entries and submissions. Official page labels an embedded free sample; sample content not reviewed. On 2026-09-19 UTC, verified the introductory player in the product banner and the course cover image. Muted inline autoplay was verified on https://bjjgraph.org by observing advancing video time. The introduction content was not reviewed.
Systematically Attacking From Top Pins: Mount by Gordon Ryan — official listing; checked 2026-09-16. Verified title, Gordon Ryan attribution and eight-volume outline separating mount entries, maintenance, attacks, rolling and commentary. Official page labels an embedded sample; sample content not reviewed.