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The Berimbolo System Part 1: The Foundation

By Mikey Musumeci

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The Berimbolo System Part 1: The Foundation develops the basic inversion into several ways of advancing position. Mikey Musumeci covers stacking and pulling variations, twister hooks, uninverting and top-bolo situations. This guide emphasizes those variations for someone interested in what follows the initial berimbolo entry.

Is this for you?

• You want stacking and pulling variations beyond the basic berimbolo.
• You want coverage of twister hooks, uninverting and top-bolo situations.

Also consider

Berimbolo: Foundations with Mikey Musumeci — Overview of the same course emphasizing double-pull positioning, grips and inversion foundations.

Coverage and limits

• Stacking and pulling variations, including combinations between them.
• Twister hooks, shoulder and collar controls, and uninverting to mount or the back.
• Top-bolo material and connections to passing or arm-triangle attacks.

Limits

• This is the same eight-volume Part 1 foundation release featured in the Berimbolo guide, not a later installment or a separate product.

Go to this course: The Berimbolo System Part 1: The Foundation

Related guides and principles

These related references are not a claim about what the course teaches or evidence of practical mastery.

Frames

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Position Chains

Posture

Kuzushi

Hooks

Position-Over-Submission Approach

Berimbolo: Foundations with Mikey Musumeci — Overview of the same course emphasizing double-pull positioning, grips and inversion foundations.

Marcelo Garcia: X-Guard Entries and Sweeps

Caio Terra: Guard Recovery

Understanding Guard Changes

Review related technique cards

• De La Riva Guard (Position)

• Reverse De La Riva Guard (Position)

• Back Control (Position)

• Reverse X-Guard (Position)

• Butterfly Guard (Position)

• Open Guard (Position)

• Turtle (Position)

• Berimbolo Entry (Transition)

• Back Take (Transition)

• Backstep from De La Riva (Transition)

• Balloon Sweep (Transition)

• Basic Butterfly Sweep (Transition)

• Back Take from Bottom (Transition)

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The Berimbolo System Part 1: The Foundation by Mikey Musumeci — official listing; checked 2026-09-19. Verified exact Part 1 title, Mikey Musumeci attribution, stacking/pulling organization and combination lesson. Branch names are advertised coverage, not independently inspected mechanics. The official page embeds an additional sample under “Basic Berimbolo Only Leg Drills”; its video content has not been 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.