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Power Ride: A New Philosophy on Pinning

By Craig Jones

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Power Ride: A New Philosophy on Pinning centers on keeping an opponent down. Craig Jones separates scoring a position from controlling movement, then covers leg rides, upper-body controls and ways to break down turtle.

The six-volume course includes turks and shelves, claws and half nelsons, and turtle controls such as spiral rides. Entries come from side control, mount and passing positions, followed by submission material including arm triangles, rear Ezekiels, darces and kimuras. It suits grapplers who reach top position but want a more developed pinning game.

Is this for you?

• You reach top position but have trouble keeping opponents controlled as they move or turn to turtle.
• You want rides and pins that connect to submission attacks.

Also consider

Gordon Ryan: No-Gi Guard Passing — Gordon Ryan’s Systematically Attacking The Guard addresses getting past guards, including split-squat, half-guard and body-lock passing.

Coverage and limits

• Leg control through splits, rides, turks and shelves; upper-body tools including claws and half nelsons.
• Turtle-control material and entries from side control, mount and passing positions.
• Submission attacks from control, including arm triangles, rear Ezekiels, darces and kimuras.

Limits

• This is a pinning course; a complete guard-passing or bottom-game curriculum is a different scope.
• Its control philosophy does not replace an event’s scoring and permitted-technique rules.

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Related guides and principles

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

Grips

Connection Principles

Pressure

Frames

Fork Attacks

John Danaher: Leglocks — Enter The System

Craig Jones: Down Under Leg Attacks

John Danaher: Front Headlock Attacks

Gordon Ryan: No-Gi Guard Passing

John Danaher: Back Attacks

No-Gi Competition: IBJJF and ADCC — IBJJF and ADCC scoring differences and division restrictions.

Review related technique cards

• Body Lock (Position)

• Front Headlock (Position)

• Back Control (Position)

• Inside Ashi-Garami (Position)

• Outside Ashi-Garami (Position)

• Butterfly Guard (Position)

• Deep Half Guard (Position)

• Headquarters Position (Position)

• Darce Control (Position)

• Guillotine Control (Position)

• Snap Down to Front Headlock (Transition)

• Inside Ashi Entry (Transition)

• Body Lock Pass (Transition)

• Guillotine Setup (Transition)

• Rear Naked Choke (Submission)

• Darce Choke (Submission)

• Guillotine Choke (Submission)

• Inside Heel Hook (Submission)

• Anaconda Choke (Submission)

• Kimura (Submission)

Sources Expand for evidence and notes

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Power Ride: A New Philosophy on Pinning by Craig Jones — official listing; checked 2026-09-19. Verified title, instructor and six-volume outline covering leg control, upper-body tools, turtle control, entries and submissions. The page labels a free sample; only the page and outline were inspected. 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.