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Ryan Hall: The Modern Triangle

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The Modern Triangle develops the triangle as a position with finishing, arm-attack and scoring options. Ryan Hall covers acquisition and locking, then addresses defensive frames, posture, pressure and rotation.

The curriculum includes opponents who stand, wrap the leg or bury across, as well as reverse configurations, sweeps and connections with fundamental submissions. It fits grapplers who want more options from an established triangle, especially when the choke is being defended.

Is this for you?

• You can reach triangles and want more ways to handle defenses, attack the arms or score.

Also consider

John Danaher: Triangles Enter The System — An eight-volume course extending across front, opposite, rear, side and reverse triangles with entries from many positions.

Coverage and limits

• Triangle acquisition, locking and finishing, with separate treatment of frames, posture, pressure and rotation.
• Specific defenses, alternate configurations, arm attacks, sweeps and connections with fundamental submissions.

Limits

• This page describes The Modern Triangle release on Ryan Hall Online; it does not cover Hall’s earlier triangle instructionals.

Related guides and principles

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

Submission Chains

Posture

Dominant Angles

Action and Reaction

Fork Attacks

Frames

John Danaher: Triangles Enter The System — Compare the organization by triangle orientation.

Review related technique cards

• Closed Guard (Position)

• Triangle Control (Position)

• Armbar Control (Position)

• Omoplata Control (Position)

• Spider Guard (Position)

• Mounted Triangle (Position)

• Rubber Guard (Position)

• De La Riva Guard (Position)

• Back Control (Position)

• Rear Triangle (Position)

• Triangle Setup (Transition)

• Closed Guard to Triangle (Transition)

• Triangle to Armbar (Transition)

• Triangle to Omoplata (Transition)

• Switch to Triangle (Transition)

• Triangle Escape (Transition)

• Hip Bump Sweep (Transition)

• Triangle to Back (Transition)

• Triangle Choke (Submission)

• Far Side Armbar (Submission)

• Omoplata (Submission)

• Triangle Choke Side (Submission)

Sources Expand for evidence and notes

Independent BJJGraph guide. Not authored or endorsed by the instructor.

The Modern Triangle by Ryan Hall — official listing; checked 2026-09-16. Verified the published curriculum: triangle process, finishing, defensive components, arm attacks and scoring options. Lesson names and durations are listed; paid lesson content was not inspected.

Triangles Enter The System by John Danaher — official listing; checked 2026-09-16. Verified title, instructor and syllabus covering front, opposite, rear, side and reverse triangles, entries and submission connections. Chapter labels identify coverage, not execution details.