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Category > Positions
| Name | Category | Topic | Skill Level | Sport | Starting Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Achilles Half Guard  |
Positions | Guard | Advanced | Either Gi or No-gi | Half Guard |
Anaconda Rear Mount or Figure 4 Rear Mount  ![]() |
Positions | Rear Mounts | Beginner | Either Gi or No-gi | Rear Mount |
| Butterfly Guard  | Positions | Guard | Beginner | Either Gi or No-gi | Guard |
Classic Side Control  ![]() |
Positions | Side Controls | Beginner | Either Gi or No-gi | Side Control |
Closed Guard  ![]() |
Positions | Guard | Beginner | Either Gi or No-gi | Guard |
De La Riva Guard to Back Control  |
Positions | Guard | Intermediate | Gi only | Guard |
Figure 4 Mount  |
Positions | Mounts | Advanced | Either Gi or No-gi | Side Control |
Grapevine Mount  ![]() |
Positions | Mounts | Beginner | Either Gi or No-gi | Mount |
| Half Guard to Guard Transition  | Positions | Guard | Beginner | Either Gi or No-gi | Half Guard |
Head in Arm Control  ![]() |
Positions | Side Controls | Beginner | Either Gi or No-gi | Side Control |
| High side control, or Quarter North/South  | Positions | Side Controls | Beginner | Either Gi or No-gi | Side Control |
How to Kneel inside a Closed Guard  ![]() |
Positions | Guard | Beginner | Either Gi or No-gi | Kneeling or kneeling inside guard |
Kesa Gatame Side Control  ![]() |
Positions | Side Controls | Beginner | Either Gi or No-gi | Side Control |
| Knee-Slide transition to Mount from Side Control  | Positions | Mounts | Beginner | Either Gi or No-gi | Side Control |
Knee-up Mount  |
Positions | Mounts | Intermediate | Either Gi or No-gi | Mount |
Knee on Biceps Side Control  ![]() |
Positions | Side Controls | Intermediate | Either Gi or No-gi | Side Control |
Knee on Chest  ![]() |
Positions | Side Controls | Beginner | Either Gi or No-gi | Side Control |
| Knee Trapping Guard  | Positions | Guard | Beginner | Gi only | Guard |
Lock-down Half Guard  |
Positions | Guard | Beginner | Either Gi or No-gi | Half Guard |
Lockdown Half Guard  ![]() |
Positions | Guard | Beginner | Either Gi or No-gi | Half Guard |
London - Rubber Guard  |
Positions | Guard | Intermediate | No-gi only | Guard |
Mission Control - Rubber Guard  ![]() |
Positions | Guard | Intermediate | No-gi only | Guard |
Mount  ![]() |
Positions | Mounts | Beginner | Either Gi or No-gi | Mount |
| Mount from Side Control  | Positions | Mounts | Beginner | Either Gi or No-gi | Side Control |
New York - Rubber Guard  |
Positions | Guard | Beginner | No-gi only | Guard |
| North and South  | Positions | Side Controls | Beginner | Either Gi or No-gi | Side Control |
Ownage - Knee-up Side Control  ![]() |
Positions | Side Controls | Intermediate | Either Gi or No-gi | Side Control |
| Pulling to Closed Guard from Standing  | Positions | Guard | Beginner | Either Gi or No-gi | Standing or standing inside guard |
Rear Mount  ![]() |
Positions | Rear Mounts | Beginner | Either Gi or No-gi | Rear Mount |
| Reverse Kesa Gatame  | Positions | Side Controls | Intermediate | Either Gi or No-gi | Side Control |
| Rolling the Turtle  | Positions | Neck or back attacks | Advanced | Either Gi or No-gi | On all fours or Sprawling |
| S Mount  | Positions | Mounts | Intermediate | Either Gi or No-gi | Mount |
| Shoulder Pinning Side Control  | Positions | Side Controls | Intermediate | Either Gi or No-gi | Side Control |
| Spider Guard  | Positions | Guard | Beginner | Either Gi or No-gi | Guard |
| Stretch Guard or 'Chapter 13'  | Positions | Guard | Intermediate | Either Gi or No-gi | Guard |
Sumo Squat Guard Defense  |
Positions | Guard | Intermediate | Either Gi or No-gi | Standing or standing inside guard |
| Sword Guard  | Positions | Guard | Beginner | Gi only | Guard |
Taking the back from incomplete twister lockdown  |
Positions | Rear Mounts | Intermediate | Either Gi or No-gi | Reverse Kesa Side |
| Tard Control - Rubber Guard  | Positions | Guard | Beginner | No-gi only | Guard |
| The Jaws of Life - Establishing double underhooks  | Positions | Guard | Intermediate | Either Gi or No-gi | Guard |
| The Zombie - getting underhooks  | Positions | Guard | Beginner | Either Gi or No-gi | Guard |
Twister Lockdown  |
Positions | Side Controls | Intermediate | Either Gi or No-gi | Side Control |
Twister Side Control  |
Positions | Side Controls | Intermediate | Either Gi or No-gi | Side Control |
X Guard  |
Positions | Guard | Intermediate | Either Gi or No-gi | Guard |
44 technique(s) found from total list of 391 techniques.
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