BJJ Beginners

Lesson 11 – Pull Guard & Rear Takedown

Warm Up (10min)

Solo Drills (3min)

• Breakfall

Partner Drill (7min)

• Clinch (Aggressive Opponent)
  • Close the Distance
  • Indicator: Opponent becomes aggressive and commits to attacking you with strikes
  • Essential Detail: Maintain at least a two-arm distance from the attacker
  • Most Common Mistake: Failure to protect your face during the entry
  • Bad Guy Reminder: Your intensity (or lack thereof) should match your partner’s confidence level
  • Safety Tip: If your partner forgets to block, don’t knock them out
  • Drill Orders: Keep the distance, close during aggression, reverse roles
  • Alternative Tie Ups
    • Collar Tie & Bicep or Wrist
    • Whizzer & Underhook
    • Over Under
    • Ect.

Lesson (30-min)

• Pull Guard (10min)
  • Indicator: Opponent prevents you from controlling their hips after you close the distance
  • Essential Detail: Quick surprise pull on the opponent’s shoulders
  • Most Common Mistake: Ineffective squat and hip shot
  • Bad Guy Reminder: Make sure to back your hips away and stay bent over to simulate reality
  • Safety Tip: Squat and shoot far back to minimise risk of the knee to the groin
  • Drill Orders: Clinch start, 1 rep, reverse roles
  • Also use one or more of the alternative tie ups from above
• Rear Takedown (20min)
  • Rear Clinch Acquisition
  • Indicator: Opponent positions their arm over your head after you establish the clinch
  • Essential Detail: Hips close and head high during the transition
  • Most Common Mistake: Weak base and control from the rear clinch
  • Bad Guy Reminder: Check opponent’s base in the rear clinch by moving in every direction
  • Drill Orders: Clinch start, 1 rep, reverse roles
  • Taking the back can also be forced, shucking your opponent’ arm over your head
• Rear Takedown
  • Different to video: I teach this without contact with the blocking foot, just extend your foot past their foot
  • Indicator: Opponent is standing from within you rear clinch control
  • Essential Detail: Proper sitting angle and effective “bungy-cord” pull on the hips
  • Most Common Mistake: Too much twist on the fall, failure to keep blocking leg straight
  • Bad Guy Reminder: Keep your head from hitting the ground
  • Safety Tip: Be sure to avoid sitting laterally on the bad guy’s knee during the rear takedown, make sure your support foot is behind your opponents foot
  • Drill Orders: Rear clinch start, 1 rep, reverse roles