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317 techniques · WHITE → BLUE → PURPLE → BROWN → BLACK
The systems over this tree
Gracie Barra lineage
Structured curriculum, fundamentals first, self-defense roots — the owner's own line. Roger: the basics executed perfectly at the highest level.
Danaher / New Wave
Systems thinking: the leg-lock renaissance and the systemized back attack.
Atos / AOJ modern comp
The passing and modern-guard meta: berimbolo era to body-lock passing.
Classical pressure (Alliance · Checkmat)
Brazilian competition orthodoxy: position, pressure, patience.
American no-gi wave
Scramble-heavy, wrestling-fused, WNO-era pace.
10x black-belt world champion
Roger Gracie
The basics executed perfectly at the highest level: cross choke from mount against the best on earth.
Multiple-time ADCC champion
Gordon Ryan
The systemized game: legs, back and pressure passing played like an engineer.
5x world, 4x ADCC champion
Marcelo Garcia
Butterfly, X-guard and the back: speed and attachment over strength, the game a smaller man wins with.
13x black-belt world champion
Marcus 'Buchecha' Almeida
Pressure, pace and the double leg: the biggest engine the gi division ever saw.
6x black-belt world champion
Rafael Mendes
The modern guard era in one athlete: berimbolo, leg drag, and angles nobody had names for yet.
WNO-era no-gi star
Andrew Tackett
Scramble-first American no-gi: wrestle-ups, front headlocks and pace that never apologizes.
WHITESURVIVE
Standing
Standing▶
Double Leg Takedown▶
Single Leg Takedown▶
Osoto Gari▶
Guard Pull▶
Snap Down to Front Headlock▶
Technical Stand-Up▶
Ouchi Gari▶
Ankle Pick▶
Sprawl▶
Grip Breaking▶
O Goshi▶
Wrestling Stance and Penetration Step▶
Knee Pick▶
Down Block▶
Kumi Kata▶
Throw to Pin Transition▶
Hiza Guruma▶
Standing Headlock Escape▶
Clinch Entry vs Strikes▶
Bear Hug Defense▶
Wrist Grab Defense▶
Standing Choke Defense▶
Closed guard
Closed Guard▶
Armbar from Closed Guard▶
Triangle Choke from Closed Guard▶
Kimura from Closed Guard▶
Cross Collar Choke from Closed Guard▶
Guillotine Choke▶
Hip Bump Sweep▶
Scissor Sweep▶
Flower Sweep▶
Standing Guard Break▶
Double Under Pass▶
Stacking Armbar Defense▶
Triangle Escape▶
Guillotine Escape▶
Collar Choke Defense▶
Armbar Posture Defense▶
Punch Block Series▶
Kneeling Guard Break▶
Open guards
Side & north
Side Control▶
Knee on Belly▶
North-South▶
Americana from Side Control▶
Kimura from Side Control▶
Frame and Shrimp Recovery▶
Underhook Escape to Knees▶
Far Side Armbar from Knee on Belly▶
Knee on Belly Escape▶
North-South Escape▶
Kimura Defense▶
Scarf Hold▶
Armlock from Scarf Hold▶
Scarf Hold Escape▶
Kuzure Kesa Gatame▶
Mount Entries from Side Control▶
Mount
Back & turtle
Leg locks
Concepts
Position Before Submission▶
Positional Hierarchy▶
Base and Posture▶
Frames and Levers▶
Leverage Over Strength▶
Breakfalls▶
Positional Sparring▶
Drilling vs Sparring▶
Breathing▶
Tap Early, Tap Often▶
Mat Etiquette▶
Belt System▶
Lineage and History▶
Randori▶
Kaizen▶
Injury Prevention▶
IBJJF Rules▶
Gi vs No-Gi▶
Self-Defense vs Sport▶
BLUEESCAPE
Standing
Seoi Nage▶
Guillotine off the Shot▶
Single Leg Finishes▶
Single Leg Defense▶
Double Leg Late Defense▶
Sasae Tsurikomi Ashi▶
Front Headlock Go-Behind▶
Inside Position▶
Standing Rear Bodylock▶
Kouchi Gari▶
Kosoto Gari▶
De Ashi Barai▶
Sumi Gaeshi▶
Duck Under▶
Body Lock Takedown▶
Sweep Single▶
Rear Bodylock Mat Return▶
Rear Bodylock Defense▶
Chain Wrestling Reattacks▶
Front Bodylock Defense▶
Double Leg Finishes▶
Renraku Waza▶
Kouchi Makikomi▶
Yoko Tomoe Nage▶
Kosoto Gake▶
Soto Makikomi▶
Koshi Guruma▶
Okuri Ashi Barai▶
Closed guard
Open guards
Half guard
Side & north
Mount
Back & turtle
Leg locks
PURPLEGUARD
Standing
Closed guard
Open guards
Half guard
Side & north
Back & turtle
Crucifix▶
Crucifix Collar Choke▶
Crucifix Escape▶
Ezekiel from Back▶
Kata Ha Jime▶
Rear Triangle▶
Crucifix Entry from Turtle▶
Cradle▶
Turtle Rides▶
Body Triangle Escape▶
Truck Escape▶
The Truck▶
Peterson Roll▶
Tilt Series vs Turtle▶
Rolling Juji Gatame from Turtle▶
Sankaku Turnover from Turtle▶
Cravate Series▶
Wrist Ride▶
D'Arce and Anaconda Escapes▶
Ten-Finger Guillotine▶
Leg locks
BROWNPRESSURE & PASSING
Standing
Closed guard
Open guards
Half guard
Side & north
Back & turtle
Framework: Ribeiro & Howell, Jiu-Jitsu University · the shipped learn-graph