3 Main Stages of BJJ I also like to think of this as the “main quest” in video gaming terms. There are plenty of side quests (mount, knee on belly, back take, closed guard, etc.). Side quests can be fun and very rewarding. But you shouldn’t spend time on them until you can complete the main quest reliably. Standing S1. Pull guard to half guard. Get the match to the ground before you get taken down or punched.

This is a living document that will change as I update my thinking over time. I’m a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I was also a fairly successful high school wrestler. I also have ADHD, which means I tend to focus on a handful of simple one or two step concepts in my grappling instead of learning 10,000 complex moves. When I started it was all “get used to being on your back” and “learn guard.