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A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO LEARN AND IMPLEMENT THE DEFENSIVE BJJ SYSTEM IN YOUR GAME

Introduction to the five postures of the Defensive BJJ system
Explanation of the transitions and movement patterns that connect the postures
Examples on how to start drilling and practicing with a partner
How to get personal and direct feedback from Priit on your progress
Suggestions on further studies

LEARN TO BE COMPLETELY SAFE AND ESCAPE FROM THE TURTLE POSITION

Origin story
Introduction to turtle defense
Elbows
Head position
Knees
Hooks
Upright turtle
5 mistakes in a row to take the back from turtle
Turtle 2.0 position
Clock choke vs good defensive turtle
Turtle intro: Wrist fighting and first ideas also how to fight different seatbelts
Defense against a fancy clock choke from turtle
Escaping turtle using regular / typical guard pull
Escaping turtle using inward invert
Escaping turtle position using outward invert
Defense against the clock choke from turtle
Straight arm turtle / referee turtle: Ankles
Straight arm turtle / referee turtle: Hooks
Straight arm turtle / referee turtle: Neck and chokes
Straight arm turtle / referee turtle: Stance and overall idea
Straight arm turtle / referee turtle: Knees and hips
Straight arm turtle / referee turtle: Shoulders, arms and wrists
Straight arm turtle / referee turtle: Standing up for escaping
Straight arm turtle / referee turtle: Crucifix threat
Straight arm turtle / referee turtle: Side turtle sector
Straight arm turtle / referee turtle: Front headlock threat
Straight arm turtle / referee turtle: Power-half threat

BUILD AN ANNOYING GUARD DEFENSE WITH THE “GRILLED CHICKEN” SYSTEM

Grilled Chicken introduction
Sideways Grilled Chicken intro: Origin
Sideways Grilled Chicken intro: Explanation of the stance
Sideways Grilled Chicken intro: How to move while keeping the stance
Sideways Grilled Chicken intro: Sitting up direction
Sideways Grilled Chicken intro: Switching sides
Sideways Grilled Chicken intro: More advance way to switch sides
Sideways Grilled Chicken intro: North/south direction protection
Sideways Grilled Chicken intro: Recovering guard from north-south
Sideways Grilled Chicken intro: Bottom leg
Sideways Grilled Chicken intro: Full invert ideas
Sideways Grilled Chicken intro: Switching sides using full invert
Sideways Grilled Chicken intro: Using the half invert to keep the guard
How to invert and not end up with the double under situation
Small change we had to do to the fundamental structure of the grilled chicken
Grilled chicken 360 defense drill
Sideways Grilled Chicken: Defensive ideas against the legdrag
Sideways Grilled Chicken: Defensive ideas against the torreando pass
Sideways Grilled Chicken: Defensive ideas against going behind torreando pass
Sideways Grilled Chicken: Defensive ideas against the front side torreando pass
Sideways Grilled Chicken: Defensive ideas against the over-under pass
Sideways Grilled Chicken: Defensive ideas against the knee slide pass
Sideways Grilled Chicken: Defensive ideas against the kneeling passes
More sideways open guard structures that we know exist
Another option to switch sides against the north-south directional threats aka Tom’s version
Another take on the sideways open guard north-south direction defense
Some additional seatbelt variations that you should be aware of
Sideways open guard and the knees to the chest rule
Sideways open guard top leg “new” ideas

DEFEND GUARD SWEEPS WITH THE “UNSWEEPABLE” SYSTEM

Butterfly sweep babybridge counter
Butterfly sweep high babybridge counter
Butterfly sweep Granby roll counter
Butterfly sweep Granby roll counter 2
Unsweepable against roll from turtle
Against a shoulder clamp butterfly sweep
Kneeling sweep defense
Standing/tripod sweep defense
Experimental unsweepable thoughts against the bridge’n roll sweep from side bottom

POSTURES AND STRATEGIES TO SURVIVE AND ESCAPE SIDE CONTROL

Power of the babybridge
Positioning after being passed
Head positioning
Killing the near side arm
Hawkings 2.0 introduction
Reverse hook side control escape
Stiff arm escape 1
Stiff arm escape 2
Stiff arm escape 3
When/why pushing with the bottom arm can be considered dangerous
Side control bodylock escape
Hawking 2.0 World Premiere
Using shrimping for escaping side control and the problem that will come with that
Side control bodylock escape
Elbow posting explained when using Hawking 2.0 and Babybridge
Details about the pummeling when playing the Hawking 2.0
Hawking 2.0 towards opponent when in side bottom
Why killing the arm in side control does not matter so much as before
The importance of Hawking 2.0
Details about the top elbow in Hawking 2.0
Reaching rules when playing Hawking 2.0
Clicking rules
Hawking against one of the loop choke versions
Top arm function in hawking
Crossface / underhook side control bottom: Intro
Crossface / underhook side control bottom: Default escaping direction
Crossface / underhook side control bottom: Different ways to pull guard (over the head direction)
Crossface / underhook side control bottom: Different ways to pull guard (sideways direction)
Crossface / underhook side control bottom: Hawking 2.0 top arm options
Crossface / underhook side control bottom: Hawking 2.0 bottom arm options
Crossface / underhook side control bottom: secondary escaping direction
Crossface / underhook side control bottom: Turnover sweep as an escape
Crossface / underhook side control bottom: Reverse underhook to darce choke
Crossface / underhook side control bottom: Reverse underhook aka ghost escape direction
Crossface / underhook side control bottom: Reverse underhook to top position
Crossface / underhook side control bottom: Negative shrimp option against more adapted opponent
Crossface / underhook side control bottom: Keeping the arms safe aka no default flaw
Crossface / underhook side control bottom: 1st stiffarm option for escape
Crossface / underhook side control bottom: Turning inwards stiffarm (2nd option)
Crossface / underhook side control bottom: Over the body stiffarm escape (3rd option)
Crossface / underhook side control bottom: Transition from Hawking 2.0 to Babybridge as defense against the hold
Crossface / underhook side control bottom: What else can happen if you use reverse underhook
Crossface / underhook side control bottom: Over the head escaping direction
Crossface / underhook side control bottom: More detailed wrestling option from the reverse underhook escape
When to use hawking and when to use babybridge while under side control

DETAILED MOVEMENT PATTERNS TO PRACTICE WITHOUT A PARTNER

Babybridge/Hawking 2.0
Starting from Hawking 1
Starting from Hawking 2
Starting from Hawking 3
Starting from Panda
Starting from Running Man 1
Starting from Running Man 2
Starting from Running Man 3
Starting from Turtle 1
Starting from Turtle 2
Starting from Turtle 3
Zhaado Jiu-Jitsu free roll
New way to go to the turtle
How do get better at inverting
Drills you can do to get better faster when practicing the Hawking 2.0
More thought and ideas towards drilling/teaching method
How to train movement patterns better and create endless drill variations for yourself
More ideas how to train movement patterns (example when you do not have much space)
Final details (hopefully) about how to go to the knees
Running Man 2.0 intro
Moving around idea when practicing the movements patterns
Using posts when practicing movement patterns

EXPERIMENTAL THOUGHTS FROM “PRIIT’S LAB”

Ideas about side choke defense
Ideas about the underhook
Turtle 2.0 / upright turtle
Reverse underhook experimental ideas using Hawking 2.0
Deep Halfguard Experimental Ideas Using Hawking 2.0
Hawking 2.0 against Twister attack
Hawking 2.0 experimental clicks to play with
Experimental double underhook grip when using Hawking 2.0
First experimental thoughts about the baseball choke defense
Experimental “new” back escaping ideas
Experiment inspired by Michael Pleavin
Experimental “new” back escaping ideas (exploring more)
Experimental thoughts towards the back triangle defense (inspired by Jonathan’s question)
More raw ideas towards the back escape system that we are building
Experimental defensive thoughts against two of the lapel chokes
Half guard bottom hawking 2.0 experimental ideas part 1 (inspired by the question from Michael Pleavin)
Half guard bottom hawking 2.0 experimental ideas part 2 (Inspired but the question from Michael Pleavin)
More raw ideas towards the back triangle defense
Some add-on defensive thoughts about going to the knees directions against the back triangle
More about the minimal inverting idea
Idea about the default flaw that very much guides my search
Back escape experiment continues (3 directions)
Some preliminary raw ideas how hawking could be countering the crucifix position
First raw ideas against the paper cutter choke
NCAA turtle ideas that I am playing with myself at the moment
Some grey area aka not yet set in stone material about the back survival
New and experimental angle for playing Hawking 2.0
Additional thoughts about the new Hawking 2.0
How new-hawking 2.0 is changing shrimping
New-Hawking 2.0 developments against the back control
Ongoing paper cutter choke defense research
Final thought about the paper cutter (a very successful I might add) experiment
Final thoughts (hopefully) about the new-hawking 2.0 vs underhook down side back control
VERY important “new” details about the back survival experiment
Ongoing paper cutter choke study and answer to Oleg
CRAZY developments part 1 & 2 against the bow and arrow choke
Kimura defense just got upgraded using our new posture
Ongoing back triangle survival experiment and new solutions
Anaconda choke survival ideas (teaser)
New running man that is not in the system yet
More about guard retention and a different way of pummeling inspired by Jon Thomas
Grilled Chicken: Preliminary ideas for defending north/south defensive passing
Further ideas about the deep half guard structure using hawking and mini babybridge, part 1
Ongoing grilled chicken upgrade process aka playing open guard more sideways
Further thoughts about the rolling back take from the 3/4 mount
Additional ideas about the deep half guard, part 2
Experimenting with tripod sweeps using our new sideways open guard ideas
“New” back control ideas that are forcing me to adapt
“New” back control survival ideas that we are playing these days
“New” turtle idea that I have been playing with
Preliminary ideas against knee on belly position
Preliminary ideas about how my hawking works against halfguard top passes
Preliminary ideas about how my mini babybridge works against halfguard top passes
How half guard bottom ideas connect to side control bottom escapes
Preliminary ideas about the half guard bottom: Ideal situation against the crossarm top position
Preliminary ideas about the half guard bottom: Mini babybridge against the crossarm top position
Preliminary ideas about the half guard bottom: Mini babybridge away from opponent when more is lost
Preliminary ideas about the half guard bottom: Mini babybridge towards the opponent when under crossbody top position
Preliminary ideas about the half guard bottom: mini babybridge away from the opponent when they are having an underhook under the leg control
Preliminary ideas about the half guard bottom: Second ideal idea against the crossarm top position
Preliminary ideas about the half guard bottom: underhook and head crossface (part 1 & 2)

NARRATED ROLLS FROM WITH TIPS & SUGGESTIONS

Weekly narration of sparring and competition rolls uploaded by members
Priit rolling at seminars, camps and in his own gym, testing out his techniques

COMMUNITY HOMEWORK WITH DIRECT FEEDBACK FROM PRIIT

Movement patterns
Babybridge from everywhere
Hawking 2.0 position
Improve your training methods
Turtle
Back escapes / Prevention
Running Man
Putting it all together
Grilled Chicken open guard

CRITIQUE OF “HOW THINGS ARE USUALLY DONE”

Mounted armbar
Side control movement drill
Side control armbar
Cross choke from mount

“PANDA”: MODIFYING A CLASSIC WRESTLING POSITION TO BECOME AN EFFECTIVE DEFENSIVE BJJ TOOL

Panda: Origin story
Panda introduction

FULL LENGTH VIDEOS FROM SEMINARS

Amsterdam Camp 2020 class on bridging
2.5 hrs online seminar with Lithuanians
100 mins. group private from camp in Italy

NEUTRALIZING THE KNEE ON BELLY POSITION

Is there actually a knee on belly position as we know it
Defensive ideas against baseball choke from the knee on belly
Knee on belly escape that I can now explain using mini babybridge

LEARN TO DEFEND ANY KIMURA ATTEMPT WHEN IN SIDECONTROL

Using babybridge
Using babybridge v2
By sitting up
Very late defense
Using wrist fighting
Kimura trap defense
Finer detail about the kimura defense and how to create the preferred angle
One more layer for the kimura defense by going to the knees to free the head
Very late Danaher style kimura defense (if true will change everything)
Mini babybridge against kimura attacks
New information about the kimura trap defense using the mini babybridge

IMPROVE YOUR TRAINING AND TEACHING METHODS WITH OUR COACHING SECTION

Conversation on how to teach your first defensive Jiu Jitsu class
Intro for the coaching section
Coaching: Class template to start with
The idea of teaching techniques backwards
Talk on lockflows and flowcharts
Video interviews with other coaches
Coaching: Warm up section of the class
Examples of drilling the defensive postures
My first attempt to explain / address progressive resistance

DETAILED OMO PLATA ESCAPES

Version 1
Version 2

FULL LENGTH VIDEOS OF PRIVATE LESSONS WITH PRIIT

1+ hours of questions from a new blue belt

OTHER UNCATEGORIZED VIDEOS

Introduction to underhook escapes
What order to watch the videos
Underhook clicks
Answers to most of the questions in the “video requests” forum topic
“Know your roll” a talk on framework series about BJJ
“Why is there something rather than nothing”?
Defending the back take from s-mount/side mount
How different positions have slightly different pummeling rules
Idea about grips being static and others scrambly
Deep half guard sweep using the Babybridge
Running man: Origin story
Babybridge vs Mounting
What is the “click”
The transition law that guides me towards answers
Interesting similarity between hawking 2.0 outwards and wall wrestling in MMA
One more example about the default flow that guides my findings
Running man and going to the knees direction/test
More details about the running man 2.0 position
Re-back take position answered by the hawking 2.0
Steps to win and lose during the early back survival / defense, May 2021
Back escape / survival drilling ideas with an interesting methodology
Running man for back survival
Grabbing the head when using hawking 2.0 for back survival
Another way to grab the head on the failed back take
Two versions when grabbing the head while inside seatbelt
Perfect time to do the inward hawking
5 x hawking 2.0 against the back take
Weird control but a good test for the hawking 2.0
Winning transitions with hawking 2.0 while defending the back
Defensive BJJ in action (nogi)
Defensive BJJ in action (gi)
More evidence of the hawking 2.0 making a difference in different situations
My obsessive thoughts towards the running man posture
Some of the attacking ideas from defensive positions
Trying to explain hawking 2.0 bottom arm work from the different angle
One lapel choke from the back that “ruins” everything
Guard retention and side retention connection
Upgraded baseball choke defense ideas
Upgraded defensive ideas against the crossface
Additional thoughts about the crossface prevention
Upgraded info about the side choke defense
Underhook down side back survival study against the armbar threat
Back takes just got harder
Grabbing opponents head when defending the back
How to make repetitive back takes harder using mini babybridge
3 other places which we can explain now using mini babybridge pressure
How something so simple can hold so deep truths (open guard secrets)
Defensive ideas against a knee slide baseball choke
More about how mini babybridge makes sense of the different open guard positions
More evidence for the running man new head position during the power half attack when attacking the back
Something that Wim Deputter explained me years ago makes sense now because of the mini babybridge
Rant about how I know how to express my art
Z-guard and the Caio Terra crazy belly down direction
Cross leg guard retention move that makes sense now after 22 years
Back survival new posture is now also tested against the armbar threat
Side control crossface prevention idea that I would disagree these days
More info about shrimping that now makes sense to me
Something about the very late armbar escape that I can now explain using the new stick transition
Mini babybridge against deeper tarikoplata attacks
Mini babybridge and x-guard
One click in the open guard that now makes sense because of the mini babybridge
Finally butterfly halfguard starts to make sense (bonus hook sweep details)
Attempt to try and explain Gordon Ryan body triangle escape
One more reason why the grilled chicken structure change makes sense
Sideways butterfly guard top leg new ideas
Common mistake while practising running man posture
Common mistakes when practising hawking 2.0 posture
Transitioning between the hawking 2.0 and mini babybridge during the back control
Transitional ideas about the back survival using hawking 2.0 as an example
We changed something about the way we invert
Back take transitional defense from the turtle using hawking 2.0
Back take transitional defense from side control using hawking 2.0
Back take transitional defense from side control using mini babybridge
Reverse hitchhike armbar escape: The first video about the whole idea
Reverse hitchhike armbar escape: Sitting up direction
Reverse hitchhike armbar escape: Turning in direction
Reverse hitchhike armbar escape: Babybridge towards the opponent
Reverse hitchhike armbar escape: making them still flat a bit
Elbow post running man intro: RNC test
Elbow post running man intro: Gi choke defense
Elbow post running man intro: Gi choke defense by going more into the choke
Elbow post running man intro: Connecting postures
Elbow post running man intro: Top hook test
Elbow post running man intro: Power half test
One detail how to create extension in the end range of the escape
Close(d) guard top: How the closed guard top should look like so we could explain everything that happen
Close(d) guard top: Width of the knees
Close(d) guard top: Seal feet or toes on the mat
Close(d) guard top: Where to put the arms
Arm triangle defense details inspired by the Brian Ortega video
How to choose (maybe) between hawking and mini babybridge inside the seatbelt grip

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