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Although BJJ competitions are a lot of fun, many of the techniques that modern BJJ practitioners use in competitions aren’t useful for the street. For example, the berimbolo and other inverted techniques could get you seriously hurt in a self-defense situation. Some old-school BJJ practitioners, such as the legendary Royce Gracie, have publicly voiced their disapproval of modern BJJ’s preoccupation with sport-based techniques.

When the Gracie family originally developed BJJ, it was intended to be a self-defense system—not a way to win point-based competitions. In fact, BJJ was originally devised as a way for a small, weak person to defeat a big, strong opponent. However, this doesn’t mean that BJJ students shouldn’t compete or focus on sport-oriented BJJ techniques. Competition and sport-oriented techniques are part of what makes BJJ such a fun martial art! What it does mean, however, is that all BJJ students should dedicate at least a portion of their training to the practice of street self-defense techniques. In this article, we examine 8 must-know BJJ techniques for the street. 

1. Technical Standup

Although it isn’t very flashy or exciting, knowing how to efficiently get up off the ground is an important self-defense skill. This is why all BJJ students should master the technical standup. The technical standup is a technique used to move from a seated position to a standing position in a manner that protects from strikes. Often, people who are knocked to the ground in a fight have no safe way to get back up. The technical standup solves this problem, giving the person on the ground the option of either retreating or attacking. Either way, understanding how to get back up once you’ve been knocked down is key to surviving a self-defense situation. 

2. Takedowns

Sitting directly down to the mat, or “pulling guard,” is allowed in BJJ competitions, so many practitioners rarely, if ever, practice takedowns. Although some takedowns are better than others for the street, we simply want to emphasize the importance of incorporating takedowns into your training to prepare you for self-defense situations. If you are ever involved in a one-on-one self-defense situation, most of your BJJ will be useless unless you can safely take your opponent to the ground. Whether you practice wrestling takedowns, such as the double-leg takedown, or judo throws, such as the hip toss, isn’t super important. What is important, however, is that you learn to put your opponent on the ground. 

3. The Mount (Top And Bottom)

If you take your opponent down in a self-defense situation, you need to make sure you can maintain top position. And if your opponent takes you down and ends up sitting on your chest, you need a reliable way to get him or her off of you. Therefore, to ensure that you are prepared for the street, you need to practice maintaining and escaping the mount. 

Maintaining The Mount

Here are a few tips for maintaining the mount in a self-defense situation: 

• Focus on staying balanced.
• If necessary, use your hands to post on the ground when your opponent attempts to buck you off.
• Tuck your feet under the opponent’s sides. 
• Sink your hips low. 

4. Escaping The Mount

Understanding how to escape the mount is just as important as knowing how to maintain the mount. If you end up with someone on top of you in a street fight, you must know how to escape. One of the first mount escapes BJJ students learn is the bridge and roll escape. This escape allows the bottom person to sweep his or her opponent and end up in the top position. 

5. Back Control

Back control is the strongest position in BJJ. When you secure back control, you can see your opponent, but your opponent can’t see you. This puts you in a great position to apply chokes and submissions. In addition, taking an opponent’s back allows you to stay safe until help arrives. 

6. Rear Naked Choke

The rear naked choke is an excellent technique for the street. In fact, chokes are widely considered to be more effective in self-defense situations than joint locks. For example, if you successfully apply an armbar to an attacker on the street, he or she may still be able to attack you, especially if he or she is intoxicated and unable to feel pain. However, if you apply a choke to the point of completion, the attacker will lose consciousness, providing you with an opportunity to escape to safety. 

7. Guillotine Choke

Another excellent choke for the street is the guillotine choke. The great thing about this choke is that it can be performed from a standing position. Thus, if you cannot take your attacker down to the ground or don’t want to take your opponent to the ground, the guillotine is a great option to end the fight quickly.

8. The Clinch

Studies have shown that most real fights result in a clinch. The clinch is a standing position in which two people have grabbed ahold of each other. Therefore, if you study BJJ for self-defense purposes, it’s important to have a good understanding of the clinch. Not only can the clinch allow you to take down an attacker on the street, but it also protects you from punches and kicks. By tying your opponent up and controlling him or her in the clinch, it becomes much easier to launch your attacks while remaining safe. 

Stay Safe

Fortunately, most people who practice BJJ will never have to use it on the street. However, that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t incorporate self-defense techniques into your training. By incorporating these self-defense techniques into your BJJ training, you’ll be well prepared for anything that comes your way. Remember, when it comes to self-defense, preparation is everything. So, even if you mainly focus on sport-oriented BJJ, you should never forget the reason BJJ was developed in the first place—to keep you safe on the street. 

Guest post by Evolve MMA, Asia’s premier championship brand for martial arts. It has the most number of World Champions on the planet. Named as the #1 ranked martial arts organization in Asia by CNN, Yahoo! Sports, FOX Sports, Evolve MMA is the top rated Muay Thai gym in Singapore.

Everyone should have the ability to defend themselves. In the event an altercation turns physical, having trained in some form of self-defense can be a lifesaver. Most altercation starts from a standing position, hence it’s important for you to know how to properly defend yourself using techniques from two of the most effective striking arts; boxing and Muay Thai.

Boxing 

When most people think of a street fight, images of fists flying come to mind. There is a good reason for that. A punch is one of the most common types of attacks thrown once an altercation turns physical. Training boxing techniques can help end altercations quickly and avoid further injury to all parties involved. 

A) Stance 

Boxing as a southpaw can give you an advantage in the ring and that advantage remains in a real-life altercation. Even if your attacker has previously trained themselves, the odds of them knowing how to effectively deal with a skilled southpaw are next to none. This is due to the overwhelming number of orthodox (right-handed) fighters compared to southpaws. The other reason is due to you and your attacker being in an open stance instead of the usual closed stance formed by two orthodox fighters.

B) Jab

The jab is the most important punch in boxing, and it may be the most important in a street fight too. It is the punch that exposes the least amount of your body and head for a counter, as well as being your weapon with the most range. Your jab is performed with your lead hand and should be sharp and snappy. When starting out, don’t focus on adding power to your punch, the power will naturally increase as your form develops. 

C) Footwork

Quick footwork compliments an educated jab and exponentially increases its effectiveness. Two techniques that can translate to a self-defense setting are the gazelle and pendulum steps. The gazelle step involves you loading your weight onto your lead leg, stepping up with your rear leg, then explosively shuffling forwards. This technique can cover massive distances and adds tremendous amounts of power when used in conjunction with a punch. 

D) Parry

Parrying is a boxing technique that is essential for self-defense. It can be done on both your lead and rear side, and in general works best for defending against straight punches. When your opponent throws a punch, you parry on the same side. Catch their fist like a baseball and pat it slightly downwards. This will give you the opportunity to either land your own punch or run. 

Muay Thai

The art of eight limbs has much to offer when it comes to self-defense. 

A) Teep (Push Kick)

The first Muay Thai technique for self-defense is the teep, or push kick. It is often called the foot jab, and just like the jab in boxing, the teep is one of, if not the most important kick in Muay Thai. Muay Thai legend Samart Payakaroon breaks down the proper form of a teep above. 

The teep, although usually performed by the front leg, can also be done with the rear leg for a powerful kick that will stop your opponent’s momentum. You can aim the teep at various targets on your opponent’s body. Some of the most effective are the knees, the hips, the solar plexus, and the navel. Although head kicks are possible, they are best avoided in a self-defense situation. It is generally not worth the risk of being thrown on the concrete, even if there is an opening. Self-defense situations do not have the rules that a ring does and impact with the concrete floor is a dangerous variable. 

B) Up Elbow

Another powerful weapon that Muay Thai can offer is the elbow strike. Your elbows are the densest bones in your body and exponentially multiply force due to the small surface area that you strike with. Since they have an extremely limited range, they are best used when you or your attacker are in range to grab each other. 

The up elbow is effective because it blocks your opponent’s punch as they run into your elbow strike. To perform an up elbow, place your lead palm on the side of your forehead while you step in towards your attacker. Drive the point of your elbow into their shoulder or bicep to jam their punch, or aim for the chin or nose to stun them. 

C) Horizontal Elbow

The horizontal elbow can be used anytime you are in clinch range and should be aimed at the chin, temple, or ear of your opponent for the best chances to knockout your attacker. To perform a horizontal elbow, lift your elbow and smash it into your attacker’s chin while bridging the back of your hand to touch the opposite side shoulder. 

D) Spinning Back Elbow

The spinning back elbow may look flashy, but it has many practical applications as well. An altercation outside of the gym may involve multiple people who attack from all sides. Most techniques used in boxing and Muay Thai are effective under the premise that the fight is a fair one. The spinning back elbow is one of the few techniques that can address the threat of multiple attackers. Although every technique has its place, spinning during a fight is generally a poor choice. That is unless it is done with specific intent. Training the spinning back elbow lets you strike opponents that are behind you directly after defending or countering the attack of someone in front of you. In addition, you can even shoulder bump an opponent’s punch so they lose balance and fall into your elbow, which would most likely result in a knockout. 

There Is More

These techniques are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to self-defense. However, they can give you the edge to defend yourself should the need arise. Remember that self-defense is not about flashy knockouts or highlight-reel submissions, it’s a fight to live another day. If you are looking to learn self-defense from martial arts World Champions, sign up for a complimentary trial class today!

Guest post by Evolve MMA, Asia’s premier championship brand for martial arts. It has the most number of World Champions on the planet. Named as the #1 ranked martial arts organization in Asia by CNN, Yahoo! Sports, FOX Sports, Evolve MMA is the top rated BJJ gym in Singapore.

Leg locks are more popular than ever! From the competition circuit to your gym mats, practitioners are expressing more and more interest in leg locks. In many of the top grappling competitions, it’s common to see matches end with a leg lock submission.

Before you go submitting your friends and training partners with leg locks in your own academy, be sure to check the rules of your club first. Some gyms follow the well-known International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation guidelines for leg locks. Depending on belt level, you may be allowed to administer only a couple leg lock submissions. It is always important to ask the overseeing professor whether leg locks are allowed, what leg lock ruleset is followed in the academy.

Now that we have addressed important items to consider about leg locks at your own gym, let’s look at the leg locks you need to know.

1) Straight Ankle Lock

Often referred to as the Achilles lock, the straight ankle lock is undoubtedly the very first leg lock one learns in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. This leg lock can be applied by newbies as the submission is relatively simple to administer.

Applying the straight ankle lock requires you to circle your forearm(overhook) over one of your opponent’s legs, specifically at the Achilles heel. Using the pressure generated when pressing your foot against your opponent’s rib cage, and that of your hips moving forward, while applying an upward force using your forearm at your opponent’s Achilles heel secures this submission.

2) Kneebar

The kneebar should be in everyone’s arsenal when it comes to leg lock attacks because it is effective, and like the straight angle lock, is relatively easy to administer. One can think of the kneebar as the armbar, only for the legs. In the armbar, you would use the arm as the lever to apply force to at the hand or wrist, whereas with the kneebar you would use the leg as the lever and apply force at the Achilles tendon, or the ball of the heel.

Remember to place your opponent’s knee on your belly as this is essential when hyperextending their leg, using the knee as the pivot point.

3) Calf Slicer

The calf slicer is one of those techniques that generally are not administered first along a chain of leg lock attacks, but administered in reaction to your opponent escaping or reacting to your first leg lock attempt. Often times their reaction will place them into position for the calf slicer.

Just as a bicep slicer requires you to lodge your forearm into your opponent’s crook of their elbow while bringing their wrist to touch their shoulder, the calf slicer requires you to place your shin in your opponent’s crook of their knee and then pull their foot closer to their buttocks. The pressure on their knee and calf will make them tap.

4) Toe hold

The toe hold submission is a foot lock that, more often than not, uses a figure-four grip on your opponent’s foot to twist their ankle, thereby hyperextending the ankle. The goal for the toe hold is to prevent your opponent from turning or kicking their leg away from you. Often times this would mean locking their movement using your clinched legs to secure their leg or any other part for your body to apply pressure on your opponent’s leg for stabilization.

5) Heel hook

Considered the granddaddy of foot locks, the heel hook is a lock on the ankle as well as the knee. In most gi BJJ systems, the heel hook is taught once a practitioner is a brown belt, once they have experience with other leg locks.

The submission is applied by locking your opponent’s leg and controlling their knee. A common completion of the submission is to gable grip your arms around the knee of your opponent’s controlled leg. Twisting the heel into your opponent generates torque at the ankle and then on to the knee.

Now that you have a good idea of the most important and common leg lock submissions, it’s time to find training partners that share the same desire as you to learn these specialized techniques. Before administering them on your friends, learn the rules for leg locks at your academy.

Practicing leg locks can be fun when everyone is aware of the technique and knows when to tap. Following the rules for your gym for leg locks, we can all be assured to train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with leg locks long into the future.

Guest post by Evolve MMA, Asia’s premier championship brand for martial arts. It has the most number of World Champions on the planet. Named as the #1 ranked martial arts organization in Asia by CNN, Yahoo! Sports, FOX Sports, Evolve MMA is the top rated BJJ gym in Singapore.

The omoplata, which means scapula in Portuguese, is a highly effective Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ submission). Also called the ashi sankaku garami (leg triangle entanglement) in judo and the coil lock in catch wrestling, the omoplata is a technique in which the attacking student’s legs and hips are used to extend an opponent’s shoulder joint past its normal range of motion. The lock applied to the shoulder is similar to the Kimura lock, but the legs are used in place of the figure-four grip. The omoplata, thought to have originated in either judo or catch wrestling, became popular in BJJ in the 1990s due to its successful use by Nino Schembri.

The most popular application of the omoplata is from the guard, and it is achieved by placing a leg under the opponent’s armpit and rotating 180 degrees, resulting in the leg moving over the opponent’s back and around his or her arm. The submission is completed by controlling the opponent’s body, often by placing an arm around his or her waist, and exerting pressure on the opponent’s shoulder by pushing his or her arm perpendicularly away from the back. In addition to being a great submission, the omoplata can be used as a set up for sweeps, armbars, chokes, and other techniques.

How To Perform The Omoplata

Omoplata From Closed Guard

1. From the closed guard, break your opponent’s posture using your arms and legs.
2. Shift your hips in the direction of the arm you want to attack.
3. While continuing to control your opponent’s posture, swim your arm under your leg on the side you want to attack.
4. Obtain a grip on your opponent’s collar.
5. Open your legs and rotate your body 180 degrees, stretching your legs in front of you upon the completion of the rotation.
6. Control your opponent by wrapping your arm around his or her waist.
7. Point your knees towards your opponent.
8. Raise your hips off the ground to finish the submission.

Omoplata From Triangle

Sometimes, an opponent will hide his arm to prevent you from finishing the triangle choke. This presents an opportunity to transition to the omoplata.

1. From the triangle choke position, push your opponent’s head in the opposite direction of his hidden arm. This can be accomplished by:
2. Pushing away with your hips to make space;
3. Pushing with the palm of your hand;
4. Placing your foot in front of your opponent’s face.
5. If it isn’t already there, place your foot that is on the side of the hidden arm across your opponent’s face.
6. Rotate your body 180 degrees.
7. Control your opponent by wrapping your arm around his or her waist.
8. Point your knees towards your opponent.
9. Raise your hips off the ground to finish the submission.

Additional Tips

1. Go For It – In order to perfect the omoplata, it is necessary to attempt it as often as possible during training. Don’t worry about the outcome. Rolling in class is a time to learn and make adjustments, so have confidence in your techniques and success will eventually come. Remember, practice makes perfect!
2. Control Is Everything – When practicing your omoplata, be sure to focus on not letting your opponent roll out. The easiest way to do this, as discussed above, is to control the opponent’s waist. Without control, you will have trouble completing the omoplata (or any other submission) successfully. Remember, BJJ is ultimately the art of controlling your opponent, so be sure to always focus on control!
3. Follow Your Opponent – If the opponent is able to roll out of your omoplata attempt, be sure to follow him or her and end up in top position. Getting accustomed to following your opponent after a failed omoplata attempt will ensure that you don’t end up in an inferior position, and this knowledge will allow you to attempt omoplatas without fear. Always have a backup plan!
4. Attempt The Omoplata From Different Positions – Although only the standard omoplata and omoplata from triangle are described above, there are endless ways to achieve this submission. So, experiment with this technique and discover new positions from which to apply it. Not only is this a fun way to learn BJJ, but it will actually increase your overall understanding of the technique. Remember, the more option you have, the better!
5. Trust The Submission – In BJJ, it’s important to trust your techniques. If you don’t believe in your techniques, you’ll be hesitant to apply them, and when you do attempt to apply them, your lack of confidence will often result in failure. So, when you’ve attempted an omoplata and your opponent is attempting to roll out of it, relax, maintain control, and continue to fight for the submission. Believe in yourself!

The omolata is only one of many submissions you’ll learn in BJJ. Practiced by students all over the world, BJJ is widely recognized as the most effective ground fighting art in existence. Not only does BJJ teach students how to apply submission holds and chokes, but it also emphasizes takedowns, real world self-defense techniques, and many other aspects of fighting.

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