This week in CTA classes, we turn our attention to side control, one of the most common and critical positions in Jiu Jitsu. We’ll start by reviewing how to recover guard when an opponent is attempting to pass, as well as how to escape when they’ve already passed and are blocking our hips. We’ll place […]
CURRICULUM, WEEK OF July 20th
This week at CTA, we’re continuing our focus on the powerful closed guard position. We’ll start by reviewing the sit-up sweep, a key move to use when you can’t break your opponent’s posture, allowing you to sweep or submit, and improve your position. Later in the week, we’ll train the scissor sweep—an easy-to-learn, effective technique […]
CURRICULUM, WEEK OF July 13th
This week in CTA classes, we continue developing one of the most important positions in Jiu Jitsu—the closed guard. This guard allows the bottom player to take away speed and explosiveness, forcing their opponent to carry their weight and fight from a restricted posture. A well-developed closed guard offers control, safety, and constant offensive threats, […]
CURRICULUM, WEEK OF July 6th
This week in CTA classes, we begin our focus on the closed guard—one of the strongest and most important positions in Jiu Jitsu. Closed guard allows the bottom player to control their opponent by breaking posture, carrying their body weight, and neutralizing speed and strength. It’s a position that gives smaller grapplers the ability to […]
CURRICULUM, WEEK OF June 1st
This week in our CTA classes, we’ll continue our focus on side control, starting with how to maintain dominant top pressure and set up submissions. We’ll also cover how to defend and escape a common threat from bottom— the americana/keylock—while using the escape to gain positional advantage. Toward the end of the week, we’ll transition […]
CURRICULUM, WEEK OF May 25th
This week in CTA, we’ll wrap up our closed guard series with the scissor sweep—a highly effective and beginner-friendly technique that remains a staple at the highest levels of black belt competition. Starting Wednesday, we’ll shift our focus to side control. We’ll dive into the essentials of guard retention and side control escapes, emphasizing framing […]
