JPA/CTA-A FUNDAMENTAL CURRICULUM

CLOSED GUARD

1. Armlock vs armpit grip
2. Opening the closed guard standing
3. Cross choke from closed guard (Under)
4. Cross choke from closed guard
5. Triangle choke hugging the leg
6. Setting up the over hook to triangle choke
7. Breaking the posture (Opening the elbow, pulling one collar, and opening the elbow)
8. Kimura from closed guard
9. Sit up sweep
10. Scissor sweep

SIDE CONTROL

1. Recovering to closed guard from side control
2. Recovering guard when the person is in front of you in turtle
3. Running escape
4. Key lock escape to double leg
5. Key lock escape to sit through to the back
6. Switching the base to armlock or variation

MOUNT

1. Basic hip escape from mount
2. Hip escape trapping the ankle
3. Armlock from key lock grip
4. Armlock from key lock grip then breaking bicep grip (teria que julgar apenas no grip break)
5. Basic key lock to armlock
6. Key lock
7. Basic cross choke
8. Cross choke 33- UPA when opponent hugs the head
9. UPA when opponent cross choke
10. UPA when opponent cross choke variation
11. Hip press
12. Hip press variation
13. Ezequiel choke
14. Technical mount choke
15. Technical mount armlock

BACK

1. Rear naked choke (traditional or with gable grip)
2. Retaking the back when opponent gets his back to the mat
3. Armlock from the back
4. Back escape to single leg
5. Taking the back pulling the hips

JPA/CTA-B FUNDAMENTAL CURRICULUM

STANDING

1. Arm in guillotine
2. Arm in guillotine defense
3. Darce choke
4. Breaking the collar grip to double leg
5. High crouch to the back + foot sweep
6. Collar drag takedown
7. Collar drag to single leg takedown

CLOSED GUARD

1. Sleeve drag sweep
2. Sleeve drag to the back
3. Armlock vs lapel on the armpit
4. Armlock escape
5. Over hook triangle
6. Triangle submission
7. Omoplata
8. Omoplata escape to side control
9. Omoplata escape standing
10. Opening closed guard
11. Catucada sweep
12. Catucada defense

HALF GUARD

1. Under hook to the back
2. Under hook sweep when opponent over hook
3. Sleeve drag (knee, lapel or hip)
4. Removing the knee shield then tripod to 3/4 mount
5. Mount from 3/4 kicking or double hooks
6. Removing the knee shield then hip switch to prevent guard recover
7. Poking the knee to 3/4 from hip switch
8. Mount from 3/4 when opponent frame the hip (or side control)
9. Recovering to close guard (knee by the armpit)
10. Switching the hips to clear knee shield (Modified hip switch)
11. Passing from hip switch
12. Knee cut pass with double under hooks
13. Recovering half from hip switch

OPEN GUARD

1. Double under pass
2. Over under pass
3. Tripod sweep
4. Tripod sweep variation
5. Collar drag sweep
6. X pass (or x pass variation)
7. Anchor Hand
8. Toureando Drill
9. Hip control pass (steering wheel pass)

SPIDER GUARD

1. Bus driver sweep
2. Bus driver sweep to triangle
3. Triangle escape
4. Lasso sweep
5. Catapult sweep
6. Spiderweb pass
7. Spider Lasso pass (or Spider Lasso pass variation)

ONE LEGGED X

1. OLX double ankle sweep
2. OLX overhead sweep
3. OLX tripod sweep
4. Mounting from OLX
5. Long step pass

X GUARD

1. Belt grip hook sweep
2. Technical stand up sweep
3. Tripod sweep
4. X Guard back take
5. Kick out pass (or kick out pass variation)

SIDE CONTROL

1. Mount trapping the leg
2. Modified leg weave
3. Hitchhike escape
4. Kimura
5. Armlock from Kimura
6. Katagatame from gift wrap grip

KNEE ON BELLY

1. Knee on belly to mount
2. Knee on belly to armlock
3. Knee on belly escape to single leg sweep
4. Knee on belly escape when opponent post his leg forward

BACK

1. Cross Collar choke
2. Bow and arrow choke
3. Armlock from the back
4. Armlock escape
5. Isolating the attacking arm and escaping the back
6. Recovering close guard from turtle (opponent on your side)
7. Recovering to X Guard from turtle position
8. Ezequiel choke
9. Back step escape
10. Rolling and framing to recover half guard from the back

JPA/CTA-C FUNDAMENTAL CURRICULUM

STANDING

1. Bodylock escape
2. Kataguruma
3. Sasae tsuri komi ashi
4. Sasae to modified tai otoshi
5. Fake pull takedown

CLOSED GUARD

1. Body Lock takedown from guard jump
2. Mermaid sweep
3. Breaking the posture to shoulder clamp + Omoplata and submission 9 – Omoplata crucifix

REGULAR HALF GUARD

1. Brabo choke
2. Brabo choke variation
3. Brabo choke grip pass vs back flat
4. Leg pummel to smash pass
5. Smash pass variation
6. Smash pass counter to butterfly hook sweep

DEEP HALF GUARD

1. Deep half entry + Homer Simpson sweep
2. Deep half entry + Homer Simpson to the back
3. Far side deep half counter to crucifix lapel choke
4. Passing the deep half stepping over
5. Deep half entry from under hook + Waiter sweep
6. Deep half entry from under hook + Waiter sweep to the back

REVERSE HALF GUARD

1. Countering the half guard single leg with a step over to reverse half guard + reverse half pressure passing
2. Countering the half guard single leg with a step over to reverse half guard + reverse half to underhook knee cut position
3. Reverse half lapel pant sweep
4. Reverse half lapel pant sweep variation to the back

LONG STEP

1. Long step pass from half guard with lasso variation

REVERSE DLR

1. Reverse dlr set up + Reverse dlr to the back + Reverse dlr back take

DE LA  RIVA (DLR) – SHALLOW

1. Getting to de la riva from open guard
2. Pulling and getting to de la riva from open guard
3. Countering the step over
4. Side tilt sweep
5. Side til sweep variation
6. Step over to leg weave + leg weave pass
7. Torreando pass from DLR
8. Leg drag pass Leg drag defense
9. Baby bolo

DLR – PANT GRIP

1. DLR pant grip to OLX sweep

DLR – UNDER HOOK

1. Under hook DLR double ankle sweep
2. Underhook DLR backtake

DLR – X

1. DLR x sweep
2. Opening the guard poking the knee through

50/50

1. 50/50 sweep
2. Gripping inside the foot and passing to knee on belly from 50/50

ONE LEGGED X (OLX)

1. OLX Ankle lock submission from OLX cross arm sweep
2. Escaping the ankle lock and mounting
3. Belly down ankle lock Belly down ankle lock to toe hold

OPEN GUARD

1. Sit up guard lapel sleeve sweep pushing the leg
2. Sit up guard lapel sleeve to the back
3. Sit up guard lapel sleeve to single leg takedown
4. Coming up on the single leg when your opponent doesn’t let you feed the sleeve on the sit up guard
5. Collar/pant pass drill
6. Collar/pant pass variation drill
7. Collar/pant spass spin variation
8. Belt grip single leg rocking up sweep
9. Circling the leg out of the sit up guard and passing with a long step

DOUBLE UNDER

1. Double under defense breaking the grips
2. Double under defense breaking the grips to attack the triangle
3. Double under defense recovering the guard when gripping the belt
4. Double under defense triangle attack when gripping the belt
5. Double under defense triangle attack variation when gripping the belt
6. Double under defense triangle attack variation with straight armbar

COLLAR & SLEEVE (C&S)

1. Slingshot triangle
2. C&S omoplata vs opponent standing tucking elbow in
3. Transitioning to HQ from C&S + Hip smash pass

REVERSE TRIANGLE

1. Reverse triangle choke side control defense
2. Kimura from reverse triangle side control defense
3. Key lock from reverse triangle side control defense
4. Over under counter with armdrag

SPIDER GUARD

1. Torreando pass from spider
2. Stacking to the back from spider
3. Flipping opponent to his knees from double under
4. Spider Lasso leg drag pass
5. Triangle from spider guard

SIDE CONTROL

1. Kuzuri kezagatame escape
2. Uchiro kezagatame escape to the back
3. Uchiro kezagatame escape to the mount
4. Scarf choke

NORTH SOUTH

1. North south hip escape
2. North south escape to the back
3. Armlock counter attack vs the kimura
4. Bread and butter choke

TURTLE ATTACKS

1. Putting the top hook in when opponent stays tight
2. Clock choke
3. Clock choke to bow and arrow
4. Putting a hook on turtle and taking the back
5. Body triangle escape (bonus)