Low Single

1. Drive into your opponent and step your lead leg over the leg you are controlling (if controlling your opponent’s right leg, this will be with your left leg).

2. Put your knee on the mat towards the inside his leg. This will make it difficult for your opponent to regain control of this leg.

3. As you do this, slide your locked hands below his knee and secure his lower leg.

4. From here, move your outside-hand and grip your opponent’s thigh from the front of his leg. If you are controlling your opponent’s right leg, this will be your right arm.

5. Once you have his upper leg secured, transfer your other hand to the outside of your opponent’s other leg. (If you are controlling your opponent’s right leg, this will be done with your left hand.) Use this hand to grip the outside of your opponent’s leg behind the knee, or just above it.

6. With both of your opponent’s legs now secured, drive into him with your near-shoulder and pull his legs toward you. This will allow you to drive him flat for the takedown.

Sweep Single

1. Drive into your opponent and step your lead leg over the leg you are controlling (if controlling your opponent’s right leg, this will be with your left leg).

2. Put your knee on the mat towards the inside his leg. This will make it difficult for your opponent to regain control of this leg.

3. As you do this, slide your locked hands below his knee and secure his lower leg.

4. From here, move your outside-hand and grip your opponent’s thigh from the front of his leg. If you are controlling your opponent’s right leg, this will be your right arm.

5. Once you have his upper leg secured, transfer your other hand to the outside of your opponent’s other leg. (If you are controlling your opponent’s right leg, this will be done with your left hand.) Use this hand to grip the outside of your opponent’s leg behind the knee, or just above it.

6. With both of your opponent’s legs now secured, drive into him with your near-shoulder and pull his legs toward you. This will allow you to drive him flat for the takedown.

Ankle Pick

1. Tie up with your opponent, and place one of your hands behind his neck.

2. Circle in the direction of the arm you placed on his neck. This forces him to step to follow you.

3. Dart your other hand down and cup his ankle when he takes a a step, around the outside of his foot.

4. Pull his ankle up as if to tuck it under your armpit, as you pull his head down with the hand you had placed behind his neck. Drive forward with your legs as you do this to destabilize his balance.

5. Stay in tight to maintain control and secure a takedown. If you execute well, your opponent will bail out to his stomach as you drive him backward.

Double Leg

1. Fake a jab to the face of your opponent to try to make him close his eyes. This is to prevent him from realizing what you want to do and sprawl on you.

2. Put one of your knees on the ground right between both of your opponent's legs and get down low, with both of your knees bent and your back straight. This will put your powerful thigh muscles into play and stop you from hurting your back.

3. Grab both of his legs, one in each hand.

4. Shove off the ground with your legs.

5. Sweep his legs aside of you.

6. Charge your shoulder into his chest.

7. Slam him down, landing with your shoulder in his chest, perpendicular to his chest with your body.

High Crotch

1. Secure an inside tie. This is done by grasping one of your opponent's triceps with an overhand grip.

2. Pull your opponent's arm over your head and behind you, as you drop to one knee and shoot your free arm between his legs. The knee that you should drop down is the knee opposite the side you have your inside tie on.

3. Lock your hands around your opponent's leg.

4. At this point you can drive up to your feet with the single leg locked, and trip your opponent to score a takedown, or switch your grip so that you are hooked around both his legs, and drive to the side, finishing the high crotch as you would.

Lateral Throw

1. Move in close to your opponent in a standing position. Reach over his left arm near his shoulder with your left arm, and pull it to your side to perform an overhook.

2. Jockey back and forth on the mat, paying attention to your opponent's weight shifting and balance.

3. Step in quickly with your right foot and wrap your right arm around your opponent's lower back.

4. Drop to the floor suddenly and rotate your body, pulling your opponent's left arm toward you and sending his body over your right side so he lands on his back.

Standard Square Stance

1. Start with your feet slightly wider than shoulder width apart. If you are not sure about how your feet should be positioned, jump in the air—when you land your feet should be roughly in the position of a good stance.
 
2. Bend your knees until your forearms can rest on your thighs, which will also help you understand how low you need to be when facing an opponent. It may take several practice sessions to get comfortable in this position and to strengthen the muscles in your legs and back that are critical for maintaining a low posture.

3. Your back should be straight with your buttocks down and head up. Your weight should be evenly distributed between both feet and slightly forward, but make sure to stay on your toes and off of your heels.
4. Once your body is in good position, bring your hands out in front of you. Your hands serve as your first line of defense, so dropping them at anytime could mean takedown points for your opponent, or worse.

5. Keep your palms facing upwards, or next to each other (like the manner of holding a ball). Never face your palms down—this is called “heavy hands.” Holding your hands in this manner dramatically slows your reaction time and makes your wrists easier to tie up.

Moving in a Square Stance

·         Use short, quick “shuffle” steps to circle or move from side to side, keeping your feet and base wide. Never cross your feet when moving in your stance as this will leave you open to be taken down and also create make you more vulnerable to injury.

·         At the same time, maintain your good position: knees bent, butt down, back at a slight angle, head up, and hands out.

·         Always face and stay square to your opponent—allowing your opponent to position themselves at an angle towards your body leave you more open to an attack.

Sit-Outs

1. From your base, support your weight with one arm and the opposite knee, then step your other leg underneath you, and rotate your body to come to a sit.

2. Work for hand control. Keep some pressure back into your opponent, but be aware of his hands so that you don't get chin dropped. Your opponent will try to keep his arms inside if yours, under your armpits. Dislodge his arms, and keep your elbows in tight to your sides so that his arms are no longer inside of yours.

3. Quickly roll sideways, over one shoulder to face your opponent. Flag the arm of the shoulder you roll over to catch your opponent and keep him from circling around behind you. If he is not able to follow behind you, attain your normal stance, and back up a little to ensure that the referee scores your escape.

4. If you cannot escape after one sit-out, try chaining multiple sit-outs in a row. Often this will get an opponent out of position and enable you to escape.

Hip-Heist

1. Put all your weight on your dominant knee and try to push up with your dominant leg. Lock both elbows at your hip while driving with your legs.

2. Push off on your dominant leg and try to flip your hips so they are perpendicular to the mat. Keep your balance by using the arm and leg still on the mat.

3. Thrust your opponent off of you by swinging your free arm over the side to move you from facing the mat to facing upward. You have just reversed the move.

4. Attack your opponent's legs and ankles to complete the reversal

Bear Hug

1. While on your feet, tie up with your opponent and secure underhooks with both arms. An underhook is simply putting your arm around your opponent, under his arm, rather than over it. Underhooks are generally a desirable position when tying up, so your opponent will try to deprive you from getting two underhooks in. You may have to pummel with your opponent for a while before you can get both in.

2. Lock your hands behind your opponent's back.

3. Squeeze your opponent in toward you while lifting upward, straighting him from his normal stance. This will make him less stable. When he is straightened, pressure forward with your chest and pull him in with your arms, drawing his mass under the forward pressure of your chest.

4. As you try to force your opponent over straight backward, you can step forward around the outside of one of his feet as you push forward in an attempt to trip him up.

5. If your opponent falls straight to his back, which is likely, keep your underhooks in, or take one out to switch to a grip around his arm and head. Stay face to face and parallel with your opponent and wrap both your legs around the outsides of his legs. Squeeze and arch your back for additional pressure.