Curated Routine

Essential BJJ Partner Drills to Elevate Your Grappling Skills

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Essential BJJ Partner Drills to Elevate Your Grappling Skills is a curated workout routine with 5 ordered actions and 5 timestamped video clips. Start with Side Control Positional Flow Drill and Butterfly Guard Elevation Drill. Review the available targets, sets, coaching cues and rest for each action. Selected clips total 2 min 24 sec; rest is listed per action.

Clip time: 2 min 24 sec5 actionsSingle training session

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Sourceyoutube.com/watch?v=NnOGNJaShbI
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1

Side Control Positional Flow Drill

Sets: 1Rest: 1 minEst. duration: 48 sec

A continuous top-control transition sequence maintaining chest-to-body pressure while cycling through standard side mount (1), scarf hold / kesa gatame (2), reverse scarf hold (3), full mount (4), knee on belly (5), and switching around to side mount on the opposite side (6).

Key points

  • Stay tightly connected and maintain constant chest-to-chest pressure
  • Transition smoothly through each position without creating space
  • Switch hip angles decisively from side control to scarf hold, mount, and knee on belly

Common mistakes

Lifting the chest and disconnecting from the partner during position changes, allowing an easy guard recovery.

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Sourceyoutube.com/watch?v=NnOGNJaShbI
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2

Butterfly Guard Elevation Drill

Sets: 1Reps: 20 repsRest: 1 minEst. duration: 25 sec

From a seated butterfly guard, the practitioner secures body lock underhooks, falls to their back to elevate the partner with butterfly hooks, and returns to seated position without executing the final sweep; explicitly prescribed for 20 repetitions in the video audio.

Key points

  • Clasp hands tightly around the partner's torso using double underhooks
  • Roll back onto the shoulders while extending butterfly hooks upward to lift the partner's hips
  • Return the partner down with control and reset immediately to seated guard

Common mistakes

Kicking too far to one side and prematurely dumping the partner instead of elevating straight up with control.

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3

Leg Throw-By Pass to Knee on Belly

Sets: 1Reps: 20 repsRest: 1 minEst. duration: 29 sec

Standing over an open guard, the practitioner grips the ankles/shins, throws the legs to one side, immediately catches the partner's near hip/thigh, steps past the guard, and drops into a tight knee-on-belly; explicitly prescribed for 20 repetitions in the video audio.

Key points

  • Throw the opponent's legs across with speed and immediately clear the hip line
  • Catch the near leg/hip to prevent guard retention
  • Drop the knee firmly onto the partner's torso with balance and posture

Common mistakes

Throwing the legs without stepping in immediately, allowing the bottom player to pummel feet back into open guard.

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Sourceyoutube.com/watch?v=NnOGNJaShbI
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4

Alternating Armbar Spin Drill

Sets: 1Rest: 1 minEst. duration: 20 sec

Top partner controls the bottom partner's wrists and performs rapid 180-degree spinning pivots over the partner's chest from side to side to build rotational momentum, alignment, and hip dexterity for juji-gatame armbars.

Key points

  • Maintain control of both wrists/forearms of the training partner
  • Pivot on the balls of the feet and hips across the partner's chest
  • Lock, release, and spin to achieve the perpendicular angle before reversing

Common mistakes

Landing heavy body weight directly on the partner's ribs or losing wrist grip during the spin.

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5

Closed Guard Kimura Sit-Up Grip Drill

Sets: 1Reps: 20 repsRest: 1 minEst. duration: 22 sec

With the partner posting both hands on the mat, the bottom player opens closed guard, sits up explosively over the shoulder, weaves a figure-four Kimura grip, falls back to lock the submission angle, resets, and repeats on alternating sides; explicitly prescribed for 20 repetitions in the video audio.

Key points

  • Sit up diagonally toward the posting arm and pin the wrist to the mat
  • Reach deep over the partner's tricep and weave the hand through to secure your own wrist
  • Keep the figure-four grip tight while returning to the guard

Common mistakes

Trying to grab the Kimura while lying flat on your back instead of sitting up over the partner's shoulder.

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