Gi & no-gi Beginner
A short, clear hip-escape (shrimp) tutorial for people who have never done the movement.
Drills
Core Movements
Hip escape (shrimp), bridge, technical stand-up, granby roll, sit-out and the rolls - how to do them correctly and why they matter.
Solo Movements and Drills · Fundamentals and Concepts
Techniques in this topic
Shorts
Gi & no-gi Beginner
Todd Margolis shares hip-escape details for creating space from pins, including side control.
Gi & no-gi Beginner
Granby roll as a solo drill for MMA and BJJ.
Gi & no-gi Beginner
Roger Gracie Academy's technical stand-up as a solo drill: standing up in base the way you will in a match.
YouTube videos
The 3 Most Important Jiu Jitsu Techniques For A BJJ White Belt by John Danaher
Bernardo Faria BJJ Fanatics YouTube
Danaher's three most important white-belt skills, the 1.9 million-view lesson on what to drill before chasing submissions.
Gi & no-gi Beginner
Butterfly sweep tips plus two solo drills so you can groove the off-balancing without a partner.
Gi & no-gi Beginner
How to do a technical stand-up, taught slowly for beginners.
Gi & no-gi Intermediate
The top spin, a must-know movement for taking the back from turtle without losing the seatbelt.
Gi & no-gi Beginner
Bridge-to-granby flow, connecting two of the core solo movements.
Gi & no-gi Beginner
The technical stand-up for beginners, the movement behind every wrestle-up and safe way to get back to the feet.
Gi & no-gi Beginner
A full class on teaching the shrimp drill, useful if your shrimp still looks like a sit-up.