Blue belt technique program

Jiu jitsu basics

Blue belt technique program

Techniques required for the blue belt exam.
Progress is individual and depends on the work involved, but on average the road from white to blue belt takes at least 2 years and 4 repetitions of the cycle.

Week 1
- Overview of the basic positions: Closed Guard, Half Guard, Side Control, Knee on Belly, Back Control, North/South, Controlling Top Position.
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
- Sprawl — Defending Leg Shots
- Armbar from the Mount
- Shrimp Escape from Cross Body
Week 8
- Defending a Rear Strangle (Standing Position)
- Armbar Defense from Inside of the Closed Guard
- Scissor Sweep
Week 9
- Guillotine choke defense (Standing Position)
- Defending the Armbar (Flat on the Back)
- Posture inside Closed Guard
Week 10
- Broom Sweep
- Knee on Belly Escape
Week 11
- Standing Head Lock Defense (Hands Connected)
- Triangle Defense (from Closed Guard)
- Cross Body (Side Control) Positional Control
Week 12
- Standing Head Lock Defense (Hands NOT Connected).
- Ankle Trap Mount Escape
- Ankle Trap Cross Body Escape
Week 13
- Rear choke defence pulled back
- Rear Naked Choke
- Back Control, Positional Control Details
Week 14
- Uchi Mata
- Thread the Needle Escape from Side Control
- Passing the Guard with Leg control (on the shoulder)
Week 15
- Live Sparring Week
Week 16
- Takedown from Rear Body Lock
- Defending the Rear Naked Choke
- Upa Escape from Mount
Week 17
- Cross Choke from the Mount
- The Baseball Choke
- Sit-Up Sweep from the Closed Guard
Week 18
- Defending a Hip Throw
- Defending Omoplata from Closed Guard
- Open Guard Basics
Week 19
- Defending the Shoulder Throw
- Defending the Kimura from Closed Guard.
- Open Guard Basics
Week 20
- Live Sparring Week
Week 21
- Low Single Leg Takedown
- North/South Choke
- Defending the North/South Choke
Week 22
- Single Leg Takedown Defense (Near-Side Leg)
- Standing Guillotine Defense
- Mount – Positional Control Details
Week 23
- Armdrag
- Transition from Armbar to Triangle and Back
- Cross Body to Head & Arm (Kesa Gatame) Transition
Week 24
- Duck Under
- Armbar to Triangle Transition
- Head & Arm (Kesa Gatame) Escape
Week 25
- Live Sparring Week
Week 26
- Combining standing and ground techniques: Takedown > Control > Submission
Week 27
- Combining standing and ground techniques: Takedown > Control > Submission
Week 28
- Combining standing and ground techniques: Takedown > Control > Submission