Ladders
Climb a ladder in order instead of hunting the catalog.
If you only climb one tonight, start with
Standing vs Seated Passing —
the same passing ladder Start here points to.
On a finish-first ladder, rung 1 is the won position. Mark rungs as you run them, then
Add rung to class for tonight’s plan. See
reverse-phase progression .
Adapted from the original page. Phase ladders .
1 2 3 4 5 6 If you only climb one tonight Standing vs Seated Passing 6 rungs · The passer’s finish-first climb — from a pass that is already won down to passing while behind, against a guard that is attacking. You're on rung 1 1 2 3 4 Rung 1 → 4 · finish-first Guard Retention 4 rungs · The inverse — the guard player’s finish-first climb, from a guard that is already winning down to recovering one from flat. You're on rung 1 1 2 3 4 5 Rung 1 → 5 · finish-first Back Attack 5 rungs · The attacker’s finish-first climb — from a strangle that is already threaded down to taking the back against someone defending it. You're on rung 1 1 2 3 4 5 Rung 1 → 5 · finish-first Back Escape 5 rungs · The escaping player’s finish-first climb, from an escape that is nearly complete down to fighting out with the whole battle live. You're on rung 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rung 1 → 6 · finish-first Inside Position 6 rungs · Inside-line control, finish-first — from a sealed inside sankaku down through the saddle and 70/30 to the neutral 50/50. You're on rung 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rung 1 → 6 · finish-first Outside Position 6 rungs · Outside-line control, finish-first — from game over down through the heist, outside ashi, butterfly ashi and single-leg X. You're on rung 1 1 2 3 4 5 Rung 1 → 5 · finish-first Armbar System 5 rungs · Closed-guard entry, stack read, mount isolation, the armbar-triangle dilemma, then the full expression. You're on rung 1 1 2 3 4 5 Rung 1 → 5 · finish-first Kimura System 5 rungs · Grip first from side control, then closed guard, turtle, the butterfly trap, then the full expression. You're on rung 1 1 2 3 4 5 Rung 1 → 5 · finish-first Triangle System 5 rungs · Entry, hip angle, the finish vs the stack, the two-way combination, then the full expression. You're on rung 1 1 2 3 4 5 Rung 1 → 5 · finish-first Front Headlock System 5 rungs · Establish and hold, sit-out and stand-up, guillotine thread, back take, then the full expression. You're on rung 1 1 2 Rung 1 → 2 · finish-first Double-Under Passing (Souders) 2 rungs · Greg Souders (Standard Jiu-Jitsu). Connect past the legs from double-unders, then from behind the ankles. You're on rung 1 1 2 Rung 1 → 2 · finish-first Play the Whole Space (Souders) 2 rungs · Greg Souders (Standard Jiu-Jitsu). Keep them down from feet inside, then move a standing knee grip to the ankle and put them down. You're on rung 1 1 2 3 Rung 1 → 3 · finish-first Closed Guard Elbow Control (The Grapple Lab) 3 rungs · The Grapple Lab. Inside or outside the elbows against a stand-up, then sweep from chest to chest or go outside, then take the back or sweep from outside the elbows. You're on rung 1 1 2 3 4 Rung 1 → 4 · finish-first Shoot or Steal the Grip (TheModernGrapplingCoach) 4 rungs · TheModernGrapplingCoach. Shoot from a front body lock, then double biceps and head, then double wrist control, then a Russian tie, or steal the grip and shoot back. You're on rung 1 1 2 Rung 1 → 2 · finish-first Passing Half Guard (Pearson BJJ) 2 rungs · Alex, Pearson Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Free the trapped knee from chest-to-chest half guard, then free the trapped ankle from three-quarter mount. You're on rung 1 1 2 3 Rung 1 → 3 · finish-first From Pressure to Back Exposure (Chris Alfar) 3 rungs · Chris Alfar via The Brinkmanship Lab, taught at the Accélérateur Martial 12 camp at Jiu-Jitsu Saguenay. Stay on your feet and press the hamstrings to the back, then lift from a leg-capture wedge, then race chest to back from knee to knee. You're on rung 1 1 2 Rung 1 → 2 · finish-first Stay Connected Around the Body (Charles Roy) 2 rungs · Charles Roy via The Brinkmanship Lab, taught at the Accélérateur Martial 12 camp at Jiu-Jitsu Saguenay. Circle the body on a hip connection, then go over the head and lock the shoulders and an arm. You're on rung 1 1 2 3 Rung 1 → 3 · finish-first Good Habits: Connect the Hands, Get the Head (Eco Submission Grappling) 3 rungs · Eco Submission Grappling. Lock the hands from the bottom on the back, then lock the body from butterfly, then get the head from side control. You're on rung 1 1 2 Rung 1 → 2 · finish-first Lasso to the Shoulder Line (Andris Brunovskis) 2 rungs · Andris Brunovskis. Keep a sleeve from lasso and attach to the shoulder line, then submit or come up from the shoulder line already attached. You're on rung 1 1 2 Rung 1 → 2 · finish-first Grips, Then a Foot Off the Ground (Red River Judo) 2 rungs · Red River Judo, a youth class. Race to sleeve and collar against sleeve and high collar, then get a foot off the ground after the grips. You're on rung 1 1 2 Rung 1 → 2 · finish-first Underhook and Wrist, Then Lock It Up (frankthetankjj) 2 rungs · frankthetankjj. Grip fight for an underhook and wrist control, then lock up a single, a body lock, or a front headlock. You're on rung 1 1 2 3 Rung 1 → 3 · finish-first Mount: Expose the Elbows, Then Finish (frankthetankjj) 3 rungs · frankthetankjj. From mount with the elbows down, get a two-on-one or both elbows up, then submit, then finish a head and arm or take the back from one elbow up. You're on rung 1 1 2 Rung 1 → 2 · finish-first Turtle: Hip to the Mat, Then the Back (frankthetankjj) 2 rungs · frankthetankjj. With the hands disconnected, get the hip to the mat, then connect a seat belt and a hook or knock the hip down past the legs. You're on rung 1 1 2 Rung 1 → 2 · finish-first Overhook, Underhook, Then the Legs (Standard Jiu-Jitsu at 10th Planet South Bay) 2 rungs · Standard Jiu-Jitsu, recorded at 10th Planet South Bay. Overhook versus underhook to the butt or back, then a shooter versus upper body. You're on rung 1 1 2 Rung 1 → 2 · finish-first Head Position Defense: Single Leg, Then Body Lock (Linus von Schrenk) 2 rungs · Linus von Schrenk. From the defender's head position, disconnect a single leg, then break a body lock with the hips apart. You're on rung 1 1 2 3 4 Rung 1 → 4 · finish-first Connect, Then Submit or Take the Back: Legs, Arm, Hips, Behind (Standard Jiu-Jitsu All Levels Class) 4 rungs · Coach Greg Souders, Standard Jiu-Jitsu. Start connected at the legs, then the arm, then the hips, then behind, and submit or take the back. You're on rung 1 1 2 Rung 1 → 2 · finish-first Get Behind, Then Submit from Behind (Greg Souders, ADCC Camp at 10th Planet South Bay) 2 rungs · Coach Greg Souders, Standard Jiu-Jitsu, ADCC camp at 10th Planet South Bay. Hand fight to get behind and lock your hands, then submit from behind. You're on rung 1 1 2 Rung 1 → 2 · finish-first Standing Front Headlock, Then the Collar Tie (Legion Jiu Jitsu) 2 rungs · Coach Douglas, Legion Jiu Jitsu, East Nashville. Touch their hands to the mat from a standing front headlock, then get there from a collar tie. You're on rung 1 1 2 3 4 Rung 1 → 4 X-Guard Ladder (Pearson Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) 4 rungs · Alex, Pearson Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (Northfield): X-Guard | 4 Task Based Games to Develop Your X-Guard. The source credits Greg Souders of Standard Jiu-Jitsu as the inspiration. You're on rung 1 1 2 Rung 1 → 2 Clamp Half Guard (Golden Jiu Jitsu Coaches Hub) 2 rungs · Golden Jiu Jitsu, Training Activity Spectrum (GJJ Coaches Hub, free page). Two clamp half guard games. You're on rung 1 1 2 Rung 1 → 2 De La Riva Task Games (Pearson Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) 2 rungs · Alex, Pearson Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (Northfield): Dela Riva Guard | 4 Task Based Games. The source credits Greg Souders of Standard Jiu-Jitsu as the inspiration. You're on rung 1 1 2 Rung 1 → 2 · finish-first Single-Leg X Sweep (Golden Jiu Jitsu Coaches Hub) 2 rungs · Golden Jiu Jitsu, Designing Games for Class (GJJ Coaches Hub, free page, The Drill-to-Game Pattern). Rung 1 starts as the sweep lands. Rung 2 starts earlier, at the hip touch. You're on rung 1
