Beginners Curriculum
At Zen Academy, we have a dedicated curriculum and classes just for beginners to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Our curriculum is designed to introduce new students to the fundamental movements, techniques, concepts, and principles of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in a structured way.
Our curriculum contains 6 modules, with each module goes for 1 week and is dedicated to a specific set of techniques and concepts.
The curriculum rotates continuously so students are welcome to join at any point and will naturally cycle through all modules over time.
Fundamentals
- Basic grips
- Concepts of control and weight distribution
- Posture and base
- Use of leverage rather than strength
Basic Movements
- Hip escape
- Bridge
- Rolls (forward, backward and sideways)
- Technical stand-up
- Importance of breakfalls and techniques
Basic positions
- Closed guard
- Half guard
- Side control
- Back control
- Mount
Attacking (Submissions and passing)
- Armbar, triangle, cross choke
- Rear naked choke, americana, straight foot lock
- Closed guard passing
- Half guard passing
Defense (sweeps and escapes)
- Scissor sweep, flower sweep
- Dogfight sweep, dogfight to roll under
- Side control escapes
- Mount escapes
- Back control escapes
Standing game
- Importance of breakfalls and techniques
- Foot sweeps
- Basic throws (ouchi gari, kouchi gari)
- Single and double legs takedowns
- How to sprawl
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