Find the position you're stuck in. Learn your immediate priority, avoid the common mistake, and watch a carefully selected video before your next class.
Grappling Matrix is an organized archive of all the BJJ instructional videos online — every video indexed by the position it teaches, described in plain language, so you always know what to watch next.
The bottom-survival matrix — six positions, worst first. Tap a position to open its page.
Protect your neck, remove their hooks, create space.
Protect your arms and neck, create space, escape.
Create space, recover your guard, get to your side.
Keep your guard, break posture, look for sweeps.
Frame, create space, work to sweep or recover.
Stabilize first, maintain pressure, then attack.
Shots, trips, and throws that start you on top.
Chokes and joint locks that finish the fight.
Off-balance from guard and come up on top.
Beat the legs, pin the hips, settle heavy on top.
Win the hand fight: collars, sleeves, pant grips.
Real matches — the matrix under pressure.
Rear, collar, and triangle — strangles that end it.
Three points, one squeeze: the triangle from everywhere it hides.
Two hands, one bat: the collar choke that swings shut.
Trap the arm, hips under the elbow, extend.
Control the legs: heel hooks, ankle locks — and the way out.
Their move first — your answer: counters that flip the exchange.
They start it, you finish it: counters to shots, throws and standing holds.
Get out first: escapes from locks, holds and bad spots.
The oldest grappling: shots, rides, pins and chain wrestling.
Kuzushi, grips and the big throws — the standing art that feeds the takedown game.
Live rounds: sparring as it actually looks — the game under honest pressure.
The mind that trains: purpose, reflection and the long game.
Stronger for the mat: conditioning and strength work for grapplers.
What to buy, in the order you actually need it — and what to skip.
No partner, no excuse: movement, mobility and reps on your own.
Two bodies, endless reps: partner drills that build the game.
Why, not how: principles, concepts and the thinking behind the game.
The leg as a rope: wrap the arm, own the sleeve, swing into the finish.
Roll under, come up behind: the inversion that rewired the guard game.
The culture shelf: the jokes every grappler lives.
The shell that bites back: defense, rolls, and attacks from turtle.
See how positions connect and understand the bigger picture. Switch between a simple list or an interactive mind map.
Positions are connected. Learn how to escape bad positions, improve neutral positions, and control dominant positions.
The mind map shows the bigger picture so you can see the paths between them.
Train this properly: This site is a study index for between classes — it is not a substitute for a qualified instructor on the mat with you. Practice new movements slowly with a cooperative partner, and tap early and tap often. Tapping is not losing; it is how you get to train again tomorrow.
Our mission: Grappling Matrix is an organized archive of all the BJJ instructional videos online. Every video is indexed by the position it teaches and described in plain language, so any grappler — starting with the white belt who freezes — can find the right instruction for exactly where they're stuck.
About the curator: Grappling Matrix is curated by a grappler who trained Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for five years — long enough to remember exactly what it feels like to freeze under side control with no idea what comes next. The videos here are not his; each one is taught by the instructor credited in its entry. His job is the one a beginner actually needs done: watch everything, keep only what a white belt can use, and put it in the right order.