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Jujitsu Attack ChainsFiled Under: Instruction

“If you want the skills, do the drills.”
- Major Mark Cunningham

In the stand-up game, fighters string together punches in combinations – if the first one doesn’t connect the second third or fourth will probably slip through. On the ground, you want to do the same thing. Fire off one submission and if it doesn’t go through, instead of trying to muscle it through, immediately move to a new one. A lot of guys have the problem of just throwing one submission attack by itself instead of chaining moves that flow one to the next. The great part is that just like striking, certain moves naturally set up other moves so that if your guard sweep got stuffed by a guy posting out – your kimura attack is primed and ready to go. Getting good at chaining attacks makes your ground game far more dangerous – eventually one of your attacks will sink in and make your opponent submit, all without draining you in a battle of strength. The following videos will give you some ideas to work with.

From the guard position

From side mount/ cross body position

From top mount position

Take the time to learn the technical aspects of a submission and then make sure to drill it in the context of a series of other moves.

P.S. One of my favorite attack chains is very traditional Gracie Jujitsu and goes like this: go for the armbar from the guard, your opponent tries to pull the barred arm out by pushing with the other hand on my hips, I counter by letting go and pull the pushing arm across my body and get my legs going for a triangle choke, to avoid getting choked out my opponents chin tucks down and pulls on the leg with the free hand to get some space to pull the head out … and finally this attempted escape leaves the arm in the triangle weak to my omoplata attack.

Tags: drills, flow drills, grappling, jujitsu