Gracie Intermediate
25 classes to Blue Belt.
From Fundamentals Belt to Blue Belt
After passing the Gracie Fundamentals, where you learnt how to fight a larger, stronger, more athletic but unskilled opponent, you move on to Gracie Intermediate. This programme helps you make rapid progress when facing an opponent who also knows Jiu-Jitsu. These 25 classes take you to Blue Belt and, when mastered, give you the skills of a purple belt.
It is important to start trying to use these techniques against resisting opponents in different sparring exercises. Sparring is an important part of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu: students are not required to spar in any particular class, but they are required to spar to progress after earning the Fundamentals Belt. Sparring is always done with safety in mind, and any training partner who does not spar safely is spoken to and may be excluded from the academy.
Every student who passes the Fundamentals and advances to Intermediate gets a new card to track their progress, with a check mark for every sparring session attended as well as every technique learnt. Complete the card and you earn your full Blue Belt.
Gracie Intermediate has its own calendar at every academy so students can prepare for class, and the online video course is free to enrolled students.
Gi classes (12)
| Lesson | Position | Techniques |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mount - Cross Collar Choke Attacks & Combos | Cross Collar Chokes (x2), Entry Kango (shake in), Entry Hand Grab (head shake), Armbar Combo |
| 2 | Mount - Controls, Hip Thrust & Elbow Escape Counters | Hip Thrust Counter (spread hands), Hip Thrust Counter (back knee drop), Elbow Escape Counter (hand and elbow), Dismount to Knee-on-Stomach |
| 3 | Mount - Cross Collar Choke Defences and Escapes | Thumb variation counter (with hip thrust), Grand Master counter (with elbow escape), Switching Hands |
| 4 | Side Mount - Knee On Stomach | Knee on Stomach Controls, Cross Collar Choke, Baseball Bat Choke, Armlock Combo |
| 5 | Side Mount - Sit-Up Escape | Hand Fighting to Safe Hands, Safe Hands Control, Sit-up Escape Cross Chest, Sit-up Escape Kneeling |
| 6 | Side Mount - Knee-On-Stomach Escape | Shoulder Roll Escape, Knee on Stomach Escape, North South Escape, Kimura Counter |
| 7 | Guard - Standing Passing | Standing Pass (double underhook), Sweep Counter (kick out), Sweep Counter (jockey), Leg Fill |
| 8 | Guard - Cross Collar Chokes, Triangle & Straight Armlock Transitions | Cross Collar Chokes (x2), Grand Master X Choke to Triangle (fist choke finish), Scissor Sweep, Scissor Sweep Chop Base |
| 9 | Back Mount - Bow & Arrow Chokes | Lapel Choke, Bow and Arrow Choke, Arm Trap (with lapel grip), Hook Lift |
| 10 | Back Mount - Escapes | Frame Escape (get on top), Frame Escape (from underhook side with leglock entry), Body Triangle Counter |
| 11 | Leglocks - Outside Heel Hook Rolling Finish | Open Guard to Single Leg X Entry, Digging the Heel, Rolling Finish (stay in single leg X), Outside Ashi Finish |
| 12 | Standing - Judo Gi Pull To Sweep | Grip Breaking, Spin Under Throw, Pull to Sweep (chop base), Pull to Ankle Pick |
No-Gi classes (13)
| Lesson | Position | Techniques |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Mount - Spiral Armbar | Wrist Pin, Twisted Arm Control (they reach through), Walk Up to Back Take, Spiral Armbar |
| 14 | Mount - Hip Thrust Escape | Hand Controls, Hip Thrust Escape, Modified Mount Escape (arm through), Americana Counter |
| 15 | Side Mount - Kimura Grip Armbar | Kimura Grip, Armlock Side Mount, Armlock to Back Mount, 3/4 Armlock Transition |
| 16 | Guard - Open Guard Passing | Rear Knee Split Pass, Top Knee Counter, X Pass, Turning Pass |
| 17 | Guard - Take the Back Sweep Combo | 2-on-1 Grip Control, 2-on-1 to Back, 2-on-2 Sweep Combo, Leg Grab Counter |
| 18 | Guard - High Guard Combos | Wrist Grip to High Guard (triangle entry), High Guard Armlock to Spin Under, High Guard Finishes (americana / wristlocks), High Guard Sweep |
| 19 | Half Guard - Tripod Passes | Tripod Temple Pass, Tripod Hook Backup, Tripod Quick Jump, Lock Down Counter |
| 20 | Half Guard - Back Takes | Top Knee Recover, Sweep Chain Double Leg, Sweep Chain Roll Over, Whizzer Break |
| 21 | Back Mount - Straight Jacket | Triple Threat, Arm Trap (cross grip), Double Underhook Side, Kimura Grip to Armbar |
| 22 | Leglocks - 411 Entries & Finishes | Single Leg X to 411, Texas Cloverleaf Finish (x2), Straight Ankle Lock Finish, Heel Hook Finish (pass leg over) |
| 23 | Leglocks - Leg Entanglement Escapes | Escape Single Leg X Standing (round the world), Escape Single Leg X (back step), Escape Single Leg X (hips on ground), 411 Escape (invert, pull leg out) |
| 24 | Standing - Wrestling & Takedowns | Collar Tie to Leg Trip, Duck Under, Snap Down, Pull to X Sweep |
| 25 | Standing - Strikes & Takedown Combos | Punch Combo to Single Leg (head inside), Fakes, Low Single Leg, Using the Wall with Punches to Single Leg |
