One of the most important skills to have in Grappling is the ability to get back to your feet at anytime.  Though TRITAC is a deep ground fighting system as well, at it’s core, we always need to be thinking about “all-around combat”.  In TRITAC we see the ground as a consequence – we are NASTY on the ground – but always need to ability to get back to our feet.

If you’ve gotten taken down and can’t get back to your feet easily – you need to be able to fight from guard – or you suffer the consequences of being flattened and submitted.  Developing the ability to recover to a “Combative Guard” position is vital.  Learn simple concepts, movements and counters to recover Combat Guard.

One the absolute worst positions to be in is in bottom side control.  It is a position that allows your opponent to hit a variety of different submissions and transitions that keep you in constant danger.  Escaping side control is one of the most important escaping skills you will need as a TRITAC Grappler.

Being pinned on the bottom mount position is a terrifying and “urgent” position.  Your opponent can easily reign down punches, hammers, elbows (in MMA) and he/she is in an easy position to finish a variety of submissions – including arm locks, shoulder locks, and chokes.

Learn simple, yet effective solutions and skills to defend this position and escape before “you get caught”.

You can have to best throw or double-leg shot in the world – but if you can’t set it up properly – it’s useless.  In TRITAC the “entry” and setup is everything.  Without it, the takedown doesn’t work against a real fighting opponent.

Wrestling is arguably the best “takedown system” for MMA and all-around grappling.  The principles and concepts used in wrestling work perfectly with BJJ and Japanese Jujitsu.  Wrestling attacks “make sense” and provide many opportunities for submissions and superior control.

Leg sweeps & trips  – commonly found in Japanese Jujitsu and Judo are very simple, quick & dirty ways of getting your opponent to the ground.  They are typically low-risk – high-reward takedowns.  You will learn a variety of sweeps and trips that can be setups from a variety of different ways.

Who doesn’t love big-ass hip throws!  There’s nothing cooler to pull off than hitting a huge throw that wows your friends and ends the fight.  In TRITAC many of our throws come from Japanese Jujitsu along with Sambo / Judo.

In TRITAC all of our guard fighting comes from 4 major variations of the Combat Guard Principle: Scissor Guard aka “Combat Guard”, Grounded Combat Guard, Butterfly Guard and Half-Guard.  All of these guards employ the positional movement and concepts of Combat Guard.  Of course you will learn other variations and attacks such as De La Riva Guard, X-Guard, Single-Leg X, Closed Guard and some variations within those.  If Guard fighting is “your thing” we strongly suggest supplementing your TRITAC training with BJJ.

If you don’t want to fight from guard, then why should you?  Actually “exiting” from guard (getting back to you feet) is an important skill.  Each guard has it’s own exit and escape strategy, but if you employ the Combat Guard Principle correctly – you’ll find it easy to get back to your feet.

Guard Sweeps are like throws on the ground.  They are arguably the most important skill-set you can learn from guard – the ability to fight off your back and put your opponent’s ass back on the mat, and you gain top control and/or submissions.  You will learn a variety of different sweeps from each guard variation that we use.

Wrist locks are quick, “dirty” and highly effective.  Most pure BJJ people get a little bit upset at wrist locks; they almost consider it cheating. In TRITAC… F_ck that.  If it works, we’re using it.  Wrist locks work and are EVERYWHERE.

Elbow locks aka “arm-bars” are one of the most popular and most natural attacking joint from top control (side, knee on belly, or mount).  There are a variety of different techniques, but you’ll learn the overall concepts of how to attack the elbow so that you can hit an elbow lock from anywhere.

The shoulder joint is one of the most powerful joints to attack.  Not only can you submit from opponent a variety of different ways – but a good shoulder lock gives you a tremendous amount of control over your opponents “structure”.  Learn not only how to attack and submit with shoulder locks, but also how to manipulate and control your opponent.