Free online courseLearn MMA submissions

Course Description

Build real finishing skills for MMA with a focused, technique-first course on submissions. You will learn how to control distance, isolate limbs, and apply pressure with efficiency, so your attacks feel tighter, safer, and more repeatable—whether you train for competition, self-improvement, or simply love grappling.

Across a wide range of positions, the training emphasizes the logic behind high-percentage finishes: stabilizing top control, creating the right angles, protecting your own posture, and understanding what makes an opponent defend late. You will work through classic armlocks such as the Americana, Kimura variations, and straight armbars, alongside essential chokes like guillotines, arm triangles, D’Arce-style attacks, anacondas, and north-south pressure. You will also explore dynamic transitions that link pins and rides to submissions so you can chain threats instead of relying on one move.

The course also expands your toolkit with shoulder locks, triangle and omoplata attacks, back-control submissions, and specialty finishes including neckties, slicers, cranks, and lower-body options like ankle locks, heel hooks, kneebars, and toe holds. Just as important, it reinforces key details that prevent common mistakes—how to secure grips, manage elbow and wrist lines, keep an opponent’s arm from slipping free, and apply controlled leverage rather than raw force.

Because each lesson is paired with quick check-in questions, you will continually test your understanding and retain details that are easy to miss during live training. By the end, you should be able to recognize submission opportunities faster, choose the right option for the position, and finish with cleaner mechanics—turning hard scrambles into calm, structured attacks.