BJJ Top Game Online Course
Top Game: pass the guard and keep the top
The passing and pinning we teach every new white belt at One Way Martial Arts in Alexandria, VA. 19 lessons of about 3 minutes each, filmed on our mats, to watch on your phone before class.
You finally get on top. Ten seconds later, you're back on the bottom.
Getting there isn't the hard part. Staying there is.
Top Game covers passing the guard and holding the position you worked for, all the way up to the mount and the finish.
Every lesson, in the order we teach it
Welcome
- Welcome: meet your coaches
Pass, hold and move up
- Bullfighter pass
- Bullfighter pass to knee on belly to mount
- Bullfighter pass to knee on belly, knee switch
- Opening the closed guard
- Closed guard knee cut to side control
- Back step from headquarters
- Lost headquarters hook: half guard to full mount
Hold the mount and finish
- Opponent wins underhook: knee to three-quarter mount to full mount
- Beach towel mount retention to high mount
- Knee pillow retention to back take
- Mount to armbar
- Mount retention to cross choke
Pass half, butterfly and spider guard
- Passing half guard
- Half guard pass: leg hug
- Passing butterfly
- Passing butterfly guard to side control
- Passing spider guard
- Spider guard leg drag to side control
- Opening closed guard from standing
Thank you
- Importance of top control
Taught by the coaches on our mats
Mahamed Aly
Head coach and co-founder. 4x IBJJF World Champion, 4x European Open Champion.
Patrick Almeida
Co-founder and coach. BJJ black belt, 15+ years on the mat, IBJJF Masters competitor.
Malachi Edmond
BJJ and Kids BJJ coach. European Champion, World finalist, Juvenile World Champion.
With other One Way coaches as training partners in the lessons.
Start with one, or get the full basics
19 lessons
$97 for 1 year
- Passing the closed, half, butterfly and spider guard
- Holding the mount when they fight back
- Finishing with the armbar and cross choke
Bottom Game + Top Game: 41 lessons
$147 for 1 year
- All 22 Bottom Game lessons: escapes and sweeps
- All 19 Top Game lessons: passing and holding the mount
- The full set of basics we teach a new white belt
New to BJJ? Start with Bottom Game. See all online courses.
- Check out on this site. You pay once and get a full year of access.
- Go to onewaymartialarts.com/a/members and log in with the same email you bought with.
- Open a lesson on your phone before class. Watch it as many times as you want.
Drill it live on our mats
The video shows you the move. A partner and a coach show you where you're getting it wrong. One Way is at 5416 Eisenhower Ave, a short walk from Van Dorn Street Metro.
First class free. Come in athletic clothes, and we lend you the gear you need.
I've never trained. Should I start here?
Most beginners start with Bottom Game, because new white belts spend most rounds underneath. Getting both covers each side.
Do I need a training partner?
You can watch on your own. Every move is shown with a partner, so to drill it you'll want one.
Gi or no-gi?
The lessons are filmed in the gi.
How much does it cost?
$97 for one course, or $147 for Bottom Game and Top Game together. You pay once and get 1 year of access from the day you buy. Nothing renews and you are never charged again.
Who teaches the lessons?
Mahamed Aly, 4x IBJJF World Champion and head coach at One Way Martial Arts in Alexandria, VA, with One Way coaches Patrick Almeida and Malachi Edmond.
Where do I watch after I buy?
Go to onewaymartialarts.com/a/members and log in with the email you used at checkout. It works on any phone, tablet or laptop.
I bought the course on whitetobluebeltbjj.com. Do I buy again?
No. Your access moves over with you. Call us at (703) 951-4440 if you can't get in.