Brazilian jiu-jitsu rules reference

Competition rules and divisions in one place, from the bjj-data dataset.

Rules change. Check the official rulebook for your event before competing. This site is not affiliated with IBJJF, ADCC, NAGA or Grappling Industries.

• Legal techniques by rulesetIBJJF, ADCC, NAGA, Grappling Industries
• Is it legal?30 techniques, rule by rule
• Weight classesIBJJF and ADCC, kg and lb
• IBJJF age divisionsBirth years for each division
• IBJJF belt requirementsMinimum age and time per belt
• Positions and submissionsVocabulary with synonyms
• BJJ learning path39 skills in order
• BJJ techniquesPositions, chokes, locks, sweeps

Is it legal?

• Submissions stretching the legs apart
• Choke with spinal lock
• Straight foot lock
• Ezekiel choke
• Frontal guillotine choke
• Omoplata
• Triangle pulling the head
• Arm triangle
• Compressing the kidneys or ribs with the legs in closed guard
• Wrist lock
• Single leg takedown with the head outside
• Bicep slicer
• Calf slicer
• Knee bar
• Toe hold
• Straight foot lock turning toward the foot not under attack
• Heel hook
• Locks twisting the knees
• Knee reaping
• Toe hold with outward pressure on the foot
• Slam
• Spinal lock without a choke
• Scissor takedown
• Bending the fingers backward
• Throwing the opponent onto their head by the belt while defending a head-outside single leg
• Suplex landing the opponent on the head or neck
• Jumping to closed guard
• Suplex
• Spiking the opponent on the head
• Twister and spinal locks

See also

• Brazilian jiu-jitsu (style)
• Classes at King's Kung-Fu

Data from bjj-data by Grapple Flows (grappleflows.com), licensed CC BY 4.0; reformatted into tables on this page.

Data: bjj-data (Grapple Flows) (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.