Brazilian jiu-jitsu rules reference
Competition rules and divisions in one place, from the bjj-data dataset.
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- 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
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.