Jiu-Jitsu Techniques | Lots of Ways to Take The Back - Basic & Not-So-Basic

Taking the back is one of the biggest goals in a ground grappling. Here are quite a few options of how to take your opponent's back from different positions and different energies. There are of course many other options and scenarios, but these are some very useful ones to know to for an overall understanding of setting up and executing this important transition.
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[@Slamminbassplayer]

Honestly whoever came up with the elbow escape counter roll back take is a genius. It still bends my mind to think about these… and I’m not a beginner. #bjjismagic

[@CWReid]

Especially as a smaller guy, the advantage of getting to the back can make all the difference, and the more basic -- or, old school I guess -- non-sport techniques can be applied to self-defense or MMA as well. Good selection and well taught. Thanks a million! ¡Muchísimas gracias y un abrazo de Texas! Muito obrigado!

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

That is fantastic to hear! Thank you so much!

[@Slamminbassplayer]

Oh and that Perch move is gangster - I imagine I could lose some friends pretty quickly if I didn’t try to stay as light and as friendly as possible on that one. ***Digs heels in***

[@mastercard4350]

My favourite Bjj youtube channel!👍

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

That is awesome! Thank you!

[@chadmichaels1896]

Love your channel definitely my go to for tips and advice. Thank you for taking the time to explain the little details and also for going the extra mile to show us our options! You're an amazing coach. Thank you for your contribution to the jiu jitsu community

[@kobiesboxing4956]

I'm not a Jiu Jitsu guy at all, but I do got a wrestling dummy, and I plan to take insight from this video to apply in practice. So thank you for the grappling knowledge. It was greatly appreciated by me & the grappling world.

[@Jamoni1]

Eli showed that gift-wrap back take at Hard Ready 6, and it's been one of my favorites ever since.

[@ghazalaamin4402]

The only channel I need!! Awesome videos!

[@tunaman2200]

Awesome video! Definitely some really good ones here. Thank you

[@daytonbrownhedgewoodbuilde4932]

So much gold! Thanks again Mr Knight!

[@Eltoro5]

Just found this channel, this is awesome.

[@david_castillo]

That's why I love Brazilian jiu jitsu, so may variations since one position

[@vikasgautam2067]

I know it's a late comment But this felt like a beautiful poetry to me.... Sensational.... Artistic Truly loved it... Thank you for this content and please keep uploading

[@vamposhiz]

I watch your videos over and over these steps are so helpful and I can’t find any other instructions like these on KZbin

[@crhasty12]

Excellent details! 🤟👍

[@lifeinthefastlane1022]

Awesome sir, it's what I was looking for. OSS🤙

[@TheHumanPath]

Great video, thank you!

[@chrismcguinness5405]

Thank you Professor!

[@Aceinthehole1179]

Gosh i’ve been waiting for you to release this video!!!!!!!! Love your channel big fan

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

That’s great. Thank you for watching!

[@henrique3045]

To me, a non practitioner, the transition from basic to the not so basic technique seems huge 😂😂 Thank you for the video!

[@wadesmith1637]

Nice! Drilling these tomorrow :)

[@FudomyoGP]

Thanks a lot ! Another great video with great details ! :-)

[@allthesizesintheuniverse7886]

This is the first video of yours i've seen, and I think it is awesome. I love seeing other perspectives on jiu jitsu and getting new ideas to mess around with. Subscribed!

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Thank you so much!

[@Dylan-wx7ru]

2:36, i have been shown this, but cound never find a video of how to do it. thank you! another great video!

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

My absolutely pleasure! Thank you!

[@LifeGate27]

Beautiful!!!

[@jamesholt2705]

Thanks again. Super informative as always!

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

My pleasure. And thank you!

[@albertomarroquin1982]

Great video

[@PeterJames143]

wow that second one is awesome

[@johnsuzy98]

Awesome, as always! 👍🏻🥋

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Thank you!

[@arquitemaschile]

Always such good content. Very helpful.

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Thank you!

[@PompoRob]

Wow! This is a Gold mine of very useful and practical techniques. Thank you sir. Much respect.

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

I really appreciate that. Thank you!

[@Alex-ej3by]

I was wondering how I could take the back.. I knew exactly what channel to go to first! Always come here to check what you got on a subject and you always got exactly what I need! My go to resource from now!

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Thank you! I appreciate that.

[@scaryghost1000]

Learning a lot from you Eli ! Thank you👌

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

I’m happy to hear that. Thank you.

[@sphjvr]

Great videos with awesome instruction, especially those that are focused on self defense. Great for a newcomer to BJJ like me. Keep them coming. Respect, from South Africa.

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Thank you very much! Much respect for checking these out from South Africa! 🙏 🇿🇦

[@keithfleming661]

Awesome. Thank you!

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

You’re welcome, thank you too!

[@Rhowski]

Thanks!

[@falkhammermuller9342]

At 2:50 it would be cool if the camera would go to the other side ^^

[@williamp7861]

I learn more from KZbin between Gracie's channel and yours than I do in class.

[@ishmaellove7614]

Some people can only be self taught

[@cobra4771]

Im a white belt 4 stripes in jiu jitsu and I'm not very good but I'm trying to learn more so I can do better in tournaments today I had a tournament and I did horrible but I will try to take that loss in a way to tell myself that I can do better!

[@loscarleal]

Huge Thanks to share your knowledge

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

My pleasure always! Thank you.

[@alexorji2509]

Damn so much experience I just started

[@FelipeRodriguesFragoso]

Excelente vídeo... Parabéns!

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Thank you!

[@danielforatoyacobian5305]

OSS Sensei. Tks

[@shaneroberts2492]

Awesome video as usual. Will work on some of these tomorrow morning 👍🏻 Oss

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Thank you! I hope it helps out

[@thiagohenrique2176]

Valeu ae pela aula!OSS

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Obrigado!

[@tusccountyjiujitsu]

Eli we must be on the same curriculum rotation. Your videos usually line up with what I am teaching that month. We have been covering back takes and attacks since Feb 1st.

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

I have spies everywhere! 😂

[@Palooxandcat]

Great Stuff!

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Thanks!

[@Slamminbassplayer]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: JIU JITSU IS MAGIC! Thank you for the vid - great refresher.

[@aaronserra7355]

exelent video , thanx for share this tecnics with us . oss..

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

My pleasure. Thank you!

[@manoelandrade4000]

Amazing video. Thanks for sharing. I'll definitely be using some of these to improve my game. Regards from Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Obrigado!

[@gustavosousa7685]

Muito bom ! Vou praticar essas posições. Oss !

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Obrigado!

[@rozennbergfridi9206]

You do realise that u look like ninja when you are doing this things, right? :) great stuff, as always.

[@dihillen]

Nice to learn things from your gym without going to the gym,perfect prepp....✌😎osu

[@wesdowty79]

Youre an awesome instructor

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Thank you so much

[@paulodelvalle3472]

Boas técnicas 👏👏👍👍👍👏👏

[@user-ts1xi6xh8c]

Great channel i been a white belt for awhile and leveling to blue belt i believe and study the techniques/forms/fundamentals just a recap any tips you can give me will be great💯

[@chadhogan4979]

This is good shit

[@hunteralan2165]

wow crossing the feet between the legs like that nice

[@Caneyhead123]

Thank you for the fine techniques. I was wondering if you could elaborate on your hook positioning concept for overhook vs underhook back control which you briefly mentioned? I find the single hook with legs crossed behind absolutely cements the guys hips. Only problem is the roll away (and of course points) which many people are afraid to do. On a side note, I visited your school in Paducah some years back as a white belt. You were kind enough to roll with a visiting newbe. Thank you. I’m now a brown belt. I actually emailed you guys with non permanent suggestions on how to keep your mats from sliding. Guess you solved that.

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Hey Chris! Great to hear from you and congrats on getting to brown belt! That was some time ago. If I understand what you're saying about the overhook/underhook concept, I like the crossed ankles between the legs on the overhook side and more of a standard configuration on the underhook side. I prefer taking him to the underhook side because there are more sub opportunities (RNC, armbar, rear mount triangle, etc). I also think it's a lot harder for him to escape the underhook side, so it feels more secure for me and buys me more time. Hope that makes sense. Keep in touch, bro!

[@AlfaTechTotalSolutionsProvider]

Awesome video! Saved so I can study over and over! Thanks again! One question; how well do tjese routes play with bigger boys lile 1,80 cm 92kg (lile.me) or some shorter but heavy guys? What should I focus more on?

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

I think going to the back, particularly from top positions, is always a good idea because it often requires you to move yourself more than the opponent - good for smaller players.

[@criostasi4080]

I would like to see more jujitsu for MMA/street like some videos you made in the past. After all it was a champion like Roger Gracie and not a newbie like me that said "80% of jujitsu is useless in MMA". That remaining 20% is what I would like to see more often and to learn. But maybe it is jut me, so thanks for your great teaching anyway...

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Definitely more of that coming! Thank you for watching and for the feedback!

[@IHateHandleNames]

That first move definitely isn't though. Rickson did that gift wrap to back all day.

[@josephninosky6057]

@@IHateHandleNames Most definitely. The arm-trap or "gift wrap" is extremely effective in both gi and no-gi.

[@LW-mp7fn]

Watch Eddie bravo? 10th planet

[@olegtotsamiy6588]

Спасибо за мини памятку! Можно такое же, но в но-ги? Thanks for this tutorial! Great work! You can do this in no-gi? From russian Siberia with respect)

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Most of these can work with or without the gi. There are a couple that would require some modification to adapt to no gi, but mostly they translate to both. Thank you very much for watching!

[@kevinn5976]

Perch mount back take was excellent. I used to try this with my feet on the mat instead of opponents thighs and it was always hard to get hooks in. 👍

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Those hooks go in pretty nicely when you step on the thighs 👍

[@cdcolquitt]

I remember Leo veiro showing that in one of those grappling mags back in the 2000s. It’s fun. I’ve seen judo guys do it too

[@gilceliapires6778]

Boa aula, I really learned, gonna try that.

[@synergyrevolution2332]

Knight Jiu Jitsu 2:50 is a really good set up for the Truck position too. Have you done any 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu by any chance?

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Yes, I’m pretty familiar. It’s a great entry to the truck with lots of options off of there. Just to keep it “gi legal” though, I only showed the backtake instead of the calf slicer, crotch ripper, twister, etc. Thanks man!

[@synergyrevolution2332]

Gotcha. You're welcome!

[@oreocarlton3343]

2:35 AESTHETIC

[@marcusdarnell3348]

Great video! Can the perch mount back take work well in no-gi?

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Thank you! And yes it can, but the lack of grips make it harder to create the opening to drop the hooks in. Otherwise, it is still very valid no gi.

[@RyanMinney]

I was gonna say I use Gyaku Juji Jime in No Gi as a distraction for stuff like that grab their traps instead of collar put pressure on there neck and they get distracted fast.

[@FeesBjjVideos]

Oss muito bom

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Obrigado!

[@maxwillems8200]

Hey man, I've had this question for a long, long time, but I can't really ask this one to my coach, as he can't really do anything about it. I currently have 2 BJJ lessons per week, 1 judo lesson in which we also do alot of BJJ (my judo coach is also a purple belt BJJ, so he implements that too) and one regular japanese jiu jitsu lesson in which we sometimes focus on punches and kicks, and sometimes we focus on bjj techniques and takedowns etc. So that makes 2 real ground-based lessons, and 2 lessons in which we "might" do some BJJ. I'm wondering if that's enough. I don't really have a choise too, as my current gym is the only gym that gives BJJ lessons in the vicinity. In my opinion, you're pretty good and so I was wondering how many times per week you used to train.

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Thank you for asking me. I think training a couple of classes a week can be sufficient. I have gone through periods where I was training nearly every day and periods where I was only training a few hours a week. But I’ve been at this a long time. I think a couple times a week will yield improvement. I would suggest trying to get some training time with whomever you can outside of class time too, to supplement, if that’s a possibility. Just some rolling time with friends if nothing else. Keep at it!

[@maxwillems8200]

Knight Jiu-Jitsu Thanks man! I'm trying to get my sparring partner to go with me to the open mat for some more drilling and rolling on sundays, just for some more hours. Again, thanks for the reply! Cheers from the Netherlands!

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Max Willems - The Netherlands? Fantastic! Keep in touch and let me know how your training goes. Great to hear from you!

[@brottarnacke]

10:12 I've heard the term Owl Mount :-D.

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

I like it!

[@tha5raikage]

Just started bjj my brother is a blue belt. He’s already won 3 gold in a few tournaments. I’m going to train to beat him ✌🏾

[@charleswhittaker3442]

I was finally able to escape the mount position

[@SahilKhan-ez6ve]

👍

[@MrCalidan69]

Thanks for all your videos. How can I defend against somebody, particularly a girl, climbing my back and putting her hooks in me?

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Thank you for watching them! And why particularly a girl? It’s not an easy answer, but if I had to suggest, I would say to get into that position as much as possible in training and practice implementing strategies until you can make something functional work for you consistently.

[@lukedynamite4210]

The bird stance. Is what im gona call it .. Feet on the thighs pull on the back , it looks easy and doable

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

I heard it called the perch mount a long time ago, and can’t remember where I learned it first. I love it though against someone playing a tight turtle position. Thanks!

[@jonathanwilliams1746]

What is embroidered on your belt?

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

It was a gift from my sponsor. It has my name on one side and the kanji for jiu-jitsu on the other side.

[@GantumurD]

2:44

[@woldrawm]

Who would stay turtled long enough to o get straight up climbed on feet and all?

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

You would be surprised.

[@RawShark826]

I do Jiu Jitsu

[@frankcastle9691]

I dont know if im smart enough to remember all that and try to execute it.

[@Emilianoo8]

4:40 5:05 6:43 8:00 9:09 10:32