What this app is, and what it is not

Gripcount is an independent Brazilian jiu-jitsu practice companion. It includes 36 solo movement studies in six groups, 12 editable starting plans, three four-week progressions, a timer, a journal and portable backups.

How to use the movement studies

Our rigged 3-D human models show authored solo movements with camera, phase and speed controls. They are rehearsal cues for techniques you have learned with a qualified coach. They cannot show every joint angle, assess your form or determine what is appropriate for you.

The position atlas connects learning topics. Its links are not guaranteed escapes or step-by-step submissions.

Movement field guide

Foundations

The shapes everything else starts from: how to sit, kneel, stand and fall on a mat without thinking about it.

• Seated base: Comfortable base
• Forearm frame / solo: Space and structure
• Kneeling posture and combat base: A base you can move from
• Back breakfall: Falling without a bruise

Mechanics

One movement at a time, with the landmark a coach would call out for each phase.

• Hip escape / shrimp: Hip movement
• Shoulder-supported bridge: Shoulder support
• Technical stand-up: Stable transition
• Reverse hip escape: Hips along the mat
• Guard retention hip movement: Turning the hips alone
• Sit-out from hands and knees: Turning over a post
• Hip heist to the knees: Seated to base in one go
• Shoulder-stand rock: Inversion basics
• Sprawl from the standing base: Hips through the mat

Chains

Two or three movements in the order they actually happen, so the finish of one is the start of the next.

• Hip escape / frame sequence: Direction awareness
• Frame / hip escape: Sequence awareness
• Ground-to-standing sequence: A useful reset
• Hip escape to reverse escape: Two directions of escape
• Bridge, then to the knees: Back to base
• Breakfall to technical stand-up: Down and up again
• Sit-out into a technical stand-up: From the knees to the feet
• Hip heist to sprawl: Rising, then defending
• Frame, swivel, escape: Guard shapes in sequence

Defence and recovery

Getting back to a base you can work from: off the back, off the knees, out of an inversion, after a fall.

• Solo frame and hip movement: Keep facing the task
• Recover base from the back: Off the back
• Combat base to standing base: Up and down without a wobble
• Rock back, then sit: Inversion with an exit
• Breakfall into base rebuild: After the fall

Conditioning

The same movements in volume, with rounds, repeats and rest written down.

• Hip escape ladder: Volume with form
• Bridge repeats: Hips that keep driving
• Sit-out and heist flow: Turning over, both ways
• Breakfall and stand rounds: Down, up, ready

Situational

Shapes grouped by the position they belong to, plus the reflection blocks that turn a class into notes.

• Class sequence recall: One clear question
• Cooperative frame study: Clear communication
• Seated reflection round: Keep the lesson
• Bottom of guard: solo shapes: Guard shapes, no partner
• Top position: solo base: Base on top, no partner

Reference

• Rules and scoring primer
• Equipment and sizing guide
• Warm-up and cool-down
• Glossary
• Training FAQ
• How to use the studio
• What this app is not

Sources and editorial approach

The notes are original, concise practice prompts informed by the following references. No federation endorsement or affiliation is claimed. No manuals, photographs or instructional footage are reproduced.

• IBJJF books and rules reference

Typefaces

Display type is Newsreader and text type is Inter Tight, both under the SIL Open Font License and served from this origin. Newsreader license · Inter Tight license.

Artwork and names

The editorial photograph was generated for this project. It is atmosphere artwork, not a technical demonstration. Human graphical source assets are CC0 from the MakeHuman project. Clothing adaptation and movement programming are authored for this app. Human asset license · Renderer license. These sources do not endorse or certify the movement studies.

Current edition

The Foundations and Mechanics studies, a quiet start and the beginner month, the timer, the journal, the atlas and the reference pages are free. Premium opens the rest; what it adds is listed on the Premium page. No account is required: a purchase is recorded against an anonymous code kept in this browser.