Become Fighter
Technical stand-up: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu guide
Getting back to your feet from the floor with a hand and a leg guarding you.
The technical stand-up gets you from sitting to standing without giving up your head or your base. It is the way to disengage and return to your feet in a fight or a scramble.
Practise slowly first. Each piece does a job: the post hand, the base leg and the free leg that keeps your opponent away.
Key points
- Sit on one hip with one hand behind you as a post and the other forearm up in front of your face.
- Lift your hips off the floor and plant your base foot.
- Swing the free leg back to a stable stance and stand, with your hands up.
- Keep your eyes on your opponent, not the floor.
- Finish in a stance with your hands up, ready to strike or move.
Common mistakes and how to fix them
- Both hands on the floor. Keep one forearm up to guard your face. Stand with a post and a frame.
- Looking down. Your eyes stay on the imaginary opponent. Looking down loses your base.
- Standing straight up with no base. Swing the leg back so that you land wide and low.
- Rushing the reps. Slow, clean steps. Speed comes after your base is solid.
Combinations that use it
- bjj-breakfall-stand: Breakfall, Technical stand-up
- wr-sit-stand: Sit-out, Technical stand-up
- bjj-shrimp-shrimp-stand: Hip escape, Hip escape, Technical stand-up
- bjj-bridge-shrimp-stand: Bridge, Hip escape, Technical stand-up
- bjj-granby-stand: Granby roll, Technical stand-up
- bjj-sit-granby-stand: Sit-through, Granby roll, Technical stand-up
Related techniques
The rest is in the app
The step-by-step breakdown, the timed drill with the coach calling the shots and the quiz are part of Become Fighter Pro, where this lesson sits in the Solo movement module of Jiu-jitsu foundations.
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More from Solo movement
- The bridge: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu guide
- The granby roll: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu guide
- The sit-through: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu guide
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Combat sports training is hard on the body. Warm up, stay within your limits and check with a doctor first if you have a health condition. Practise in a clear space and stop if you feel pain or dizziness. Learn partner work only under a qualified coach.