FROM KNOWLEDGE TO SKILLS

You spent hours watching BJJ instructionals and you've learned the systems; now you need to transform your knowledge into skills!

BJJ Games

IMPROVE THE WAY YOU PRACTICE

The majority of BJJ training uses an outdated approach that typically involves warm-up, compliant technique, and live training.

But there is a better way!

BJJ Games

LEARN THE SYSTEMS, PLAY THE GAMES

Let me ask you a question: suppose you learned a back attack system, drilled it, and you feel ready to go…but then go to live training. How many minutes did you actually spend working attacks from the back?

The answer: probably not enough.

If you want to master the system you learned, you need to spend A LOT of time in that scenario, and that's where games come into play!

The best way to take practical knowledge and develop those into skills is to play constraint-led games!

BJJ Games
BJJ Games

BJJ GAMES

A game is played in a specific scenario where you have goals to achieve, subject to various constraints.

Using this method will help you spend the necessary time in the situation you’re focusing on, forcing you to implement the technique(s) you want to improve. You cannot take an easy shortcut, and you will make the system your own.

Playing games is one of the best ways to enhance your BJJ skills as quickly as possible!

THE TEAM

BJJ Games - Ryan

RYAN - 3rd Degree Black Belt

My coach, Mario Cerezo, has been a black belt for well over twenty years and leans toward being about as old school as it gets - but his approach from day one with us was always dynamic and involved a lot of live work and this greatly affected how I ended up running both my adult and youth programs when I opened my academy.

Despite all this, connecting with Greg Souders is what really pushed me into overhauling how I frame training and we went fully ecological shortly after. This full adoption of the constraints-led approach was difficult due to a lack of solid centralized resources (outside of random videos on various platforms and Rob Gray’s books), so I decided it was time to develop my own. 

From start to finish my practices are a series of curated games, even on a student’s first day.

BJJ Games - Max

MAX - 1st Degree BJJ Black Belt & Founder of BJJFlowCharts.com

I’d like to share a brief story about how I started incorporating games into my training: back in 2015, I had just been promoted to purple belt, and it was during this period that I began training daily and took ownership of my practice. 

My first thought was: "Okay, we are supposed to be killers from the mount and the back positions…but how many minutes did I actually spend on mount or back this week during live training?" My answer: “A few minutes?” Then I thought: "How am I supposed to become competent in those dominant positions if I only spend a few minutes a week in them?"

With that in mind, I began designing games and playing them as much as possible. I drastically improved in a relatively short period.

Why would it be any different for you?

BJJ Games - Max

Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to some of our most common questions:

Essential for every level, from day one beginners to elite grapplers.

It's also great for coaches who want to improve their classes.

Nope. Anyone who trains can use these to guide their learning or improve their game.

No. These are structured live training scenarios designed around resistance, decision-making, and constraints.

Definitely not. We’ve done the work for you. Just press play and play the game.

50 complete games, 1-3+ hours of instructional video, breakdowns, coaching cues, and competition-tested setups.

Yes. You can insert 1–2 games into warmups, skill blocks, or replace traditional drilling entirely. You can also build full sessions using just games.

No. Every course is a one-time purchase. You buy it, you own it.

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