Frames absorb force and stop motion. Jiu Jitsu is just stick fighting and all BJJ techniques are based on turning your partner’s frames into levers. Your partner uses frames to stop you from moving. Push your partner’s frame to the side to turn it into a lever.
Closed Guard Back Take
As your partner posts their hand on your chest, their arm acts as a frame to stop you from coming it.
Grip strip and turn their arm into a lever and force their arm to the side. Now you can come up and take your partner’s back.
Half Guard Back Take
Your shoulder is a frame from Half Guard. See your shoulders as a stick that’s creating an equal and opposite push into your opponent’s weight.
Bump your partner forward so you can circumvent their weight and win their back.
Butterfly Guard Back Take
Your partner’s arms are sticks that stop you from moving forward; thus, your partner’s arms are frames.
Displace your partner’s frames by using your Butterfly Guard to sweep your partner forward so their hands are on the ground. Now, there’s no frames in place to stop you from climbing up to win their back.
Top Turtle
Near leg lever to first hook
Your partner may be using their near leg as a frame to hinder your motion.
Your object is to turn this frame into a lever. Wedge your right knee in between your partner’s near elbow and knee.
With your left heel, pull your partner’s right ankle towards you making it into lever that will eventually lead to your first hook.
Turtle Sweep counter to first hook
When your partner attempts the Turtle Sweep, use that as a countering opportunity to get your first hook in.
Use their right leg as a lever to turn them so they expose their left side so you can drop in your second hook.
Mount To Back
When defending Mount, you need a frame on your partner’s hip so they don’t transition to S Mount or transition to the back. If you try to take the back with a frame against your hip, you’ll wind up on bottom.
If your partner doesn’t have a frame established on your hip, lapel drag your partner into the back position.
Arm Drag From Bfly Guard
Your partner will typically have their arms framing you from getting close to their upper body when you’re fighting from your Butterfly Guard. Frames are just sticks for you to turn into levers.
Control your partner’s one arm with both of your hands, pull the arm across as a lever to expose their back.
