Solo Drills and Exercises for Jiu-Jitsu

These are some challenging times for everyone including our BJJ community. Supporting and protecting yourself and your family is a primary concern right now. Practicing social distancing recommendations, shelter in place orders, temporary business closures and more can all can take a toll on anyone’s daily routine & lifestyle.

To help maintain your fitness, there are still many things you can do, even by yourself or with an object like a dummy or even a pillow, to remain active.

BJJ Techniques (just a few)

  • Bridging (from bottom mount)
  • Leg Heist Triangle Drill (laying on back and shooting legs up in the air catching a triangle)
  • Leg Pummeling (inward & outward)
  • Shrimp
  • Shrimp variations (reverse shrimp)
  • Scooting (you don’t even need to scoot very far)
  • Toreanando Guard Pass
  • Knee On Belly spin drill (back-and-forth right-to-left
  • Headmount spin drill
  • Forward roll
  • Backward roll
  • Stand-up and base
  • Break falls

General Exercise

  • Yoga
  • Jogging/Running
  • Cycling
  • Jumping Jacks
  • Jumping rope
  • Push-ups
  • Sit-ups/Crunches
  • Leg Lifts
  • Hip rotations (upper body rotation)
  • Hip flexor stretches
  • Planking
  • Bag/Shadow Boxing exercises (punches, kicks)

Here are some third-party online resources that may help*:

*note: these are third-party resources and we are not affiliated, we are just providing some helpful resources to our members during the COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders.