Systemize your Jiu-Jitsu.
Map how your positions, reactions, and transitions connect. Build it by hand, or draft it from a video or voice note.
Octopus angle
Head down. Bring your hips high.
Hip trap sweep
Trap the hip, come up, and take them backwards.
D’arce defense
Free your elbow to remove their finishing leverage.
Take the back
Lift your hips. Thread your leg through.
Buggy angle
Roll back. Catch your reach-around arm with your leg.
An example from Craig Jones’ Octopus Guard study map
Turn what you learn into a flow.
Start with a video or a voice recap and get an editable draft of the techniques and connections. Or open the editor and build the flowchart card by card.
Voice notes
After-class recap
Closed guard · Tuesday
From closed guard, sit up for the hip bump. If they stay upright, finish the sweep. If they post a hand, switch to the kimura. I need to get my hips higher.
Flow from a voice recap
- Hip bump from closed guard. Sit up. Get your hips higher than theirs.
- They stay upright: Finish the sweep. Keep the arm controlled.
- They post a hand: Switch to the kimura. Catch the posted wrist.
YouTube
Video link
Jozef Chen · Tripod passing
youtube.com/watch?v=Fjzjk1D4UpM
Flow from a YouTube video
- Hips up, legs long. Put your weight through your head.
- Set your base: Head to the far side. Close the lane through their knee shield.
Reel link
Single leg X escape
instagram.com/reel/DWFGAD1AQQV
Flow from an Instagram reel
- Clear the foot from your hip. Control the arch and press it away.
- Work around the knee: Post and hop around. Move around their inside knee.
Your footage
Video upload
Passing practice
guard-passing-practice.mp4
Flow from your footage
My next round: keep the frame collapsed before moving around.
- Start from open guard. Control the distance before passing.
- They bring in a knee shield: Collapse the frame. Keep their legs controlled.
Save reels and videos by position.
Save an Instagram reel, a YouTube video, or your own footage, tag the position, and bookmark the moment you want to drill. A collection keeps everything about one position together, so before class it is all in one place.
- Collections by position. Reels, videos, voice recaps, and the flows they became, saved together under one position.
- Bookmarked video moments. Save the exact frame where the detail lives, so you never scrub through a whole instructional to find it again.
- Tagged and searchable. One search pulls the right flow, clip, or note back up by position or technique.
- Example collection, guard passing: YouTube, Jozef Chen · Tripod passing. 2 bookmarked moments.
- Example collection, guard passing: Instagram reel, Passing the knee shield. Saved from a reel, 1 bookmarked moment.
- Example collection, guard passing: Your footage, Passing practice. Flow drafted, 2 techniques.
- Example collection, guard passing: Study map, Danaher Guard Passing Study. From the community library.
- Example collection, guard passing: Voice recap, Knee cut details, after class. Flow drafted, 3 techniques.
BJJ instructionals, already mapped.
Study premium maps curated in detail, or discover flows shared by the community.
Octopus Guard 2.0
Instructional study
Craig Jones
Modern Triangle, Vol 3: Locking & Finishing
Pro map
Ryan Hall
Armbars: Deep Dive Study Guide
Built by hand
Body Lock Pass, Vol 3: Clearing the Knee Line
Pro map
Lachlan Giles
J-Point Camping System
From a YouTube video
Gordon Ryan
Back Attack 2.0, Vol 2: Seatbelt to Hooks
Pro map
Marcelo Garcia
How Lachlan caught Marcelo with the Lachy Lock
Match study
Lachlan Giles
Danaher Guard Passing Study
Passing study
John Danaher
Seatbelt secured. Hooks still missing.
Inside a curated Pro map
Marcelo Garcia’s Back Attack 2.0, Vol 2 maps what to do next based on how your opponent responds.
- You’re behind the opponent: The cartwheel-over route. A route from the seatbelt toward securing your hooks.
- They try to crush you: The sit-up counter. Turn their pressure into an opening for the choke.
Explore the library
Premium curated Pro maps added monthly, with detailed technique notes and connections.
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- Build, edit, and share flowcharts
- Keep your notes and source videos together
- Draft flows from YouTube videos and voice notes
- Browse free community study maps
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- Premium curated maps, added monthly
- Longer YouTube videos and voice recaps
- Draft from Instagram reels and your own footage
- Detailed steps and move suggestions
Compare all features and limits
A few things that won’t change.
Grapple Flows is a passion project for the grappling community.
- Here for the long haul. Thousands of grapplers have mapped their game here since 2019, and the same promises still hold.
- Your data stays yours. We’ve never sold user data, and we don’t run an ad business that depends on it. Your flowcharts belong to you.
- Private by default. Sensitive uploads are encrypted and your data is isolated to your account. Nothing is shared unless you share it.
Questions, answered.
What is Grapple Flows?
Grapple Flows brings your Jiu-Jitsu videos, voice notes, techniques, and training details into one connected system. Build BJJ flowcharts by hand or draft them from videos and voice notes, attach source material and personal cues, and organize your game so you can study it before training.
Is Grapple Flows really free?
Yes. Building, saving, and sharing your own flowcharts has been free since 2019 and always will be. Free also includes Autoflow drafts from voice notes and YouTube videos within plan limits. Pro adds Instagram and uploaded-video drafts, longer limits, and the curated Pro library.
How is this different from a flowchart builder?
The flowchart is the structure for your Jiu-Jitsu study. Grapple Flows also brings in videos and voice recaps, keeps source links and personal notes inside techniques, and groups flows, clips, and photos in collections. You can return to the exact detail and see where it fits in your game, instead of keeping a separate diagram, video folder, and notebook.
Can I edit what Autoflow drafts?
Yes. Autoflow creates an editable draft. A draft can miss a detail or misread a transition. Review it against your source, change the techniques and connections, and add your own notes. You stay in control of the finished flow.
What happens to the videos I import?
Autoflow surfaces the structure of the teaching and always links back to the original source. Your own uploads stay private to your account: encrypted, isolated to you, and never sold.
Does Pro include the original instructional videos?
Pro includes curated study maps of instructionals. It does not include a subscription to the original video platforms or a license to paid instructionals. Sources stay credited and linked; you need your own access to paid videos.
Do I need an account or an app?
You can try the editor without an account. Create a free account to keep your flows across devices. Grapple Flows works in your browser on desktop, iPhone, and Android.
Does it work for no-gi, wrestling, or judo?
Yes. You choose the positions and transitions, so the map can fit BJJ, no-gi, wrestling, judo, or MMA grappling.
Study by position.
Every position page explains the position, what it leads to, and the community flowcharts built on it.
- Closed Guard. Break posture, then armbar, triangle, kimura, or sweep.
- Half Guard. Knee shield and underhook: the sweep-heavy modern bottom game.
- De La Riva. Hook the standing leg and run the modern open guard engine.
- Guard Passing. Pressure and speed passing, from headquarters to the pin.
- Back Control. Seatbelt, hooks, and the highest-percentage finish in the sport.
- Mount. Hold the top pin and open the arm and collar attacks.
- Leg Locks. Heel hooks, knee bars, and ankle locks in one system.
- Takedowns. Singles, doubles, ankle picks, and throws, adapted for BJJ.
Closed Guard · Half Guard · De La Riva · Guard Passing · Back Control · Mount · Leg Locks · Takedowns · Printable BJJ flowcharts
Review your game before class and after.
Start with one position, a video, or something you learned today.