Armbar in BJJ

Reviewer Danaher at his best -- explains the actual mechanism, not just the motions.

Moderator Squarely and entirely about executing the armbar from mount -- the whole video is Danaher breaking down prerequisites, control, and extraction. Nothing else competes for airtime.

Reviewer Best teaching in this batch -- explains the actual mistake that costs people the submission.

Moderator Entirely and specifically about executing the armbar from closed guard, start to finish -- nothing else in the clip.

Reviewer Excellent - nails the specific reasons finishes get blown and how to fix them.

Moderator Entirely about finishing the armbar from mount - where people usually go wrong with foot order, weight distribution, and losing the arm.

Reviewer Thorough, precise, and it gives you a fallback if your hips aren't fast enough yet -- excellent beginner teaching.

Moderator Explicitly built for white belts learning the armbar from guard -- the entire video is this technique.

Reviewer If your armbar keeps stalling, this is why.

Moderator All about finishing once you have the armbar, especially breaking a connected grip without losing the position. On topic.

Reviewer Genuinely changes how you'll finish an armbar.

Moderator All finishing mechanics once you're already in the armbar position. On topic.

Reviewer This is the kind of detail that turns a stalled armbar into a finished one.

Moderator Entirely about setting up and finishing the armbar from De La Riva guard, including what to do when the defense connects hands. On topic.

Reviewer Catches a real mistake and fixes it live - excellent.

Moderator Full walkthrough of an armbar from guard, with the coach correcting a live rep in real time - grip the tricep not the wrist, block with the hip, and a named alternative (arm drag) when the student's first attempt fails. Squarely and thoroughly on the sub-skill.

Reviewer The tripod vs sprawl point alone is worth knowing.

Moderator Focused on setting up the armbar from the leg drag position, including the tripod-vs-sprawl posture debate. On topic.

Moderator Five tips, and every one of them is about tightening up an armbar you already know how to get to - grip, arm control, keeping them pinned, leg positioning.

Reviewer Concrete, actionable tips that will raise your finish rate.

Reviewer Thorough, repeated, and practical — this is how you actually teach a beginner the move.

Moderator Same technique family as the previous one — armbar from mount — taught cleanly from the ground up, then repeated a second time for reinforcement. Entirely on-topic.

Reviewer Good, simple entry point taught by a world champion.

Moderator Straightforward armbar-from-mount transition mechanics, including a defense scenario. On topic.

Reviewer Solid counter to a defense you'll actually run into.

Moderator Entirely about setting up the armbar against a specific defensive posture (opponent pushing the collar/stiff-arming). On topic.

Moderator Straight through one specific armbar from back control - the kimura seatbelt grip, the setup, the grip break, the finish. Nothing else competing for time.

Reviewer Solid, complete teaching of the whole submission from setup to finish.

Reviewer Teaches you WHY the setup works, not just what it looks like — that's what makes it stick.

Moderator This is entirely the armbar from mount, top to bottom — lock the position down first, force the arm out with pressure, transition to S-mount, finish. Every sentence serves the technique.

Reviewer If you keep losing the position on your armbar, this is the fix.

Moderator Straight fundamentals-correction video on finishing the armbar from mount - foot placement before swinging the leg, foot-in-front-of-face before sitting back, controlled crunch-down instead of flopping. All of it is armbar execution, nothing else.

Reviewer Real depth on disguising the setup, not just the finish -- very good.

Moderator Entirely about a specific armbar setup and finish from side control -- the sneaky grip, the combination with a neck threat, and finishing mechanics. All armbar.

Moderator One specific armbar counter off the open guard when someone shoots an underhook to pass - squarely armbar technique.

Reviewer A nasty, legit counter - just watch it a couple times to catch the details.

Reviewer Real, hard-won detail — the kind of nuance you only get from someone who's finished a lot of these.

Moderator This is entirely about armbar technique — grip flexibility, foot positioning, controlling both ends of the lever, avoiding defensive grips. Every tip ties directly back to finishing the armbar.

Reviewer Genuinely clever, well-explained detail that'll get you more taps.

Moderator Entirely about how to set armbars up without tipping your hand - grip pressure and where people get sensitive. This is armbar-setup strategy start to finish, applied across guard and mount.

Reviewer Teaches you to disguise the setup, not just do the move -- smart stuff.

Moderator The whole video is armbar setups and variations from guard, built around a genuinely useful meta-concept (changing your grip to beat your partners' trained reflexes).

Reviewer Good detail, but it's a sequel -- watch the earlier lesson first.

Moderator Mostly armbar, with the crucifix as an alternate finish from the same scramble -- still centered on the armbar.

Reviewer Sharp grip-breaking details, but it assumes you already know how to get here.

Moderator Four real grip-breaks for when someone locks up their hands during your armbar attempt - heel in the bicep, wrist control, taking the leg off the face against the choke-defense. All armbar, no filler.

Reviewer Clean, sequential breakdown — a true beginner could follow this.

Moderator This is the armbar from guard, step by step, nothing else. 'Basic armbar' is exactly what it delivers.

Reviewer Sharp, specific, and drillable - this is how you fix a stalled armbar.

Moderator Dead center on the subskill - a specific, common problem (opponent grip-fighting the arm) with a specific mechanical fix (heel to the elbow, figure-four grip) for finishing the armbar from mount. Entirely about executing the submission.

Moderator A basic armbar from mount, straight through the setup to the finish - does what the title says.

Reviewer Gets the basics right, though it moves quickly.

Reviewer Correct basics, cleanly explained — just not much beyond the fundamentals.

Moderator Straightforward — the basic armbar from closed guard, no-gi. He says it himself: 'we're going to work on our basic arm bar.' Nothing else going on in this clip.

Reviewer Correct and complete, just less developed than the longer cut of this same technique.

Moderator Same technique family as the fuller Bodoni video in this batch -- entirely focused on the closed-guard armbar mechanics from grip to finish.

Reviewer Teaches you how to think about a world-class armbar, not just how to copy the shape.

Moderator This is a film-study breakdown of one competitor's armbar system across real matches — entirely focused on how and why his armbar works at the highest level. On-topic, just delivered as analysis rather than direct instruction.

Reviewer Smart, high-level insight, just more conceptual than a plug-and-play technique.

Moderator Framed conceptually rather than as one technique, but the whole thing is about armbar finishing mechanics against real defenses -- comparing a pinned/pressure approach against a specific grip defense with a fast/dynamic guard-pull approach. Squarely armbar content throughout.

Reviewer Good real cues, just delivered rapid-fire.

Moderator Detailed armbar-from-mount setup with a specific wrist-off-the-floor detail to avoid getting countered into a choke, explicitly leveled for white belts vs. higher belts. Squarely on the sub-skill.

Reviewer Good finish detail, but it tips into a sales pitch for the paid course at the end.

Moderator The whole clip builds to and finishes the armbar -- hip switch to expose the arm, transition into position, then the actual armbar finish mechanics (two-on-one, leg tightness, heel-to-hip). It's specific to a butterfly-guard entry, but the throughline is entirely the armbar.

Reviewer Good if you already grapple; too fast to be anyone's first exposure.

Moderator A specific, competition-tested entry - cross-step off a wrestling grip exchange into a fast armbar. All of it builds to and is the armbar finish, so it's squarely on-topic even though it starts standing.

Reviewer Right technique, but the explanation gets muddled at the finish.

Moderator Step-by-step armbar from mount - isolate the arm, get to S-mount, swing the leg over, fall back, finish. Squarely the sub-skill, even if the wording gets tangled near the finish.

Reviewer Cuts off before the actual finish -- incomplete as a standalone lesson.

Moderator Same closed-guard armbar technique again -- entirely on-topic, covering grip break through to passing the leg over.

Reviewer Compressed but correct — good if you already know your guard basics.

Moderator Specific armbar setup off a specific scenario — opponent standing in closed guard. Every beat of the clip (grips, bridge, underhook, spin, leg swing) is in service of getting to the armbar. On-topic.

Moderator This is a three-submission flow drill - it opens with a full armbar breakdown before moving into triangle and omoplata transitions, so it's armbar plus two other things, not just armbar.

Reviewer The armbar section is well taught, but it's only part of the drill.

Reviewer Real detail on finishing against a block, but assumes a base.

Moderator Half throw mechanics, half a specific armbar/arm-stretch finish off the 'lazy on-board' position, including what to do if the opponent blocks. The finishing half is squarely the sub-skill; the throw half isn't.

Moderator About holding and finishing an armbar from mount against a strong defense - that's the whole topic here.

Reviewer Good ideas buried in a hard-to-follow explanation.

Reviewer Good nugget, but mostly a preview reel, not a full lesson.

Moderator Mostly a table-of-contents for a larger paid instructional -- grip types, top/bottom juji positions, a preview of what's coming (triangles, kimuras). There's one real, actionable technical principle in the middle (get your knee above your opponent's ear to control the position), but a lot of the runtime is scope-setting rather than actual teaching.