Fundamentals Curriculum Schedule

A 42-week repeating cycle. There is no fixed start point. You join wherever the cycle happens to be, and it repeats. Four evergreen games run every week regardless of the main topic: FYJJ Guard Play, FYJJ Guard Retention, FYJJ Pinning, and Circle Game.

For more on how this works, see How the Curriculum Works.

The Schedule

Wk	Main Topic	Section
1	OGR	Guard Retention
2	OGR	Guard Retention
3	Seated Open Guard	Guard
4	HG Clamp	Guard
5	HG Knee Shield	Guard
6	Side Control	Pinning
7	Split Squat / Knee Slice	Passing
8	Front Headlock	Kneeling
9	Butterfly	Guard
10	Mount	Pinning
11	Triangle	Submissions
12	Closed Guard	Guard
13	Turtle	Kneeling
14	Back Control	Pinning
15	UTL Passing	Passing
16	Rear Body Lock	Standing
17	X-Guard	Guard
18	Power Rides	Pinning
19	Dogfight	Kneeling
20	HG Clamp	Guard
21	HG Knee Shield	Guard
22	Headquarters	Passing
23	OGR	Guard Retention
24	OGR	Guard Retention
25	Armbar	Submissions
26	Side Control	Pinning
27	Turtle	Kneeling
28	Back Control	Pinning
29	DLR	Guard
30	Mount	Pinning
31	Front Headlock	Kneeling
32	HG Clamp	Guard
33	Leg Weave / Smash Pass	Passing
34	HG Knee Shield	Guard
35	Straight Ashi	Leg Entanglements
36	X-Guard	Guard
37	Single Leg	Standing
38	SLX and Butterfly Ashi	Guard
39	Kimura	Submissions
40	Back Control	Pinning
41	Turtle	Kneeling
42	Headquarters	Passing

The cycle wraps: week 42 is followed by week 1 of the next cycle.

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Topic Frequency

Some topics appear more often than others based on how important they are for fundamentals development.

3x per cycle (every ~14 weeks): HG Clamp, HG Knee Shield, Back Control, Turtle

2x as 2-week blocks (every ~21 weeks): OGR (Open Guard Retention)

2x per cycle (every ~21 weeks): Mount, Side Control, X-Guard, Front Headlock, Headquarters

1x per cycle (every 42 weeks): Butterfly, DLR, SLX and Butterfly Ashi, Closed Guard, Seated Open Guard, Leg Weave / Smash Pass, UTL Passing, Split Squat / Knee Slice, Single Leg, Rear Body Lock, Dogfight, Kimura, Armbar, Triangle, Power Rides, Straight Ashi