Crab Ride: FREE BJJ Instructionals & Videos
The crab ride is a dynamic back-taking position that rotates behind your opponent from seated or inversion, linking to leg drags, berimbolos, and saddle/50-50 entries. Below you’ll find curated crab ride videos, clips, and breakdowns from coaches like Mikey Musumeci, the Mendes brothers, Lachlan Giles, and John Danaher—covering gi grips, no-gi hooks, entries from De La Riva and reverse DLR, transitions to the back, and counters to turtling. Compare teaching styles and systems side by side, from fundamentals to advanced chain attacks, including leg entanglement finishes and retention details. Browse these hand-picked resources to troubleshoot common sticking points, sharpen timing, and build reliable pathways from inversion to secure back control. Keep scrolling, watch the sequences, and level up your crab ride step by step. Read the full Crab Ride position guide.
Crab Ride Transitions (Top 20 Videos)
No-Gi Crab Ride Compendium by Ariel Tabak
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This video presents a comprehensive guide by Ariel Tabak on how to master the No-Gi Crab Ride, a position in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Ariel, a renowned instructor, offers a thorough breakdown of this position, teaching viewers to transform the crab ride from a simple technique to a dominating controlling and submission tool. He focuses on understanding the mechanics of the position and how to apply it in various situations, making it an effective part of the grappling strategy.
Crab Ride Positional Control (2 Videos)
Riding First Class by Wade Schalles
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In this video, Guinness Book Of World Records holder Wade Schalles provides a master class on the positional control technique of crab rides, focusing on turning and pinning. Schalles shares his unique strategies and techniques for effective pinning, including lazy tilts for turning and granby rolls for escaping. The primary objective is to create "legal discomfort" for opponents, resulting in them being more likely to be pinned. Additionally, instructions on how to move an opponent from being flattened to being pinned and use techniques like the turk and crash cradle for turning are provided.
Crab Ride Drills (2 Videos)
Crab Ride Counters (1 Instructionals)
Countering with Crab Ride by Anthony Budion
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In this video, BJJ black belt Anthony Budion presents a comprehensive guide on how to efficiently utilize the crab ride counter technique. The video series combines traditional BJJ techniques with dynamic principles of the 10th Planet system. Budion teaches how to counter attacks using the crab ride and demonstrates its application in various scenarios, from competition to gym training. The video provides a systematic approach to effectively dominate positions, sweeps, and submissions with the crab ride.