Training Season Plan – Aug–Dec 2025

This is the plan for the next few months until the end of 2025.
- The competitions listed here are not the only ones we can participate. They are the main ones, but feel free to compete in any of competitions available. Just let the coach knows beforehand.
- Our next graduation will be in November or December (most likely)
- Highly recommend to have a look on IBJJF ruleset
- Although, out of the table, Europeans GI is one of the goals, it will happen in Jan 15th 2026 - Lisbon

Month	Focus Areas	Comments	Competitions / Events
August	- Mount Escapes - Side Control Escapes	Focus on defences, important for all levels but specially important for begginers	Irish Masters – Aug 23
September	- Top Control: Mount, Side Control, North-South. - Submissions from dominant positions - Loop Choke (Week 4)	"be safe, control and then submit" Lets study options to control the opponent while setting up submissions - kimura trap from side control - paper cut - north south choke Last week we will bring loopchokes again	Shamrock – Sep 27
October	- Half Guard	The half guard game is one of the most common games in competitions. It is also a good position to study important concepts: frames, underhook, head control etc.	IBJJF Euro No-Gi – Oct 29 (Rome)
November	- Butterfly Guard entries, sweeps, grips - Butter fly passing	Basic butterfly entires, elevation drills and transitions to x-guard Also covering butterfly passing	Euro Kids – Nov 9 (Dublin)
December	- Mixed techniques - Positional Rounds - Sparring-based learning		Graduation event (Nov or Dec)