Shrimping BJJ is one of the basic and essential Brazilian jiu-jitsu moves. Indeed, the BJJ Shrimp is an awesome movement that helps you to manage distances to try to escape some bad positions in ground fighting. Otherwise, the jiu jitsu shrimp is an indispensable BJJ move for applying submissions, sweeping your opponent, and far more.

There are several Brazilian Jiu Jitsu positions that you simply need to deal with and therefore anticipate your opponent’s moves. Indeed, managing distance to escape bad positions or gaining more space to attack is a crucial factor to win your BJJ fight. Otherwise, the BJJ shrimp technique could help you to escape or neutralize the opponent’s attacks for bad positions such as the Mount, Knee on Belly, Side Control … 

You will learn here how to shrimp in BJJ using several ways and methods, which are going to help you develop your hip’s movement and body coordination.

Nevertheless, let’s approach first the meaning of shrimping in BJJ martial arts.

What does shrimping mean in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu?

Shrimping is one of the traditional moves that is frequently used in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fight. It could be a perfect exercise to develop the BJJ practitioner’s hip movement. Historically, the BJJ shrimp exercise was originally extracted from Judo martial art (called ‘Ebi’ in the Judo Japanese terms).

How to shrimp in BJJ sport martial arts? 

Every BJJ martial artist knows the importance of the jiu-jitsu shrimping move. Otherwise, the shrimping BJJ is maybe the perfect exercise to move your hips (hip escape BJJ …), as you know that the hips movements are the key to master many basic jiu-jitsu techniques and principles. 

Indeed, the right movement of the hips is critical for BJJ distance managing, and therefore escaping bad positions, applying submissions, sweeping your opponent. However, how to shrimp in Brazilian jiu-jitsu?  

Here is a list of shrimping BJJ moves setup variations to improve your hip mobility when you play the bottom game in jiu-jitsu. 

Have fun discovering some alternative ways to shrimp in this instructional BJJ video by Stephan Kesting.

Source : Stephan Kesting

How to do the 2 legged shrimp?

The two legged shrimping is the foremost basic BJJ move that all beginners start with. Indeed, throughout this exercise, the new jiu-jitsu practitioner learns how to coordinate the feet movements, hips, and shoulders to move smoothly the body across the mat.

 Here is how to shrimp BJJ using the two-legged method?

1. Start from the position where your back is flat on the mat together with your feet straight and your hands up.
2. Move slightly on one side.
3. Bring both feet up to your butt
4. Lift your hips off the bottom and move your hips back towards your head while moving your body forward.
5. Lean up your body out and repeat on the opposite side.

In the setup above, you can use just one of your legs to demonstrate the one-legged shrimp that is analogous to the two-legged shrimp method. Although, it applies to different situations such as escaping from mount or side-mount where one leg posts on the ground and therefore the other tries to re-establish the guard for example.

Source : Stephan Kesting

How to perform the sideways shrimping?

The sideways shrimping jiu-jitsu method looks tons like those that are wriggling out of side control. Here are the necessary steps to take the sideways shrimping exercise.

1. Start on your side with hands up near your face.
2. Swing your feet and your shoulders back, and together with your hips push forward.
3. Put all of your weight on your shoulders and your feet then move your hips backward.
4. Stay an equivalent side and repeat.

 How to perform the forward shrimping?

Source: Renzo Gracie Ramapo Valley New Jersey

The forward shrimping is an awesome jujitsu move where you progress down towards your feet. Indeed, it is a very useful shrimping technique when you are trying to escape the north-south position, arm locks, closing the space together with your opponent, and fare more.

Here how to perform the forward shrimping in BJJ?

1. First, start from the position where your back is flat in the mat, legs straight, and your hands up.
2. Then, Roll to at least one side, and simultaneously crunch your shoulders down towards your waist. Make sure that your weight should now get on your heels and one shoulder.
3. Switch on your shoulder and pull together with your heels to maneuver your body towards your feet.
4.  Extend your legs, roll to the opposite side, and repeat.

How to perform the reverse shrimping BJJ?

The reverse shrimping is a tough BJJ movement that is mostly neglected in the jiu-jitsu teaching process. Nevertheless, reverse shrimp position could be an advanced move that perhaps you will not find in the normal warm up drills. 

The reverse shrimping BJJ technique is going to help you find out the way to arm bar, sweep from tough positions, and otherwise improve your Brazilian jiu-jitsu position while grappling.

Check out this awesome video for more on how to do the reverse shrimping technique.

Source: Otomi Martial Arts | Caio Terra Association

 How to perform the BJJ Bridge and Shrimp?

The shrimping lonely could not help you to solve your BJJ problem in most situations. Thus, you need to combine the jiu-jitsu shrimp with other moves such as the BJJ Bridge. 

Otherwise, the bridge is one of the foremost powerful moves that help you create space within your opponent. Thus, the bridge and shrimp drill combines two important movements (legs shrimping and legs bridging). 

Here is how to do the BJJ Bridge and Shrimp movements. 

1. Start flat on your back together with your legs extended.
2. Bring your feet to your butt, the balls of your feet on the ground, and therefore the heels elevated.
3. Bridge your hips up high, still on the balls of your feet.
4. Turn sideways in mid-air and perform a two-legged shrimping movement.
5. Straighten out your body and repeat the move. 

Shrimping BJJ Mistakes.

As mentioned above the BJJ shrimping helps you a lot escaping bed positions, attacks … by closing or creating distances within your opponent. However, the shrimp exercise could straggle your moves if you do it badly. 

Therefore, you have to pay attention to these common Brazilian jujitsu shrimping mistakes and problems. 

Here are some crucial jiu-jitsu shrimping mistakes.

• Turning to the side where you are installing your Leg may be the foremost common shrimp mistakes that BJJ beginners made. 
• Keeping your body flat on the jujitsu mat when you are trying to perform the shrimping variations. As a result, this fact prevents you from doing the BJJ Shrimp fast and efficiently.

Here is a powerful BJJ instructional video for more details about the shrimping problems by Coach Stephan Kesting.

Source: Stephan Kesting

Conclusion

Shrimping BJJ and hip movements are among the basic move that you need to execute well. Therefore, you can escape some bad positions in jiu-jitsu, and defend against any opponent’s attacks. As a result, you level up your Brazilian jujitsu martial arts.

Although, the shrimp technique is mostly combined with other essential BJJ moves such as the bridge …. Have fun watching these jujitsu drills video.

Source: fightTIPS

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