The Gi Ghost, Underhook's mascot

Know your next move. Train the inside game. Decisions win rolls. Your edge between sessions. Think your way to blue.

Underhook

Train your jiu-jitsu decisions between sessions

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Five minutes that feel like a round.

Real positions, a rival who studies you, and theory you'll actually finish.

An Underhook decision question in a lesson

Every question is a position you'll be in on Tuesday.

Open Mat — challenging Kat, your rival

Open Mat: challenge Kat — she's holding a grudge.

An Underhook theory podcast player

Theory as podcasts — for the commute, not the couch.

Real positions. Real decisions. Zero flashcards.

01

Drop into a position

Flat on your back in half guard, crossface coming. The app doesn't ask what a kimura is. It asks what you'd do.

02

Make the call

Pick your move. Wrong answers get called out — and explained. Right answers get pressure-tested harder next time.

03

Build the instinct

Ten mental models cover every position in the game. Master them and the mat slows down.

Take one round. Right here.

No download, no signup. One position, four calls — the same drill as in the app.

Theory that reads like your feed.

Nobody rewatches a 40-minute instructional. Underhook delivers the thinking in formats your brain already scrolls — group chats, hot-take posts, podcasts for the commute.

Meet Kat. Your AI rival.

She remembers where you broke.

She studies your results and fights where you're weakest — miss the same escape twice and it'll be on the exam. Beat her and she levels up. This isn't a quiz bot; it's a grudge with a ponytail.

Kat, your AI rival

Kat is just the start.

Coming next

AI video analysis

Film your roll. Positions and decisions, mapped — see the moment you gave up the pass.

Coming next

An AI corner

A coach that reviews your week, spots the leak, and builds tomorrow's session around it.

Coming next

Game plans that fit you

Your body, your belt, your gym. A game built for the athlete you actually are.

Your brain doesn't count mat time. It counts decisions.

Grappling is chess at 180 BPM. What builds expertise isn't just reps — it's decision reps: recognize the pattern, make the call, get the feedback, repeat. That loop is what rewires you. Neurons that fire together wire together. Read the full breakdown.

Coach demonstrating a guard pass

One position. Four choices. One right instinct.

Pattern recognition

Experts don't think faster — they see earlier. Chess masters read boards in chunks; grapplers read grips and weight shifts. Hundreds of positions burn the patterns in.

Retrieval practice

Being tested beats being told. Pulling the answer out of your own head is what makes it stick — so every lesson here is a decision, not a lecture.

Spaced repetition

Your brain files unused answers under forgettable. Underhook re-asks at the edge of forgetting — right when the memory needs the rep.

You're on the mat three hours a week. You're thinking about it every day.

Underhook turns that thinking into training. Real positions, real decisions, five focused minutes at a time — no gear, no partner, no excuses.

One gym. Every personality you've ever trained with.

Gi Ghost

Gi Ghost

Your companion

Showed up one day wearing a black belt and never left. Endlessly optimistic. Genuinely hurt when you get an answer wrong.

Coach

Coach

Head coach

Black belt. Runs the gym. Few words, zero tolerance for shortcuts. When he watches your roll and nods — that's the highest praise you'll get.

Marco

Marco

Assistant coach

Purple belt, trains like he's chasing brown. Doesn't sugarcoat and doesn't repeat himself. If he says "good" — you earned it.

Old Chen

Old Chen

The quiet veteran

67 years old. Brown belt. Submitted his grandson in week four. Speaks rarely. When he does, write it down.

Kat

Kat

Your rival — she remembers where you broke.

Two years in, still drilling basics every single day. Not talent — attention. She keeps a notebook. Catch her if you can.

Rex

Rex

Your training buddy

Texts "bro you training tonight?" every day. Still thinks size should count. It doesn't. Shows up anyway.

Get on the mat.

Underhook is on the App Store now. Built for iPhone. Free to start.

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