A Better Way To Set Up The Cross Collar Choke From Mount (Use Your Elbow)
Mar 30, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Most Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athletes and coaches would argue that the most dominant position in Jiu-Jitsu is the back control. And that, subsequently, the most dominant submission is the Rear Naked...
Be “Loose” – A Crucial BJJ Mount Concept
Aug 14, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
If you want to develop a dangerous Mount position in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, then just learning the technical aspects won’t be enough… You can have your hips low, you can have your hooks in,...
Take Mount Like Khabib Nurmagomedov – Here’s How
Jul 19, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Rolling against Khabib Nurmagomedov would be terrifying for oh-so-many reasons… But perhaps the most terrifying of them all is Khabib’s Mount. The way he takes Mount is as close to perfection as...
Can’t Transition To Mount? Here’s The Solution: Get Double Underhooks
Jul 09, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
The Mount is the second-most dominant position you could get to in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. But it can also be extremely difficult to transition into. Namely, when you get to Side Control or Half Guard,...
Having Trouble In Mount? Use The Misdirectional Underhook Setup
May 09, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Getting to the Mount is already difficult enough… But setting up submissions from there can be even tougher. And why? Well, it’s because your training partners know what’s coming...
Gordon Ryan Explains An Easy Concept For Attacking From Mount
Mar 06, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Attacking from Mount can sometimes be a real chore. You know how it is: you get into the position, but then your training partner starts defending as if their life depends on it. Their arms are...
Make Your Mount Intimidating By Restricting The Opponent’s Breathing
Mar 05, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
The Mount is a powerful position in mixed martial arts. Once your opponent is stuck underneath it, you can usually rain down a number of punches and wait for them to expose their arms and/or back as...
Is Your Mount Position Weak? Use These 2 Tips To Strengthen It
Feb 01, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
The Mount position is probably the second most powerful position in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu; secondary only to taking someone’s back. So, if you want to have a well-developed BJJ game, then you...
Got Swept From Mount? Go For This Armbar Setup
Nov 17, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
One of the biggest mistakes that lower belts make in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is giving up. And no, we’re not talking about the blue belt who quit the moment he got promoted; but the situations in...
Bernardo Faria Shares Coolest BJJ Technique He Learned From Gordon Ryan
Oct 01, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
When you reach your BJJ black belt, you’ll have heaps of knowledge and won’t have anything left to learn… Right? Especially when you’ve been rolling at that level for years?...
Sneaky Mount Transition from Side Control by Pedro Sauer
Aug 23, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Don’t you sometimes feel as if getting into Mount from Side Control is really difficult? That, no matter how you try to do it, your training partners are always one step ahead of you and are...
BJJ Guy Mounts an Alligator And Saves a Woman’s Life
Aug 19, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu – or any sort of martial art, for that matter – can be of great help in dangerous situations. But that isn’t only the case when it comes to saving...
Gordon Ryan Explains Weird Grip for Easier Mount Control and Attacks
Aug 18, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Getting into the Mount position in BJJ is hard enough… But maintaining it and attacking from it can be even tougher, especially if your training partner/opponent knows what they’re doing....
Easy MOUNT ESCAPE To Butterfly Guard by Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida
Aug 01, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Getting stuck in Mount is one of the worst spots to be in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Especially if your opponent knows what he is doing – it can get really discouraging, really fast. So much so that...
High Percentage Double Attack From The Mount by Robert Drysdale
Aug 27, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
Hey, you. Yes, you, psst… What if we were to tell you that there is a way that you can finish your opponents and training partners from Mount – just by using your one arm? Don’t believe...
Pressure Pass Straight To Mount, With Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida
Jul 21, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
Jiu Jitsu doesn’t have to be complicated in order to work… In fact, most often it’s the basic principles and techniques which will grant success! It’s just a matter of tying...
Can’t Open Their Arms From Mount? This Works Every Time
Mar 19, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
So, you’ve passed your opponent’s guard, got into the Side Control or Knee On Belly position, made them suffer there for a bit and then successfully, skillfully – heck, it could even be...
This Is Why Your Upa – Your Bridge And Roll Technique – Doesn’t Work
Mar 11, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
Let’s keep it real: there have been lots of times when you were stuck in your training partner’s or opponent’s Mount when you’ve resorted to doing the bridge and roll...
Tap Your Opponents With These Unexpected Wrist Locks
Nov 02, 2019BJJEE1 Admin
Wrist locks! They are nasty, they are sneaky and they get on your nerves when you get tapped too many times with them… Yet, everybody loves them and wants to have them in their submission...
Become An Armbar Machine – Rapid Fire Armbar Drill
Sep 13, 2013
“Dan Faggella is a no-gi Pan Am champion at 134lbs, writer for numerous BJJ magazines, BJJ Academy owner at Black Diamond Mixed Martial Arts, and blogger here at BJJEE.com. To check out...
