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Category Archive: Articles

How to Set Up a Deep Cross Choke while Kneecutting

There are, and will be, many situations where you’ll try something and things won’t go exactly to plan. Most often, this will be the case in guard passing; you’ll try a technique, and your...

BJJ Black Belt Tests Possibly The Best Grappling Dummy on the Market

The beautiful thing about having a grappling dummy is it allows you to train at any time of the day!  If you just got back from the gym and maybe you still have a lot on your mind, bust out the...

Khabib on How Close He Was To Killing Conor McGregor

Khabib Nurmagomedov dispatched Conor McGregor with a crank to the neck at UFC 229. After a tough victory, the Dagestan star quickly jumped over the fence to attack McGregor’s teammate Dillon...

Khabib Nurmagomedov’s 7 BEST Wrestling & Grappling Tactics

Khabib Nurmagomedov is famous for many things – one of them being a saying: “If Sambo was easy, it would be called jiu-jitsu” . Khabib Nurmagomedov is an undefeated Russian mixed martial artist...

Kayla Harrison: ‘I’m 100%’ Sure I’d Beat Khabib in a Judo Match’

Kayla Harrison is the only Judo Olympian from the USA to have won a Gold medal. And now she’s baring her teeth. She was quoted saying the following: “Am I gonna beat Khabib? I mean I think I...

How To Wrestle Like Khabib Nurmagomedov for BJJ & MMA

Khabib Nurmagomedov’s world class grappling skills have made him a scary dominating machine in MMA. His style is all pressure and control. With the Khabib vs Connor fight, there were a lot of...

Andre Galvao’s Competition Proven Method of Opening Closed From The Knees

Closed guard is a dangerous place to be in for the one on top. Your opponent has so many options and you, realistically have very few. You either have to open it or force a submission. You need to...

Brendan Schaub Saves Children from Fatal Car Crash: Shares Details of What Happened

Brendan Schaub shared details of how he helped save children from a car crash that took place on August 12. The driver of the vehicle allegedly attempted to murder his own wife and children by...

MMA Fighter Gets KO’d by Opponent, Then Choked by Referee

Things have been wild on the worldwide MMA stage lately. And not (just) because of the great fights that are taking place, but also because of some weird situations. For example, imagine fighting in...

Submission Underground (SUG) 26: Results & Highlights

The Submission Underground (SUG) 26 championship took place on August 15 and featured a mix of athletes with very serious BJJ and MMA backgrounds. The tournament was headlined by a tag team...

Shutting Down The Toreada Guard Pass with 3x BJJ World Champion Mikey Musumeci

To understand how to play and defend a guard, we will introduce it in the following technical video. We need to understand what a guard is at a basic level. Conceptually, the guard is just a set of...

The Diving Kimura is a Much Safer Option Than the Rolling Kimura

The diving Kimura is NOT like the rolling Kimura. The Diving Kimura is much less risky than the rolling kimura. It sounds similar, because it is. The main difference is that we are aiming for side...

MMA Vet Edson Drago Arrested with 22lbs of Cocaine & Crack

Veteran mixed martial arts fighter Edson Drago was recently arrested for carrying 22lbs of crack and cocaine,Santiago Brazil. MMA Fighting first reported the arrest. Drago is most famous for the time...

Judo For BJJ: Low Risk Takedown by Dom Bell

Hiza-guruma is the 2nd throw of the Gokyo-no-waza, which makes up the first 40 throws of the Kodokan judo syllabus. The particular variation shown in the attached video is done from a static upright...

BJJ Guy Mounts an Alligator And Saves a Woman’s Life

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...

The Best Workouts For Strong Grappling Shoulders

Guest post by Evolve MMA, Asia’s premier championship brand for martial arts. It has the most number of World Champions on the planet. Named as the #1 ranked martial arts organization in Asia by...

Andrew Wiltse Issues PSA on Sexual Assault: “No Means No, You Pieces of Sh*t”

Andrew Wiltse, a multiple World and Pan champion, is one of the most exciting grapplers on the circuit both Gi and No Gi alike. Here’s a throwback to the Daisy Fresh’s star 75:0 run-down...

Attacks You Should Master From The BJJ Closed Guard

Guest post by Evolve MMA, Asia’s premier championship brand for martial arts. It has the most number of World Champions on the planet. Named as the #1 ranked martial arts organization in Asia by...

Khabib on Fighting Against GSP: “That Fight Would Make a Ton of Money”

Many MMA (and BJJ) fans’ dream fight is the Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Georges St-Pierre one. Unfortunately, it never came to fruition… But what would happen if it did? What are...

Mica Galvao: “I Don’t Focus On My Opponent’s Game, I Focus On What I Want To Do”

Mica Galvao, a 17-year old BJJ phenomenon, will compete in the No Gi Grand Prix at Who’s Number One on September 24. This is yet another challenge at the beginning of his journey as a Jiu-Jitsu...

“How Positive Psychology Can Give New Life to the Way We Exercise”

You wake up at 5:45 a.m., the alarm blaring. Your first conscious thought is one of dread – your morning jog is minutes away, and in this moment pounding pavement isn’t nearly as appealing as...

Overtraining in BJJ: The Importance of Listening To Your Body

Written By Guillaume Huni, BJJ black belt and head instructor of Kimura Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Belgrade, Serbia. Photo by Ralph Go   At this stage of my life, there are two phases in my BJJ...

How To Return to BJJ Training After A Serious Injury

Injuries are always going to happen if you train in Jiu-Jitsu. It’s part of the journey. BJJ black belt Stephen Kesting of the excellent website Grapplearts.com answers a fan’s question about how...

Gordon Ryan Explains Weird Grip for Easier Mount Control and Attacks

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....