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Category Archive: Articles

Use This Weird Lapel Grip For Effective Guard Passing

What does the future of BJJ look like? More specifically, how will its techniques look like 2 years, 5 years, 10 or more years down the line? While there’s no one that can give a concrete...

UFC Breakout Star Khamzat Chimaev Surprise Promotion To BJJ blue belt: ‘I’m Very Nervous’

The Chechen Khamzat Chimaev is currently the UFC’s fastest rising star after he fought and won twice within a ten day period. He then went on to openly threaten Conor McGregor. Chimaev has a...

Counter To Torreando That Makes It Impossible To Pass Your Guard

Jeff Glover teaches a neat way to counter the torreando pass with an arm drag or rollover sweep. This control makes it impossible for your opponent to pass your guard. Torreando Counter with Arm Drag...

Andre Galvao on Difference Between a Movement Based & a Pressure Based Game

Andre Galvao did a seminar in the United Kingdom and rolled with everybody present in a playful way. At the end of the seminar, he commented:   “There are two types of jiu-jitsu, one with...

The Best Darce Choke Tutorial By Braulio Estima

The D’Arce choke, or Brabo choke, is similar to the Anaconda choke. The difference is that the choking arm is threaded under the near arm, in front of the opponent’s neck, and on top of...

Adem Redzovic Shows a Kimura Trap against Underhook Half Guard

Adem Redzovic is a third degree BJJ black belt and the co-owner of Team Redzovic in Chicago, one of the biggest BJJ Academies in the USA. Adem Redzovic conducted a series of seminars  in Sarajevo,...

3 Best Ways To Defend & Counter The Worm Guard

In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, there are three main types of guard are Closed Guard, Half Guard, and Open Guard. The worm guard is a modern guard that was developed by Keenan Cornelius. The bottom guard...

The Most Basic but Most Powerful Pass in Jiu-Jitsu by Keenan Cornelius

Do you want to know a little secret? Old School Passes are the best weapon against new school guards. When you have an opponent that likes to use more modern guard styles like lapel guard, worm...

Most Powerful BJJ Black Belt Promotion: Doing The ‘Haka’ in New Zealand

A haka (plural is the same as singular: haka) is a traditional ancestral war cry, dance, or challenge from the Māori people of New Zealand. It is a posture dance performed by a group, with vigorous...

You May Want To Check Out The Rocking Chair Strangle

Jiu-Jitsu is limitless. There are always new techniques that come up and anybody can develop new techniques, even white belts! Here is one that has come under our radar. We don’t know who came...

4 Treadmill Exercises That Build Muscle and Make You Sweat

Are you trying to lose weight, stay healthy, and get toned? Treadmills are a great way to reach these goals! If you frequently use a treadmill but wonder if you could use it to do more than get your...

The Burpee: The # 1 Conditioning Workout for Grapplers

Photo: Marko Stupar at Kimura BJJ Serbia. Guest post by Daniel Vaughan UCLA undergraduate, judo brown belt under Mike Verdugo and BJJ GF Team black belt under Master Julio Cesar Pereira. Daniel is...

12 Must Know Harai Goshi from Judo Olympian & BJJ Black Belt

In this video Judo Olympian and competitive BJJ black belt Matt D’Aquino goes over a ton of Harai Goshi set ups for you to try out at the academy and eventually in competition. Harai goshi is...

Police Officer Lands Big Takedown On Resisting Suspect But Fails Miserably To Hold Him Down

The potential for jiu jitsu to enable police officers to be better at their job is enormous. We often observe videos like trips and perfect stand up technique enabling men in nasty situations to...

Worry Free Escape To a Tight Foot Lock by Robert Drysdale

„Why would you ignore 50% of the human body?“ Well, ever since those great leglock words were uttered by Dean Lister and spread about even more through John Danaher, that 50% of human body is far...

High Percentage Double Attack From The Mount by Robert Drysdale

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...

Robert Drysdale’s Superior Arm Drag From Butterfly Guard

Photo: Leon Sandoval www.heyleon.com, Instagram @heyleonmedia and Facebook.com/heyleonmedia Guest post by David Avellan, an ADCC bronze medalist. Avellan has defeated many of the world’s best...

The Importance of Drinking More Water For BJJ Practitioners

Most of the things in life aren’t certain – who knows what can happen during the next year, next month, next day, or even the present moment… It’s all „up in the air“, as they...

Robert Drysdale Shows The Best Head And Arm Guillotine Set Up for BJJ

Most of the times, if your opponent turtles up, you’ll be aiming to take their back, establish position and move on to impose your submission game from there. But why not change it up a little...

Bulldozer Sweep by Robert Drysdale: Highest Percentage Sweep in BJJ

What do you do when you have an opponent that is playing a very cautious game and is refusing to engage? ADCC and BJJ world champion Robert Drysdale likes to use a highly effective sweep called the...

Why Do We Call it the “Darce” Choke?

Origin of moves is often quite hard to determine in grappling. BJJ, Judo, Wrestling and Sambo are all cousins of sorts. As such the moves are often named according to the person who popularized them...

‘Bar Darce’: Jeff Glover’s Brilliant Darce Set Up On Intoxicated Guys

The D’Arce choke, or Brabo choke (how it’s called in Brazil), is similar to the Anaconda choke. The difference is that the choking arm is threaded under the near arm, in front of the opponent’s...

Robert Drysdale Shows How To Turn a Failed Darce Into A Great Guillotine

The Darce and Guillotine Choke support each other and are very good friends… When one fails, the other one is right there to cushion its failure, and revenge its fallen brother! That is...

Effective & Easy Ankle Pick Takedown With Robert Drysdale

The Ankle Pick is such a great takedown for jiujiteiros – even though it does (as all techniques do, truth be told) require a bit of practice and repetition in order to pull it off more...