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Category Archive: Articles

Better Tap Quickly: Electric Chair Sweep to Toe Hold Submission

Anyone who has been caught in the Lockdown can attest to how frustrating it is to get out, let alone to pass the guard. If you try forcing your leg out, you can end up hurting your knee, or if you...

Wrestle Like a Pro: 5 Single to Double Leg Chain Takedowns

If you want to wrestle like a pro, then you need to learn to chain wrestle. Wrestling, BJJ, Sambo and judo is like a chess game where you need to plan your moves two to three to four steps ahead. To...

Gabi Garcia Rolling with Wanderlei Silva & Marcelo Garcia

Most dominating women’s BJJ champion of all time, Gabi Garcia rolling with Wanderlei Silva and the other cast members, during her guest appearance in TUF Brazil.     Check out the...

BJJ Black Belt Using Grappling To Win Stick Fighting Matches

BJJ black belt and Kung Fu master Thomas „Gong Fu“ Holtmann loves to use his grappling skills when he has weapon based sparring matches within the Dog Brothers organisations which he is an active...

What is The Ideal Weight For Jiu-Jitsu?

If you’ve already competed three or four times, chances are you’ve already given thought to weight classes and where you should keep your bodyweight at for optimal performance. The truth is there...

Travis Stevens Details His Hand Taping Methods- Hands of Destruction

Travis Stevens (born February 28, 1986) is a judoka and Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner from the United States who competed in the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympics. He competes in the...

Get Mind Blown with Rickson Gracie’s Hip Escape Mount Escape

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...

Top 10 Mistakes That Everybody Makes in BJJ

Starting a demanding sport like Brazilian jiu-jitsu is very difficult. Regardless of talent, most of us have been guilty of making some of these mistakes, some even repeatedly! This is why...

Renzo Gracie On How To Open The Closed Guard of a Stronger Opponent

Renzo teaches details of adjustment, grips and positioning to help you open the closed guard of a heavier and stronger opponent without having to muscle. He shows a fine detail regarding how to place...

2 Ways To Escape a Tight Body Triangle by Kurt Osiander

  A Body Triangle also known as a Figure-four body lock, is a technique in grappling that is employed from the back, back mount, or less frequently from the closed guard, whose purpose is to...

BJJ & Luta Livre Black Belt Develops a Brilliant IBJJF Legal Leglock Set Up in The Gi

Traditional gi Jiu-Jitsu, under IBJJF rules will  only allow for only straight ankle locks as legal leg lock submissions until the brown belt. It’s only when you get to brown belt, that your leg...

The Best Triangle Set Up from the Falcon Guard

What if you were able to to inject your closed guard a simple and effective triangle set up that would catch anybody?Joel Bouhey, a black belt in Hawaii under the legendary Luis Heredia, has...

What Does Each BJJ Belt Mean?

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...

Mahamed Aly: ‘Americans & Brazilians Learn & Train BJJ Differently’

BJJ world champion Mahamed Aly from Brazil, has been training and teaching BJJ in the USA for the past few years. In this interesting video, Aly talks about the difference between Americans and...

How To Decrease Knuckle, Finger & Joint Pain in Jiu-Jitsu

When Keenan Cornelius, an American Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner renowned for his “Jiu Jitsu Grand Slam,” was asked about his injuries, he noted, “My fingers hurt the most.”  Knuckle and...

“Beating The BJJ Rut”: Tips on How To Achieve a Black Belt in BJJ

Written by Mike “Spider-Ninja” Bidwell, a BJJ Black Belt under Phil Migliarese and Ken Kronenberg (Team Tai-Kai / Balance). Mike is a full time Jiu-Jitsuka, blogger (check out his great...

Nutrition Secrets of Iowa Wrestling Team

  The University of Iowa wrestling program is one of the most successful athletic programs in NCAA Division I. The University of Iowa Hawkeyes are a member of the Big Ten Conference. Iowa is...

Bas Rutten Crunch: Legal or Illegal under IBJJF Rules?

In the late 90’s Bas Rutten was fighting Pancrace in Japan and he was famous for one move: the ‘Bas Rutten’ neck crank. It’s a simple move that consists of controling your...

Why Your Jiu-Jitsu Instructor Won’t Promote You (Yet)

  In every BJJ academy there is somebody that has been training Jiu-Jitsu for years, sometimes even more years than most of the others and they are still stuck at their current belt. Why...

How to Eat Like Royalty While Staying in Fighting Shape

Anyone who works out hard and tries to stay in great shape knows how important the kitchen is when it comes to getting cut. You can spend all day lifting weights, rolling on the mats, doing cardio,...

Drysdale: ‘Fellipe Andrew Will Be The Best in The World, Will Outdo Buchecha’

Fellipe Andrew made a huge impact at this year’s European championship when he won the gold in the black belt absolute in spectacular fashion. The Zenith black belt became the first man to...

Roberto “Gordo” Correa On How He Developed The Offensive Half Guard

Roberto “Gordo” Correa is an important and legendary figure of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. A part of the old school generation, he has trained under Jean-Jacques Machado and has received his...

Jeff Glover On Why He Likes To Grapple Much Larger Opponents

Known for his unorthodox and entertaining competing style, Jeff Glover is one of the most remarkable and well-known faces of the modern day jiu jitsu game. We decided to have a brief chat with him....

BJJ 101: The Guillotine Choke

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...