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Category Archive: Articles, Videos

BJJ Purple Belt Pablo Escobar from Netflix’s ‘Narcos’ Rolling With Royler & Rickson Gracie

Wagner  Moura  is a Brazilian film, television and stage actor. Besides being a well-established and acclaimed actor in Brazil, he has achieved widespread international fame for his portrayal...

This One Handed Kimura Will Surprise Your Opponent

The Kimura would be known as the Reverse Ude Garami, or the Double Wrist Lock in Catch Wrestling circles. There are a lot of different names and sources to what we now know as the Kimura Lock. The...

BJJ Guard Retention-The 4 Layers of Arm Framing You Need

Here are some great guard retention concepts from BJJ black belt Samir Seif:   There are 7 layers before your guard is passed.In this video i address the three layers of the legs being...

Guy Develops Whole BJJ Game Around The Lethal Loop Choke

Alexander Matschl from Pound for Pound Academy in Munich, Germany has become a master of the lethal Loop Choke. He has developed his game around the loop choke and has caught numerous opponents with...

How To Set Up The No-Arm ‘Einemo Triangle Choke’

Check out this unorthodox triangle choke which was made famous by MMA fighter Nick Pace and ADCC champion Jon Olav Einemo. Nick Pace actually landed this choke in the UFC . Here is Nick Pace...

Powerful Surprise Choke Against Over Under Pass by Bernardo Faria & Jason Eames

Guest post by 5x BJJ World Champion Bernardo Faria, who is known for his half guard and smashing passing style. He achieved a phenomenal double gold medals in the BJJ Mundials in 2015. Be sure to...

Police Officer Tries To Arrest A Resisting Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt

DenverMartialArts.com in conjunction with LightningKicks.com and Centurian Modern Law Enforcement Subject Control utilizing modern hand to hand combat tactics to train police on real world scenarios....

Try This Super Powerful Lapel Cross Collar Choke

BJJ black belt Mike Bidwell from BJJ after Forty shows an interesting variation to the classic cross collar choke from the guard. Bidwell stated: Here’s a pretty dope modifcation and set up for...

Watch: Joe Rogan Sparring With Muay Thai World Champion

Joe rogan holds a black belt in BJJ and also in Taekwondo. He was national level Taekwondo competitor in his past and still has some good kicks. During high school, Rogan was a trained taekwondo and...

Kickboxing World Champion Takes The Challenge, Grapples Senegalese Wrestlers

Senegalese wrestling is a folk Wrestling style that is indigenous to the country of Senegal in Western Africa. They main goal of a match is to take the opponent down or push them out of the area....

That Time when ADCC Champ Jon Olav & Sergey Kharitonov Entered a Local BJJ Competition in Thailand

Thailand, especially the island of Phuket is quickly becoming one of the best places on earth to train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Phuket,is home to many of the best MMA gyms in the world and also to a very...

A Jedi Mind Trick for Passing the Guard in Jiu-Jitsu

This is a butterfly guard pass which will not require any kind of speed, grips or athleticism; instead it will be all about timing when it comes to this guard pass. In order to have great timing, you...

Most Useless Belt Promotion Ever: BJJ Instructor Promotes Students Then Chokes Them Unconscious

If you train BJJ, you have probably noticed to most schools have different ways off promoting students. One controversial and quite common way is the  gauntlet/tunnel. In the gauntlet, you take your...

Mugger Used Rear Naked Choke in Order to Steal $7,000 Rolex watch

A student was left unconscious in central London after a ‘hugger mugger’ grabbed him round the neck and tore a £5,000 (7,000 USD) Rolex watch from his wrist. The mugger approached the...

Wrestler Ridicules “Self Defense Specialist” With No Grappling Experience

Self Defense vs Combat Sports: What Is More Effective in the REAL World? If you are teaching self defense, you better some knowledge of Wrestling and the Grappling arts… When showing a...

Ryan Hall: ‘You Shouldn’t Be Competing in BJJ Unless You Are 100% Prepared’

Ryan Hall is a UFC fighter, BJJ black belt, head instructor of 50/50 BJJ, an ADCC bronze medalist with a long career in high level competition throughout which he has beaten many of the top grapplers...

Legendary Wrestler Aleksandr Karelin On How He Mentally Prepares For Competition

The mental game is 90% of your success. Aleksandr definitely had the mental edge. Aleksandr Karelin, born September 19, 1967 in Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR is a Hero of the Russian Federation and was a...

Pedro Sauer: Dealing with Untrained & Aggressive Individuals in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Professor Pedro Sauer is a special person in the BJJ world. Having trained directly under Rickson and Grand Master Helio Gracie, he was at ground zero when the movement started to gain a foothold on...

Dancing With Jiu-Jitsu Stars: Leandro Lo, Alan ‘Finfou’ & Bruno Mathias Show Off Their Dancing Skills

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has a lot in common with dancing. You need rhythm, feeling and emotion. In these videos, Alan ‘Finfou’ Nascimento, Bruno Mathias, Rodolfo Vieira and Leandro Lo show us...

How to Tie Your BJJ Belt So It Will Never Come Off During Training

There are a lot of ways you can tie your belt in BJJ.There are countless ways to tie your belt from the superlock (never comes undone) to the standard to the old school Gracie way. Whether you’re...

“The Gentle Art Of Travel”: Filmmaker Followed 12 BJJ Globetrotters Camps For one full year

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Globetrottersoffer a de-centralized alternative to the traditional affiliation system of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. They have a fundamental emphasis on promoting a non-political...

Watch Roger Gracie vs Fernando ‘Margarida’, One of the Best Matches of All Time

Fernando “Margarida” Pontes is in the Top 10 of best Jiu-Jitsu competitors of all time. In the early 2000’s, he was on top of the world having won the weight and absolute at the...

Learn Romulo Barral’s Infamous Spider Guard Scissor Sweep to Triangle

Rolling against a very defensive opponent can be very frustrating. You are trying to move them but they are trying to survive and blocking all your attacks. A great option for this type of opponent...

Rare Footage: Marcelo Garcia vs Romulo Barral

These two legends faced each other a few years back in Brazil. These are 2 of the major competitors of their generation. Marcelo Garcia in New York and Team Alliance vs Romulo Barral de Gracie Barra...