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Mega Sprawl & Pass Is The Perfect Solution To Smash Through the Z-Guard

Today countless numbers of jiu jitsu practitioners around the globe are using their knee shield, frame and under hook to shield tons upon tons of opponent pressure, elevate them to sweep them,...

Pressure Pass The Knee Shield Like Rodolfo Vieira

Are you very often stuck in your opponent’s knee shield half guard? Today countless numbers of jiu jitsu practitioners around the globe are using their knee shield, frame and under hook to...

No Training Partner? How To Drill Your Takedowns With A Heavy Bag & Solo Drills

The Grappling workout videos below are a great example of these grappling specific conditioning you can get done at home with some simple set-ups and creativity. You can use a heavy bag to work on...

Improving Your Grappling Game Through Solo Drilling

When we think about training and getting on the mat to put in some hours of work, we tend to think about being able to hit certain submissions and dominating our opponent.  While this plays a very...

Academy Closed? Do These BJJ Solo Drills with Your Belt

  As we all know Jiu-Jitsu practice requires a partner and mats. However your BJJ academy might be currently closed you may miss some time on the mats. In this video Mike Bidwell from BJJAfter...

No Partner, No Problem: BJJ Solo Drilling Collection

We are all addicted to BJJ and can never get enough. The only problem is that BJJ drilling requires a partner. Mike Bidwell from BJJAfter 40 shows some great solo drills when you don’t have a...

Andre Galvao Has a Brilliant Way To Escape a Triangle By Standing Up

There are so many ways to defend a triangle choke. You have the early escape, the middle escape and the last chance ‘Hail Mary’ escape. The great ADCC and BJJ world champion Andre Galvao...

Rolling Tired in Jiu-Jitsu: That’s When The Magic Happens

Photo by Daria Kochetkova Photography. IG: Tebezvonu. How many times have you sat out a round? How many times have you said no to a roll because the partner who offered is drastically better or...

Keenan Cornelius Shares Best Way to Escape a Jiujitsu Triangle – And Not Get Armbarred In Process

Keenan Cornelius is one of the bannerman of ATOS in every way. He’s gained international popularity with the innovations he’s brought to the game including his staggering combinations of...

Pros and Cons of Learning BJJ Online

Condemned by some, encouraged by others, online learning has been a relatively new trend that started with Gracie University. There are several websites that offer videos with BJJ techniques and...

Garry Tonon’s Flying Scissor Heel Hook Finish in EBI | Kani Basami

Garry “Lion Killer” Tonon (Danaher Death Squad – Renzo Gracie HQ) is a BJJ black belt under Tom deBlass and Ricardo Almeida, currently training with the mastermind John Danaher....

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...

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...

Dominate with The Reverse Grip Kimura

The Closed Guard possesses so many submission options that it’s sometimes as if you’re in an ice cream shop: there’s just too many flavors to choose from! Sometimes, however, it...

What To Do When You Don’t Feel Like Training BUT You Have A Competition Approaching

Photo by Daria Kochetkova Photography. IG: Tebezvonu. For serious competitors: Everyday will not be a great day or even a good day. Your love of Jiu Jitsu has to give you the strength to find a way...

Drill To Win: Science Backs Up Effectiveness of Drilling for Jiu-Jitsu

Written by Andrew “Major” Johnson, BJJ black belt -Andrew trains under Joshua “Foca” Miller at Gracie Barra Lexington, SC. According to science, you should stop reading this, and just go...

Why Am I So Exhausted After BJJ & What To Do About It

So you always feel wiped out after Jiu Jitsu? Always sore the next day barely able to perform? In this article we will analyze some of the factors that cause you to be wiped out after Jiu Jitsu (both...

Tyron Woodley Coach Din Thomas: ‘Life is Like Training in BJJ. Sometimes you Get Mounted…’

One of the most common things you will hear from long time Jiu Jitsu practitioners is how Jiu Jitsu helped them transform their life in better. But how does Jiu Jitsu do that? What can you do to help...

Meet The Olympian who risks his Life to Teach Kids Judo

In life, there are many things money can’t buy – one of them is true dedication as seen in the case of Judo Olympian Ali Khousrof.   Ali Khousrof is a Yemeni judoka who competes in...

BJJ 101: Half 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...

When Doing Jiu-Jitsu As A Bear, Train Like A Koala

Photo: Tom Deblass of oceancountybjj.com Guest post by Andrew Lewis of blackmetalbarbellstrength.com   Everyone doing jiujitsu spends their time in jiujitsu learning new skills and refining...

Most Common BJJ Injuries & How To Roll With Them

Going too hard during BJJ practice is like pushing a rubber band to the point of snapping. Often times while rolling, tapping out isn’t an option because our egos are dominating our minds. Only...

3 Tips For Your First Competition

Photo: Jelena Calasan Your very first BJJ tournament is going to be stressful. “Do your best, and have fun” is much easier said than done, when you don’t quite know what to expect, and might...

Incredible Comeback- Ffion Davies Spent 5 mins Caught in a Triangle, Escaped & Tapped Her Opponent

One of the most exciting and inspiring things that can happen in sports is when bad luck starts to change and an athlete makes an unbelievable comeback. BJJ world champion Ffion Davies of Wales spent...