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The Mir Lock Is A Dangerous Submission… Here’s How To Do It

*Dramatic music plays in the bacground*: the Mir Lock! A powerful, shoulder-lock based submission that gets heads (and rotator cuffs) turning whenever it is applied properly. However, it is not seen...

The Wrist Lock From Side Control They’ll Never See Coming

Wrist lock is perhaps the most underutilized and underestimated submissions in Grappling. There is no denying the effectiveness of the submission, along with the huge number of positions that it can...

The (Somewhat) Easy Way To Escape Knee On Belly – By Paul Schreiner

Do you struggle when your training partners and opponents hit you with the Knee On Belly position? When they’re having so much fun with it? The Knee On Belly doesn’t just hurt the body, it hurts...

Giancarlo Bodoni Reveals Superb Arm-In Guillotine Choke Details

What’s your favorite submission? Sure, you may have a ton of submissions that you like to go for, but if you had to pick just one… Which one would it be? Well, for Ricardo Almeida – Renzo...

Super Simple Way To Finish The Single Leg Takedown (Against Heavy Hips)

Takedowns are a must if you want to dictate the pace of a match. Joe Rogan said that fighters with strong takedown games can push the pace better because the takedown threat is always looming. This...

Paul Schreiner Demonstrates A Surprising Method For Escaping Side Control

Escaping the sidecontrol is one of the biggest challenges any beginner faces and it’s paramount to mastering bjj or even just saying you have rudimentary skills. Coming out of side control is no...

Luis Heredia Shows a Takedown to a Paper Cut Choke Setup

The transition between standing techniques and ground techniques are rarely taught in BJJ. This is a small window of opportunity that is often neglected in BJJ. Capitalising on this moment is a...

John Danaher: “You Need Time To Manifest Improvement”

The 2023 is upon us – and so is everyone’s New Year’s resolutions, one bigger than the other. But how are you supposed to achieve these goals? One thing is for certain:...

Amazing Kneebar Against Knee Shield: Here’s How To Get It

A kneebar (also known as legbar, kneelock or hiza-juji-gatame) is a leglock that can hyperextend the knee. The basic kneebar technique is similar to that of an armbar. The practitioner will...

Can’t Get The Rear Naked Choke? This Armbar Transitions Works Great

The best moves in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu are, arguably, the ones which aren’t (too) complicated – and that you can resort to more often than not. These high percentage techniques need to be learned...

Here’s How To Escape Technical Mount… The Easy Way

Remember every time you are stuck in the mount and you can’t escape for dear life? You are being smashed and left at the mercy of your opponent and are clueless on how to escape? For many...

Make Your Kimura Extra Painful – The Neil Melanson Way

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...

The Inside Shoulder Trap: A Closed Guard Technique You Absolutely Need

Let’s remind ourselves of the most important thing you need to do when you have someone in your closed guard: attack at all times. Many jiujiteiros make a mistake of holding a closed guard for a...

BJJ Fundamentals: Basic Single Leg Takedown

Having a good standup game in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a must if you want to become a complete BJJ athlete… Which is why it’s best to start working on your takedowns as soon as possible....

Incredible Hip Heist Sweep Details By Firas Zahabi

The closed guard is likely the first type of guard a student will learn in BJJ. The closed guard is just one of the many guards you’ll encounter in your training. It is a part of the identity of...

Finish The Single Leg Every Time With This Simple Leg Lift Technique

Getting to the Single Leg is already hard… But getting the actual takedown can be even tougher. Especially if your opponent knows how to defend and if your favorite setup (i.e. probably...

The 3 Directions Of Movement You Need In Closed Guard

When you’re stuck in Closed Guard, you better know how to move… Otherwise, you’ll get swept and/or submitted in a blink of an eye. Opening a strong closed guard in No Gi is usually...

Improve Your Rear Naked Choke With The “Switch Arm” Drill

You know what they say about Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: it’s all in the details. In those small adjustments that can improve your technique by tenfold, but which you’d never come across if someone...

Turn The Corner When Opponent Sprawls – And Finish The Takedown

Double leg takedown is probably the most utilized and high percentage takedown in MMA. And it is not only used in that sport, but also in many others like freestyle wrestling, BJJ, grappling, sambo,...

Self Defense Technique: Head & Arm Choke Against A Punch

One can never necessarily be completely “ready” for a real self defense situation, however, we can increase our odds of surviving against a violent attacker by targeting certain moves, and...

Basic Side Control Escape: Here’s How To Do It

Just started training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu? Awesome! For now, you should learn some basic techniques, especially defensive ones; such as the basic Side Control escape. Escaping the sidecontrol is one...

Mica Galvao’s Armbar From Knee Slice Pass Setup

Did you know that there’s a really cool Armbar setup you can go for when passing the opponent’s guard with a Knee Slice? Yup! It’s one of Mica Galvao‘s favorite submission...

Crucial Side Control Escape Concept: Move Their Head

Escaping the sidecontrol is one of the biggest challenges any beginner faces and it’s paramount to mastering bjj or even just saying you have rudimentary skills. Coming out of side control is no...

Having Trouble Against Bigger Guys In BJJ? Use The Frame Lasso

For smaller grapplers out there in the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu world, things can be a little tricky when you enter competitions and step onto the mat to see that your opponent is a hulking figure, almost...