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Tom DeBlass: “Don’t Take Away The Joy You Should Be Having In Jiu-Jitsu”

Are you feeling stressed out because you’re not improving as fast as you would like in Jiu-Jitsu? Is it making you unhappy? Well, even though that is normal, you should still seek to not lose...

The Back Trip Is One Of The Most Simple & Effective Takedowns For BJJ Athletes

Looking for simple and effective takedown techniques to expand your Jiu-Jitsu skillset? Here’s a great one: the Back Trip! Don’t let the complexity of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and grappling in...

BJJ Legend Demian Maia Shares 5 Tips For Quality Sleep

If you want to improve faster in Jiu-Jitsu, then training hard isn’t going to cut it. You’ll have to rest as hard (or even harder) than you train. And the best way to do that is...

Neil Melanson Shows How To Do The “Helicopter Triangle Choke”

The triangle choke from guard is one of the first submissions that you will typically learn in BJJ. It is highly effective and will work at all levels. There are so many ways to set up a triangle...

The Bravo Flip Choke Is A Great Option From The Turtle Position

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...

Neil Melanson Shows A Super Useful Choke (Your Training Partners Will Hate You For It)

If there’re two things you can be sure of when Neil Melanson has a technique to show, then they are: 1) it’s an effective technique, and 2) it’s probably nasty. For example, here is a...

You Need To Correct These Anaconda Choke Mistakes (You’re 100% Making Them)

The anaconda choke is an arm-triangle choke variation where an opponent’s arm is trapped with the head in a front headlock position. This submission is applied by placing your arm under the...

Firas Zahabi Shows An Awesome K Guard Transition

The K Guard is a type of open guard in which the bottom player positions their legs and upper body in a manner that resembles the letter “K”. While it can be assumed that the technique’s name...

BJJ Takedown Advice: Make ‘Em Stumble First

Could your takedowns use some work? Yeah, they probably could… Which is why you shouldn’t focus on techniques alone. But rather, on concepts too. For example, a concept that will go a...

Dante Leon Shows The Double Leg Body Lock To The Back 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...

Marcelo Garcia Shows How To Do The Perfect Guillotine Choke

Marcelo Garcia is one of the bjj greats. His weapon of choice was often the Guillotine with which he submitted quite a few big names. Among them are: Victor Estima, Josh Hinger, Kron Gracie, Mike...

How To Deal With Chaos In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu?

If you’ve just started training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (or even if you’ve been training for a while), you’ve probably felt kind of anxious here and there… Simply because...

John Danaher Explains Why You Should Start A Technique The Best You Can

Whenever you go for a technique in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, your aim should be to start it the best that you can. Why so? John Danaher explains in depth: The better a move starts – the easier it...

Nicolas Renier Shows A Powerful Way To Pass Half Guard

If you have been doing BJJ for any length of time you have asked yourself this question! Rickson Gracie once said, “the guard is the heart and soul of jiu jitsu”. If you haven’t already...

Gui Mendes Has A Cool X Guard Entry From Reverse De La Riva

Having an ability to utilize a wide array of guards in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu can only make you better. So, as soon as you start feeling comfortable with the “classic” guards (i.e. Closed Guard,...

Folding Pass: The Perfect Knee Shield Solution

Making your way around the Knee Shield can be tough… Especially when your opponent knows how to frame properly and has reasonable experience using it. However, using the Folding Pass is a...

Underhook The Knee: A Key Guard Passing Concept

Does it feel as if your guard passing is somewhat stagnating? As in, you do know a number of guard passes and you perform most of them with reasonable quality… But no matter how much you try,...

This Leg Drag Option Works Great Against A Strong Knee Line (Supine Guard)

The leg drag is a passing position where you control the opponent’s hip by dragging the leg towards one side. Early variants of the leg drag have been seen in competitions since the early 90s. It...

Junny Ocasio Explains Important Chain Passing Concepts In Jiu-Jitsu

Does it feel as if your guard passing is somewhat stagnating? As in, you do know a number of guard passes and you perform most of them with reasonable quality… But no matter how much you try,...

Dilemmas: The Secret To Success In Jiu-Jitsu

So you have a submission you want to go for in training… But your training partners keep defending it. Could it be because your technique sucks? Well, it most certainly could be. But it could...

You Have To Try This Technique From Half Butterfly Guard

The Half Butterfly is a fantastic guard, particularly well-suited for various Leg Lock entries – depending on your training partner’s reaction. Most of us get caught up using our half guard to...

Bruno Bastos Shows How To End Up On Top From Half Butterfly Guard

The Half Butterfly is a fantastic guard, particularly well-suited for various Leg Lock entries – depending on your training partner’s reaction. Most of us get caught up using our half...

Do The “Short Choke” From Crucifix – And Tap ‘Em Out Real Fast

The Crucifix is one of the most dominant positions in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu… But it tends to be somewhat elusive to athletes, especially those who haven’t learned how to set it up. The crucifix is...

How To Improve In Jiu-Jitsu? Start Thinking Long-Term

So you’d like to improve in Jiu-Jitsu as fast as possible, right? Of course, that’s what every single BJJ practitioner wants… But the way to do that, paradoxically, is to start...