Firas Zahabi Shows A Simple Arm Drag Progression Drill
Feb 06, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
The Arm Drag is one of the most basic wrestling techniques you can use to set up takedowns… And yet, a lot of BJJ athletes miss extremely important details when trying to hit it. The arm drag is...
Smash Anyone’s Half Guard With This Secret Grip (No, Really – It’s Super Effective)
Feb 06, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Many BJJ practitioners have made a career from forcing an under hook half guard and sweeping or taking the back. This is a common method of playing guard used by a lot of elite level grapplers such...
Ever Combined Lasso And Z Guard? You Need To Try It Out
Feb 06, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Be honest with us… Do you feel like you’re a bit behind the “modern” game in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu? If so, then you’re probably not playing the Z Guard game, either. But hear us out –...
Jocko Willink Explains How To Encourage Kids To Start BJJ: “Make It Fun”
Feb 06, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
You’d like your kid(s) to start training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu? Awesome! However, it’s not as easy as just “throwing them onto the mats”. Jocko Willink knows this well, as...
How Should You Use Instructionals To Improve In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu?
Feb 06, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
You’re passionate about Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and you want to improve in it as best and as fast as you can… So you buy an instructional – but now what? How should you use BJJ...
John Danaher Demonstrates A Simple Arm Drag & Hip Kouchi Trip
Feb 05, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
You know what they say: the simplest of solutions are often the best of solutions. Be it in life or on the mats. So, if you are having some life or grappling related problems, perhaps it’s time to...
Former Navy SEAL Shows How To Use The 2-on-1 For Self Defense
Feb 05, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
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...
Giancarlo Bodoni Shows How To Escape The Dreaded Body Triangle Position
Feb 02, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
The Body Triangle in Jiu-Jitsu is one of the absolute worst positions you could end up in. Not only is your back taken, but you’re experiencing this tremendous pressure across your ribcage… That...
Here’s How To Cross Collar Choke Someone From The Knee Split Position
Feb 02, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
One of the most effective ways to pressure pass in Gi is by using the Folding Pass, Thomas explains; even though there’re different details to the setup when in comparison to the one in the Gi, the...
Shotgun & Reverse Armbars From Side Control – Here’s How To Set Them Up
Feb 02, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Side Control is, for many Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu students, their favorite position. And deservedly so, as it’s perhaps the safest one to hold and as it has a number of attacking options at its...
The Perfect Open Guard Pass for Older Jiu-Jitsu Students
Feb 01, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
The Open Guard can be tricky to pass… Especially if you’re an older BJJ student who isn’t exactly used to passing with speed and power. Torreando passing might not be for you, but...
Easy-To-Do Self Defense Sequence: Pluck Head & Arm To Leg Reap
Jan 31, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
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...
The “Deadman” (Arm Drag To Choke Setup) Is Great For Self Defense
Jan 31, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
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...
Marcelo Garcia Shows The Perfect Way To Control & Attack The Back In BJJ
Jan 31, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Here are some of the key details to make your seat belt from the back a whole lot more dangerous and start finishing more chokes just like Marcelo Garcia. These no-gi techniques were perfected by...
Gordon Ryan & Nicholas Meregali Teach Some Differences Between Gi & No-Gi Back Attacks
Jan 31, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Nicholas Meregali has decided, after years of dominating the competition podiums in the gi, to venture out into the world of no-gi grappling. In order to do so, he sought out help from John Danaher...
This Arm Triangle Setup Works Great Against Wrestlers
Jan 31, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
When you train Jiu-Jitsu, facing a wrestler can be a daunting task. They have great grappling conditioning, are very scrappy, have great base, and are very aggressive. Wrestlers have strength,...
Bird Wiltse Shows A Single Leg X Guard Sweep… That You’ve Never Seen Before
Jan 31, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
The Single Leg X-Guard is a perfect guard for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) practitioners who like to attack their opponents with both sweeps and submissions. As Single Leg X-Guard positions you...
Andrew Wiltse Explains How To Combine Wrestling And Sweeps In BJJ
Jan 31, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
One of the biggest “mistakes” that the majority of BJJ students make – and that you can exploit – is that once they get down to the mats, they stay down… Instead of wrestling up –...
How To Reduce Recovery Time When Someone’s Passing Your Guard?
Jan 31, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
You know the saying: „Guard recovery – you can never be too good at it.“ Well okay, okay. It isn’t exactly a saying… But it should be, because your guard recovery will determine a lot of...
21-Year-Old Dies After Suffering A Blow During BJJ Training In Brazil
Jan 30, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Image Credits: Tatame Tragic news are coming from João Pessoa, Paraíba (Brazil). A young man, just 21 years old, has passed away on January 26 – after he suffered a blow during Brazilian...
BJJ Advice: Always Attack From An Angle – Never From The Front
Jan 29, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Concepts are just as important as techniques in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu… Or maybe even more important – because they can be utilized across a wide variety of moves. For example, a really...
Get Your Arm Underneath Their Chin (For A Rear Naked Choke) – Here’s How
Jan 27, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
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...
The “Scissor” Is An Extremely Useful Movement In BJJ & You Need To Practice It
Jan 27, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Are you looking to improve your Open Guard game? Yes? Fantastic! But yeah, we know how frustrating playing it can get; you seem to have less attacking options than you do when playing from top and...
The Under Cross Reap: Here’s How To Set It Up
Jan 27, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
The Japanese term ashi garami translates literally to “leg entanglement”. Cross ashi garami refers to trapping or entangling an opponents’ leg across your own center line. Inside sankaku is a...
