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Neil Melanson Shows A Powerful Way To Take The Back From Turtle

It can be sometimes incredibly frustrating when your opponent turtles up, because it can seem that there’s no way you can open them up. And even less so, to take their back – which might...

Neil Melanson Shows How To Set Up An Arm Triangle – From Closed Guard

If there is one guarantee that will make your submission technique work, even if it is low percentage – then it’s about surprising your opponents with it. For, if they don’t expect...

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...

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...

Neil Melanson Shows A Filthy 2 On 1 Arm Crank Submission (Be Careful With 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...

Try This “Hand Gun” Guillotine Choke Variation By Neil Melanson

Even though the Guillotine Choke is a basic white belt move, there are so many ways to do it DEAD WRONG! There are so many common mistakes, such as bad grip placement, not scooting your hips out,...

Neil Melanson Shows How To Do The “Ankle Lace”

In Jiu-Jitsu, 80% of your time will be spent either defending your guard or passing the guard. Against a very high level guard player, passing the guard is definitely one of the hardest aspects to...

The “Kingpin” Is A Horrifying Position – Here’s How To Do It To Someone

The shoulder pin guard aka the Williams guard is a great option which you can use from the closed or half guard. You have countless option using the overhook and from there are as triangles,...

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...

Bring The Pain With the Shin Whizzer to Darce

The shin whizzer is a technique that your opponents often don’t expect, and it is a powerful starting point for a whole rainbow of colorful submissions. In these two videos from Neil...

Neil Melanson Demonstrates How To Counter The “Ball Splitter”

You’ve been working hard on your Triangle Choke, haven’t you? Of course you have, it shows. Day in and day out, you’ve drilled it and practiced setting it up in every single roll....

Neil Melanson’s Behind The Back Guard Pass Will Surprise Your Opponents

Coach Neil Melanson always has great and unexpected techniques under his sleeve, ones that will surely catch your own opponents unexpected! This time, he has a great Behind the Back Guard Pass that...