Ricardo Marques Shows A Swift Triangle Choke Setup From Side Control
Jan 11, 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...
Kyra Gracie Reveals A Super Quick Heel Hook Setup From Guard Pass
Jan 09, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Kyra Gracie is one of the few Gracie women to achieve a black belt in BJJ and is the first Gracie female to actively compete in the sport. She is a 4x world BJJ champion and 3x ADCC. Her mother,...
Chad Keel Shows A Crazy Tight Monoplata Setup From Closed Guard
Jan 08, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
The omoplata, which means scapula in Portuguese, is a highly effective Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ submission). Also called the ashi sankaku garami (leg triangle entanglement) in judo and the coil lock...
Super Sneaky BJJ Submission: Foot Americana (From Bottom Side Control)
Jan 08, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Playing defense in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is most commonly associated with evading submissons and escaping bad positions. However, just because you’re defending yourself doesn’t mean you can’t...
Over Under Pass Counter: The Inverted Triangle Choke
Jan 08, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
The triangle choke is one of the most common and also one of the highest percentage submissions in Grappling. When executed perfectly, it is a powerful weapon which is very hard to escape. There are...
Arm Triangle From Lockdown? Yes, It’s Possible – Here’s How To Do It
Jan 08, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Created by prominent flat-earth proponent Mr. Eddie Bravo, the Lockdown system is an IBJJF legal half-guard series of techniques that offers multiple defensive and offensive options from the guard....
Have You Tried This Sneaky Armbar From Spider Guard?
Jan 08, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Brazilian jiu jitsu has a variety of guards but one every beginner has heard of is open guard. Open guard is perhaps not the easiest to come into as a beginner as it doesn’t dictate certified...
Counter The Berimbolo With An Estima Lock – Here’s How
Jan 06, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
The Berimbolo, whether you like it or not, when done correctly by someone who is very good at it, is extremely hard to stop. Some people simply will refuse to learn it or even do it. That’s...
The Mir Lock Is A Dangerous Submission… Here’s How To Do It
Jan 04, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
*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
Jan 02, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
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...
Giancarlo Bodoni Reveals Superb Arm-In Guillotine Choke Details
Jan 02, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
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...
Luis Heredia Shows a Takedown to a Paper Cut Choke Setup
Jan 02, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
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...
Amazing Kneebar Against Knee Shield: Here’s How To Get It
Dec 30, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
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
Dec 30, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
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...
Become More Dangerous From Bottom Positions With The Guillotine Guard
Dec 30, 2022Björn Friedrich
The Guillotine Guard is a new form of Guard Control that can be used from different forms of Closed and Open Guard. A strong neck control is the foundation of this position and allows you to break...
Make Your Kimura Extra Painful – The Neil Melanson Way
Dec 30, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
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
Dec 28, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
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...
Improve Your Rear Naked Choke With The “Switch Arm” Drill
Dec 26, 2022BJJEE1 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...
Self Defense Technique: Head & Arm Choke Against A Punch
Dec 26, 2022BJJEE1 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...
Mica Galvao’s Armbar From Knee Slice Pass Setup
Dec 26, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
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...
This Sneaky Leg Lock From X-Guard… Will Get You Lots Of Taps
Dec 24, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
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,...
The “Elbow On Calf” Is One Of The Most Unexpected Submissions, Ever
Dec 24, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Heel hooks, calf slicers, and neck cranks are all deemed dangerous submissions and prohibited from competition by the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF), a non-profit that hosts...
Darce Choke From Half Guard – Here’s How To Get It
Dec 24, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Alright, let us guess. You’re one of those jiujiteiros that has really long arms, and you simply adore hitting your training partners and opponents with the Darce, don’t you? In fact, we’re...
Brilliant SCARF CHOKE Setup That’ll Make Your Opponents Go “Zzzz” Fast
Dec 20, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Chokes, it could be argued, are the king of submissions. When you lock in an Armbar, a Kimura, a Straight Ankle Lock, or even a Heel Hook… If the adrenaline is running high, your opponent can...
