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Here Is How To Do The Perfect Kimura From Side Control

Side Control can be a weird position sometimes. Like, you’re for sure in a more dominant position than your opponent is, but oftentimes you just can’t seem to get a submission from there...

The Scissor Choke: A Submission Your Opponents Won’t See Coming

There’s nothing quite like catching your training partners with a technique they don’t expect, right? You’re rolling, you’re doing your thing, and they’re expecting you...

Gordon Ryan Shows Super Important Jiu-Jitsu Armbar Details

Sure, the Armbar does seem as one of the easiest techniques in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu… But the truth of the matter is that there are a lot of details that you need to get right if you want to...

Here’s How To Use The Front Headlock To Set Up The Kimura

So you’ve set up a Front Headlock from Butterfly Guard and you think you have a good squeeze… But then, your opponent starts defending – by grabbing your arm, to get it off of their...

Craig Jones Shows A Cool Kneebar Setup – From Turtle

Sure, the Turtle is a great position to be in defensively (at least before you transition to another one)… But you can turn it into an equally fantastic offensive position – if you know...

Giancarlo Bodoni Has An Awesome Triangle Choke Setup From Closed Guard

Remember that Hip Bump Sweep technique from Closed Guard, that you’ve probably learned during your very first white belt days? And how, if your training partner posts on the mat in the process,...

Mikey Musumeci Has A Great Omoplata Setup (From Modified De La Riva Guard)

The De La Riva Guard is an exceptional guard – you can set up all sorts of sweeps and submissions from it. But if you further reinforce it with a Collar Sleeve Guard… You’ll have...

Here’s A Great Way To Get To Front Headlock From Standing

While it has experienced a recent uptick in its popularity, the front headlock is perhaps the most under-appreciated position in all of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Submission Grappling. Although the...

Henry Akins Shows The Best Way To Do The Americana Lock (From Mount)

Oh, the Americana Lock from Mount… Probably one of the first submission techniques you were taught in Jiu-Jitsu, right? (It was the very first one for this article’s writer). But how...

This Is How To Perfect The Outside Heel Hook Finish In Jiu-Jitsu

The Outside Heel Hook is one of the most powerful submissions in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. But, as it is the case with almost any other submission, there are numerous ways and details to make it better....

This BJJ Outside Heel Hook Setup Is Extremely Powerful

The Heel Hook is, most definitely, among the most devastating submission techniques in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. But even so, it has its own variations that range in their own destructiveness...

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...

This Move Will Make You Enemies On The Mats: The “Butcher Shop”

Do you have a favorite training partner who doesn’t have anything against you trying out weird (and, often times, painful) techniques on them? If so, then you’re going to love the...

This Double Armbar From Top Half Guard Will Take Them By Surprise

So you’re in top Half Guard and aren’t quite sure what to do from there… Sure, you could try and transition to a more dominant position, but there are also submission options...

John Danaher Explains The “Forward Bias” Concept (For Triangle Chokes)

When it comes to Triangle Chokes, there are a lot more details that you should aim to improve than you might’ve thought in the first place. Why? Because it comes down not just to “how...

This Triangle Choke Variation From Closed Guard Works Great

Triangle Choke from Closed Guard? Yeah… Probably one of the first (submission) techniques you were taught in Jiu-Jitsu. And probably one of the first ones your training partners learned to...

Here’s How To Do The Perfect Triangle Choke (Even If You Have Short Legs)

The Triangle Choke is one of the most powerful submission techniques in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. However, just like any other technique, there are quite a bit of details that you should learn if you want...

This Kimura Lock Variation Is Super Effective – Here’s How To Do It

The Kimura Lock is one of the most devastating submissions in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu – if you don’t tap to it on time, you can say “goodbye” to your shoulder… Which takes a...

Jason Rau Has Great Submissions From The K Guard

Do you play the K Guard game in Jiu-Jitsu? No? Have you, at the very least, tried to experiment with it? No? Well, that’s a shame… Because the K Guard is a very dangerous position –...

Garry Tonon Has The Most Unstoppable Toe Hold Setup

Ah, the Toe Hold… One of those submissions that come on quick and that you have to be fast to tap to – otherwise, something is most certainly going to “pop”. But if...

Dean Lister Shows The Proper Way To Set Up A Straight Ankle Lock (From Standing)

The Straight Ankle Lock is a Leg Lock technique that you can, with relative ease, set up from standing. And if you do it properly and quickly enough, well, the tap is almost as good as guaranteed....

Upgrade Your Straight Ankle Lock With The “Legal Reap Foot” Setup

If you’re someone who enjoys doing Leg Locks, then chances are that Heel Hooks have been your primary focus – not Straight Ankle Locks and their variations… Which is a big shame,...

This Armbar From Mount Setup Works Like A Charm (You Need To Learn It)

So you’re finally in Mount – congratulations! You’ve worked hard to get to this dominant position and now a plethora submissions are at your disposal. But there’s only one...

Jason Rau Has An Incredible Way To Set Up A Heel Hook From 50/50 (Standing Opponent)

The 50/50 position in Jiu-Jitsu is exactly what it sounds like: neither here nor there. Both you and your opponent could get offense going. And if your opponent is in a standing position, well, there...