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How To Not Gas Out From Exhaustion When Rolling
Perhaps one of the most difficult aspects of Jiu-Jitsu for beginners is learning how...
12 BJJ Black Belts Give Their Best Advice For Starting Jiu-Jitsu
12 BJJ black belts give their single best piece of advice for people just...
Tom DeBlass Speaks To The Students Who Have Left BJJ
Tom offers his thoughts on what it means to have students leave his academy...
Try This Painful Choke To Open Your Opponent’s Closed Guard!
A really frustration situation in BJJ is when a long legged person locks up...
Renzo Gracie Teaches An Armbar Variation For When The Opponent Tries To Defend
Instead of stretching his opponent’s arm, as in the traditional armbar from closed guard,...
Jiu-Jitsu Basics | How & Why We Breakfall
Breakfalls are extremely important in practicing Jiu-Jitsu & Judo. The help to develop body...
To Cross Or Not To Cross Your Feet? Answering The Great Armbar Question
Especially when you first start out in jiu-jitsu, you’ll probably hear a lot of people telling you not to cross your ...
How Do I Survive The First Day Of BJJ Class?
Your first day in BJJ can be overwhelming. One minute you walk into a...
Why CHOCOLATE MILK Might Be The Best Choice For BJJ Recovery.
BJJ is a tough sport and if you are doing it right you are...
Do You Have Trouble Going From Defense Back To Offense? Don’t Worry — There’s Hope
Whether you haven’t yet gotten out of that “survival mode” you adapt as a white belt or you just struggle to go back ...
What Do You Do When You Find Out Your Instructor Wasn’t Who You Thought They Were?
It is unpleasant and painful to discover your instructor is not the person you...
How To Avoid Getting Sucker Punched | Jiu-Jitsu Self-Defense
By definition, a “sucker punch” is one without warning, or at least without obvious...