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Deal With Submissions From Side Control & North South With These Tips
Side control is a difficult position to be in. Side control with submissions being applied is even worse! In this vid...
Andre Galvao Has a Special BodyLock Pass Variation
If you’ve been following the pro BJJ scene, you may noticed many top grapplers having incredible success with a certa...
Surprise Your Training Partners With The Teepee Choke (From Triangle)
It probably happened you a thousand times – you set up a Triangle Choke, but the training partner defends by hiding t...
This Old School Half Guard Sweep Works Great For All BJJ Belt Ranks
Yeah… Learning techniques that have a million different details can be frustrating. Especially if you’re someone who ...
Tired Of Boring Warm Up Drills? These Guard Passing Drills Are Better
Warming up before training is a must. However, it can get quite tiresome and – with time – extremely boring. Plus, mo...
When They Defend Your Regular Sleeve Choke, You Go For The ‘Superman Choke’
Check out this Superman choke by BJJ black belt Ronald Manipol , a student of Carlos Machado in Dallas, Texas. It’s c...
The Secret To Better BJJ Escapes: Get In A Bad Position… And Do Nothing
Be honest with us: could your BJJ escapes be polished up a little bit? Could they use some work? Yeah, they probably ...
4 Tips For Staying Healthy And Injury-Free In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Training should never be about winning or losing. Rather, it should be about learning new techniques, setups, transit...
Gordon Ryan Explains His Stomach Issue: “I Was Nauseous 24/7”
Gordon Ryan had to take a leave of absence from competition – effectively retiring from BJJ for a short period of tim...
The UNSTOPPABLE Sweep by Mike Fowler Works Like A Charm
No matter how much you know, you’ll never know everything in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. No matter the amount of techniques ...
Is “Muscle Memory” in BJJ A Real Thing?
Guest post by Evolve MMA, Asia’s premier championship brand for martial arts. It has the most number of World Champio...
Realities of Using Jiu-Jitsu in a Street Altercation: You Could Get Jumped
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a fantastic martial art and its use in potential self-defense scenarios is clear. However, it’...