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Butterfly Guard Sweep Counter
The Butterfly Sweep is one of those fundamental moves that you see everywhere.
In every dojo and at every major tourn...
The Reverse Armbar from Closed Guard
I was a white belt when I first saw the reverse armbar from closed guard (also known as the ‘arm crush’, the ‘razor l...
Most Commonly Used Guards In Jiu-Jitsu
The great thing about Jiu-Jitsu is that there are so many options. Every single practitioner will prefer different po...
How to do the Reverse Butterfly Sweep
I talk a lot about the butterfly guard around here; it’s one of my very favourite guard positions. It’s powerful, it...
Finger Pain in BJJ and What to Do About It
“My Fingers Hurt…”
I get a lot of emails, tweets and messages from BJJ practitioners about fingers hurting all the t...
The Guard: Essential Vocabulary
The guard is arguably what made jiu-jitsu famous. To the untrained eye, the bottom man is in great danger, but armed ...
Super Easy and Effective Sweep from Butterfly Guard by Jason Scully
In the world of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and mixed martial arts, the butterfly guard is known as one of the best guards a ...
How to Take the Back from X Guard
It’s almost impossible to use the Butterfly Guard without also using the X Guard…
When you attack with the Butterfly ...
Hitting the Omoplata from the Butterfly Guard
Many people use the butterfly guard only as a sweeping position. But that’s a mistake because you can also hit powerf...
How To Pass Butterfly Guard By Mahamed Aly
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Flavio Almeida breaks down the butterfly guard
Learn from one of the most skilled Gracie Barra black belts. Flavio Almeida teaches the secrets of his favorite gua...
How To Use Moves You Already Know to Do Advanced Techniques
We’ve just launched the latest Grapplearts BJJ instructional mobile app with my friend Brandon ‘Wolverine’ Mullins.
I...