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3 Open Guard Options vs. Standing Opponents

If you don’t have a gameplan from the open guard then this position can quickly become a confusing and ineffective ta...

3 Drills for Passing & Defending Butterfly Guard

Drilling is critical to skill development in BJJ in general, which is why we talk about it so often in this blog (cli...

The Easiest Butterfly Guard Sweep

Today I want to quickly share the easiest way to sweep someone from the butterfly guard. Many butterfly guard attacks...

What is the Butterfly Guard?

The Butterfly Guard is one of my very favorite positions these days. Regardless of whether you’re rolling with or wit...

What is the Open Guard?

Are you confused about the definition of the Open Guard? You are NOT alone. In fact, when I started BJJ someone tried...

4 Tips to Pass ANY Guard

Passing the guard of a skilled opponent is one of the hardest things to do in BJJ. If you don’t believe me, take a lo...

Ronda Rousey and the Power of Gameplans

In case you were hiding under a rock, Ronda Rousey fought Liz Carmouche last night at UFC 157. She both validated her...

Fifty Ways to Improve Your Grappling Almost Immediately

Sometimes the best way to get better is simply to stop doing things wrong. Over the years I’ve shot quite a few gueri...

How to Salvage a Failed Butterfly Guard Sweep

The ‘basic’ butterfly guard sweep is one of the most strongest sweeps in grappling. That’s why it shows up again and ...

How to Set Up the X Guard

I love the X Guard.  It’s such a high-percentage position. First of all, it can be applied from a huge number of open...

How to do the Butterfly Guard Sweep

Today I want to teach you how to do the most important sweep from the butterfly guard correctly. This is because some...

Neutralize the underhook and pass butterfly-guard with our GMA

With over 30 years of Jiu-Jitsu under his belt, Professor Marcio Simas is one of our more than 250 GMAs spread around...
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