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Catch and Release – What to do if your opponent just won’t tap?
Back when I was mostly training in Judo I heard that there were some traditional dojos in Japan where tapping out to ...
One more Von Flue Choke
As you know, in the last few newsletters we’ve been discussing body position for guillotine chokes and using the ‘Von...
Everybody Was Von Flue Fighting…
When people first learn the Von Flue choke they often find that their opponent can bridge them over and then they end...
Never Get Guillotined Again!
OK, I have to admit that I’m exaggerating with the whole “never get guillotined again” title, but it’s almost true. I...
Jiu-jitsu, a Game of Inches
One of my favorite expressions is that “jiu-jitsu is a game of inches”. Sometimes a whole match can be decided by the...
Submission Grappling Choke
The arm drag from butterfly guard to the back is a tried-and-true technique that has ended many matches in submission...
Preventing & Escaping the RNC
A reader asked:
Q:“How do I escape the Rear Naked Choke – I’ve tried all sorts of things and they don’t seem to work…...
Submissions as Sweeps
Submissions end fights, and sweeps take you from the bottom to the top. At first glance they seem like very different...
A Roadmap for the Rear Naked Choke
The Rear Naked Choke, or RNC, is one of those fundamental techniques. Choking someone from rearmount is an incredibly...
The Anaconda Choke
The Anaconda Choke used to be a relatively unknown choke that has now been making waves in MMA for a couple of years....
One more thing about Choking
Before we leave this topic I want to point out that not all chokes occur at the neck.Of course squeezing the windpipe...
Air Chokes
For the last two weeks we have primarily been discussing strangles that cut off the supply of blood to the brain – th...