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‘Buster Guard’ Throw By to Omoplata by Lou Armezzani
Learn Why The Buster Guard Is A Great Go-To Guard For ANY Grappler Looking For Consistent Methods To Control, Sweep, ...
Closed Guard Strategies with Jon Thomas
In episode episode 331 of The Strenuous Life Podcast BJJ black belt competitor Jon Thomas goes deep into the strategi...
Roger Gracie Explains The Best Way to Pass the Closed Guard
Roger Gracie is widely considered the best jiu-jitsu player of all time — an opinion that’s even held by Gordon Ryan’...
New Release: The Closed Guard System with Jon Thomas!!
So I just released a BRAND NEW instructional featuring renowned BJJ black belt instructor Jon Thomas!
It’s called ‘Th...
Xande Ribeiro Explains The Side Closed Guard
Xande Ribeiro is well known in the BJJ community, not only for being one half of the Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu Association al...
A Closed Guard Passing Strategy
In a world full of butterfly guards, lapel guards, and upside-down-reverse-de-la-Riva guards it’s sometimes easy to f...
Range and Distance in Guard
There’s just something about jiu-jitsu that leads to a proliferation of styles of guard. From Z Guard to X Guard and...
Making the Armbar from Guard Harder to Escape
How many times have you gone for an armbar from the guard only to have your opponent escape your attack, pass your gu...
Don’t Concede the Guard!
I used to make a very specific mistake all up until about purple belt: I would just concede the guard.
Conceding the...
How to Pass Closed Guard with the Stack Pass
If you’re caught in the closed guard against a skilled opponent then you’re in serious trouble.
Give him time and you...
New Self Defense Focussed Module for Your iPhone or Android Phone
People have been asking for me to include more self defense material on the Grapplearts BJJ Master App.
And, as alway...
Open Guard Translated: 6 Principles That Will Take Your Bottom Game To The Next Level
A common misperception in the art of learning that beginners routinely make is the desire to focus on every intricate...