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How To Stop Someone From Passing Your Guard
A reader writes: Hi Stephan,
Thank you for the newsletters! I started training BJJ and MMA about 5 months ago – it’s...
How to Defeat the Bigger, Stronger Opponent
Today is a very exciting day! For the past few months I’ve been working like crazy to get my new DVD series finished....
What’s With ‘Sensitivity Training’ On The Mat?
There’s just no way around it! Physical attribute are important in grappling. Some of the most important ones includ...
Best Type of BJJ Guard for Beginners
Vitor ‘Shaolin’ Ribeiro is a four time World BJJ Champion. In MMA he held the welterweight title in Japanese Shooto....
Marcelo Garcia Chokes Me Out Repeatedly
Marcelo Garcia is maybe the very best person in the world at attacking the turtle position.
But before I tell you how...
A concept that makes it MUCH harder to pass your guard
I shot a new video about a concept that makes it so much harder for someone to pass your guard. Figuring this one ou...
Podcast EP3: Erik Paulson; an MMA Master Coach Shares His Secrets
Erik Paulson is an MMA Master Coach. He’s trained tons of fighters competing at the highest levels of Mixed Martial ...
Flow Sparring
Last week I had a short but fun training session with my friend Ritchie doing what we call ‘flow sparring.’
The rule...
Black Belt Concepts Course Live Again
The Black Belt Concepts Course is finally live again!!
There’s no doubt in my mind that this is my very best instruct...
The Deep Half Guard (video)
Nowadays you often see the Deep Half Guard at the highest levels of BJJ and submission grappling competition. But the...
Passing the Guard with the ‘Twitch Pass’
Let me share the ‘Twitch Guard Pass’ with you today – it’s one of my highest percentage, bread and butter, go-to move...
The Most Important Thing For Improving Your Grappling
I used to think that if I just learned enough ways to pass the guard, mastered enough submissions, memorized enough p...