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The Most Important Concept for No Gi Takedowns
Takedowns can seem difficult, tricky and confusing. Especially if you’re not gifted with a surplus of fast-twitch mus...
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...
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 ...
Hidden Techniques for Maintaining Rear Mount
When people teach the rear mount they often show you how to get your hooks in to achieve the rear mount, and then the...
No Gi Guard Passing Strategies vs. Bigger People
Passing the guard in a technical manner during no gi training can often be very frustrating, especially for people co...
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...
Ambush Armbar from Modified Scarf Hold
I might not be 100% correct with the actual wording, but I’ll always remember this fantastic quote from Karate legend...
How to Counter the Backstep Guard Pass
BJJ and submission grappling are in a continual state of evolution. New techniques, tactics and strategies emerge, o...
How to Pass Deep Half Guard
In the last 5 years the Deep Half Guard position has taken the BJJ and submission grappling world by storm. And ever...
How to set up and apply the head and arm choke
Here’s a clip of Emily Kwok teaching something really cool – how to set up the head and arm choke (also known as ‘kat...
The Single Leg X Guard – A Surprising Way to Pull Guard…
Should you pull guard in competition? And if you decide to pull guard, then how do you do it correctly?
In a certain...
How to Defeat a Smaller Opponent
Smaller opponents can become big nuisances, especially if they have legitimate skills.
You would think that the very ...