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The Secret Subversive Power of BJJ
by Valerie Worthington, Emily Kwok, and Lola Newsom
Groundswell Grappling Concepts
We have a hypothesis about some wo...
Escaping Side Mount for Smaller Grapplers
A reader writes…
Q: Hi Stephan, I’ve got a question for you if you don’t mind me asking. I often struggle when it com...
A Girl’s Guide to Grappling What You Need to Know Before You Start Rolling
Although the sport and art of grappling is currently mostly a male activity, many female readers have commented on ho...
Why Should Women Grapple?
Most Brazilian jiu-jitsu and submission grappling students are male, and in most grappling schools females are the ex...
How To Get More Women Into Grappling
by guest author Krista Scott-Dixon
I am often asked two questions by well-meaning male instructors:
How do I get mor...
Tips for Female Grapplers
– when a (small) girl meets a (big) boy – by Krista Scott-Dixon
Stephan’s note: this article grew out of a conversat...
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....
Life’s not fair (but these tips will work for just about anybody)
Life just isn’t fair!!
BJJ is the art of leverage, but there are techniques in the grappling repertoire that require ...
Podcast EP7: Sarah Kaufman, Top Female MMA Fighter, Reveals All!
Sarah Kaufman is one of the top fighters in women’s MMA.
And she is officially amazing!
Here’s an in-depth interview ...
Podcast EP5: A Woman’s Jiu-Jitsu Journey from White Belt to Black Belt
In this feature interview I talk with Emily Kwok who is a very smart, very talented jiu-jitsu practitioner.
She’s bee...
Why Men Should Grapple Women (and Smaller Men)
Here’s a very interesting email from a female reader that I thought I’d pass along…
Hi Stephan,
I just read through t...
The Six BJJ Supplements That Really Work
When it comes to supplements, most people either take nothing at all or far too many!
And most serious grapplers go t...