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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...

How to Find a Grappling School

Every couple of weeks I get an email from a reader asking if there are any good BJJ, MMA or submission grappling scho...

Teacherless Training

A reader writes: Q: “I would like to hear you address grappling with no formal teacher or school. What are the benefi...

Beware the Belt Chaser

When people start new activities they like the reassurance of being able to know how they are progressing in that act...

The Larger, Stronger Opponent

If you try contesting a larger, stronger opponent using your strength against his strength you will probably lose.You...

The Fundamental Rear Mount

In the last tip we talked about how you should (mostly) avoid crossing your ankles while rear mounted on your opponen...

Rear Mount – Crossing your Feet

The rear mount is arguably the most dominant position in grappling. When you have rear mount you can apply some very ...

Static Bridging – a Common Mistake in Sparring

There are two fundamental ways to escape from most pinning positions: escapes based on ‘shrimping’ style hip movement...

Training: How Often

Probably the most common question I get asked is “how many times a week should I train to make progress?” As with mos...

A Roadmap for Grappling

When an uninitiated person sees grappling in action for the first time it seems very chaotic and confusing. There are...

Other Ankle Lock Mistakes

In a recent article I talked about the most common mistake novice leglockers make when trying to use the ankle lock. ...

The Most Common Ankle Lock Mistake

Let’s talk about the basic ankle lock (also known as the ‘Achilles lock’ or the ‘straight foot lock’) today. When I s...
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