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A Powerful Guard Pass Defense Used by Carlson Gracie
One of the most powerful ways to defend against the guard pass is with a movement called ‘the Frame and Hip Escape’.
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How to Finish the Rear Naked Choke
This article is about the details you’ll need to finish the Rear Naked Choke against quality opponents. This submiss...
Your Open Guard Options vs. Standing Opponents
If you end up on the bottom with your opponent standing up and detached from you then be prepared for a very frantic ...
Getting to Guard Against a Standing Opponent
It’s a bad situation when you’re on the bottom, your opponent is standing up in front of you, and you don’t have any ...
The Styles of X Guard
I’m a huge fan of the family of guards known as the X Guard.
This type of guard has saved my butt so many times it’s ...
Is Really Position vs Submission? Sometimes You Can Have Both…
One of the fundamental rules of BJJ is that you should value ‘Position over Submission.’
This means is that you shoul...
2 Easy Guard Passing Strategies
Here’s a brand new video I just shot…
It covers two quick tweaks that’ll make your guard passing game a LOT more po...
Four de la Riva Guard Grips You Need to Know
The de la Riva guard is very powerful and effective form of guard, often used in modern BJJ. It can be an intimida...
How to do the Over-Under Guard Pass in No Gi
Can you do the over-under guard pass in no gi?
That’s a good question, and there’s nobody better to answer this quest...
Top 10 Wrestling Moves for BJJ
by Jeff Meszaros
In many ways, wrestling and Brazilian jiu jitsu are total opposites. The core concepts of the two s...
The 10 Second Choke Fix (or How to Tap Out More People)
How many times has a sparring partner told you “Man, I was SO close to tapping” after you’d been squeezing their neck...
How to Break a Tight Sleeve Grip on Your Gi
The single best thing you can do to stop your opponent from dominating you in grappling is to get rid of his grips on...