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A Little-Known Move to Recover Guard from Turtle
When BJJ world champion Brandon Mullins and I started talking about doing a second instructional set, he was adamant ...
A High Percentage Triangle Choke Attack from Half Guard
Some people are under the mistaken impression that you can only defend or sweep from the Half Guard. But it’s a big ...
A Fast and Simple Butterfly Guard Sweep
Jiu-jitsu doesn’t always need to be complicated. In fact, sometimes the best solution is also the simplest, most dire...
A Super Sneaky and Slick Triangle Choke Attack!
This is one of the sneakiest, slickest submission attacks I have ever seen.
The first time I saw this technique was w...
Shutting Down the Guard Pass
It’s called ‘rolling’ for a reason: if you’re doing BJJ then you’re going to be somersaulting all over the place. An...
The Easiest Way to Develop Fast Guard Sweeps
Speed kills! When it comes to blowing through your opponent’s defenses there’s nothing like being just a little bit ...
How to Not Get Slammed in Your Closed Guard or Triangle Choke
Getting picked up and slammed when you’ve got your opponent in the closed guard is one of the most dangerous things t...
Rodolfo Vieira Pressure Guard Passing
When it comes to passing the guard you basically have two options: pass with speed, or pass with pressure.
Speed-ba...
How NOT to Get Triangle Choked While Passing the Guard
The very first guard pass I learned was the stacking guard pass (also known as the smashing guard pass or sometimes t...
How to Open a Stubborn Closed Guard
Passing the guard and establishing a stable position is maybe the single hardest thing to do in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
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High Percentage Omoplata Setup from Spider Guard
The omoplata armlock is one of the heavy hitters in the jiu-jitsu arsenal. It’s a very effective submission in its ow...
Try This First When You’re in X Guard
The X Guard is a hybrid open guard / half guard position, first popularized by Marcelo Garcia.
There are a million sw...