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Clark Gracie Shares Some Rear Naked Choke Tips
I recently did a podcast interview with Clark Gracie at a friend’s house. After the interview we were talking about ...
3 Ways to Safely Control an Opponent on the Ground for Self Defense.
Reverse lapeloplatas and inside-out upside-down berimbolos might be fun to train and effective for some guys in high ...
The 3 Steps of Berimbolo
Sometimes the best way to really understand something is to teach it. When it comes to jiu-jitsu, breaking a techniqu...
A Reverse de la Riva Guard Tutorial
The de la Riva guard is an open guard position in which you entangle one of your opponent’s legs with your own leg. ...
The Easiest Way to Do the Berimbolo
At the bottom of this post is a Youtube video I just created to show the easiest way to do the Berimbolo.
Now if you’...
The Omoplata vs the Marceloplata vs the Baratoplata
Here’s a 12 minute tutorial I just put out breaking down two really cool variations of the Omoplata armlock which is ...
How to Counter the Cross-Collar Grip
When you’re in your opponent’s guard one of the most annoying things he can do is secure a really good cross-collar g...
A Easy Way to Stay Out of Trouble in the Guard
Posture, posture, posture… Everyone talks about posture as THE solution to staying out of trouble in the guard. Every...
How to Maintain Good Posture in Butterfly Guard
Posture in the butterfly guard is incredibly important. With the butterfly guard (as with any guard position) good p...
How to Stabilise Mount Against a Bigger, Stronger Opponent
Many smaller grapplers avoid the mount position because they feel it’s too easy for a larger opponent to simply throw...
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...
The Most Powerful Kneebar
Part of the problem with leglocks is that there are tons of variations. And too many options create confusion, incr...