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How to Maintain Rear Mount, Improve Guillotines, and Thwart ‘Combatives’ Experts
Rear mount seems like such a simple position: I mean, you’re basically just piggybacking on your opponent, right?
Wel...
3 Open Guard Options vs. Standing Opponents
If you don’t have a gameplan from the open guard then this position can quickly become a confusing and ineffective ta...
The Highest Percentage Sidemount Escape in BJJ?
Sidemount is arguably the pinning position you’re going to run into most often in BJJ. Most guard passes lead into s...
My Favourite Kneebar Defenses and Escapes
The kneebar is one of my very favourite submissions – it’s become a bit of a signature move, in fact. So it’s always ...
Three Keys to Escaping Any Submission
Some people might not be the greatest grapplers but are still notoriously hard to submit. Obviously technique is impo...
Tap Out Less Often! The ‘Submission Defense’ App for Android…
After a ton of planning and working with video editors and Android app programers, I’m thrilled to announce that Subm...
3 Drills for Passing & Defending Butterfly Guard
Drilling is critical to skill development in BJJ in general, which is why we talk about it so often in this blog (cli...
My Digital Reading List, May 23, 2013
I always say that this jiu-jitsu stuff is a marathon, not a sprint.
Partially this is because it takes time to remode...
The Armbar from Fifty-Fifty Guard by Keenan Cornelius
The fifty-fifty guard is a strange creature. In it you and your opponent face each other in the exact same position w...
How to Counter the Stupidest Closed Guard Break Ever – The Elbow Grind on the Inner Thighs
Grinding away on your inner thighs is the favourite (and often only) closed guard breaking strategy of meathead grapp...
My Favorite One-Two Sweeping Combo from X Guard
Today I’m going to share two of my favourite (and very powerful) X guard sweeps with you. Plus I’ll show you how put ...
6 Steps for an Effective Sleeve Choke
I know, I know, I KNOW!
I go on and on about how tapping out is no big deal, and how you can get injured if you let e...