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The Seated Guard and the ‘Idiot Sweep’
Here’s a video in which Emily Kwok uses me as a dummy to teach the fundamentals of the Seated Guard and also one of m...
An Easy Way to Make Your Closed Guard Hard to Pass
I was recently watching an out-of-print instructional DVD by a friend of mine and had one of those really great ‘aha’...
Escaping Side Mount for Smaller Grapplers
A reader writes…
Q: Hi Stephan, I’ve got a question for you if you don’t mind me asking. I often struggle when it com...
How to Finish the Armbar Against a Resisting Opponent
There’s nothing worse than having an opponent counter your armbar attempt by locking his hands together and using gri...
Marc Laimon’s Guard Pass on Ryron Gracie
In these photos Marc Laimon shows some of the techniques he used to defeat Ryron Gracie at Grappler’s Quest in Las Ve...
Arm Behind the Back Guard Pass
Getting a handle, or a grip, on your opponent in MMA is not always easy. Here Denis uses an unusual grip both to cont...
Passing the Guard in MMA
by Denis Kang and Stephan Kesting
Originally published in Grappling Magazine, October 2005
Denis Kang knows all about...
Chris Brennan’s 10 Finger Guillotine
Originally published in the December 2006 issue of Ultimate Grappling
The 10 finger guillotine is a curious techniqu...
Shoot Wrestling Armbar Escape
Here’s a simple, but still very effective, method to escape from the Armbar
Posture Under Side Mount
Recently we discussed the concept of ‘posture’ and how it applies when you’re pinned underneath someone. A few people...
Technique 2: Reverse Shoulder Lock
Marcus and Denis demonstrate the reverse shoulder lock.
(1) Marcus starts out with Denis in his guard using a basic ...
Technique 1: the Reverse Clock Choke
A demonstration of the Reverse Clock Choke against the Turtle Position by Denis Kang and Marcus Soares