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High Level Pin Escapes

How many times has someone almost gotten past your guard… …You’re just about pinned; it’s just a matter of time… …So ...

Two Drills on Video to Improve your Guard Sweeps

Many of the most powerful guard sweeps rely on your hips being underneath your opponent’s center of gravity. This mak...

Critical Submission Details

Are there any submissions out there that you just can’t finish?  You can set it up, lock it on, and strain for all yo...

How Many Guard Passes Do You Need in BJJ?

How many guard passes do you think a four time world champion and an 18 year veteran of BJJ uses? If you can put up w...

Kneebar Mastery: Fixing the Most Common Mistakes

I consider the kneebar to be the king of leg submissions: you are attacking one of the largest joints in the body and...

When the Closed Guard Fails…

A reader writes: Q: Hi Stephan, I recently received and read your email with the video link about the closed guard in...

Fancy Yet Effective: The ‘Shaolin’ Half Guard Sweep

Normally I advise against flashy techniques.  Generally speaking it’s rock solid basics and non-fancy fundamentals th...

How Marcelo Garcia Defeats Larger, Stronger Opponents

There’s nothing quite like watching a smaller, lighter, weaker person use their technique to defeat a bigger, heavier...

Best Type of BJJ Guard for Beginners

Vitor ‘Shaolin’ Ribeiro is a four time World BJJ Champion.  In MMA he held the welterweight title in Japanese Shooto....

Marcelo Garcia Chokes Me Out Repeatedly

Marcelo Garcia is maybe the very best person in the world at attacking the turtle position. But before I tell you how...

Two Rear Mount Secrets

Usually getting better at something like the Rear Mount in grappling is a slow process, requiring thousands of repeti...

How The Kneebar Saved The Day!!

Want a an easy way to learn about the kneebar submission? Well the first comicbook style instructional I did was supe...
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