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The Double Leg Takedown in MMA
I recently had the opportunity to meet up with my friend and professional fighter Denis Kang. I wanted to pick his br...
The Best Brabo Choke Resources
The ‘Brabo’ choke is a powerful weapon in BJJ, MMA, and Submission Grappling. And people are beginning to realize th...
Submission Grappling Choke
Here is a modern way of applying the Rear Naked Choke, which had it’s origins in Classical Japanese Ju-Jutsu.
(This t...
Submission Grappling Armlock
This armlock has been part of the Japanese Ju-Jutsu arsenal for hundreds of years; here’s how it’s applied in a moder...
Classical Ju-jutsu Leglock
Classical Japanese Ju-Jutsu included leglocks as well as armlocks and chokes. The details of how the technique were a...
Submission Grappling Leglock
Leglocks have been around for a long time, but modern grapplers use them in slightly different contexts than classica...
Classical Ju-jutsu Choke
Most of the techniques used in modern grappling were used in some other form in some other grappling art first. Here...
Classical Ju-jutsu Armlock
Here’s one classical approach to applying the armlock that has morphed into the ‘Americana’ or Figure 4 Armlock in mo...
A Drill to Rescue the Armbar from Guard
At a seminar I attended, martial arts legend Dan Inosanto once distinguished between
the techniques used in a martia...
A Video Tutorial on the X Guard
The X Guard is a really powerful open guard position that creates a whole world of trouble for your opponents. Here’s...
The ‘Fundamental Five Guard Sweeps’ from the de la Riva Guard
Ricardo de la Riva is an incredibly nice and humble man, but don’t let that fool you – this man is a BJJ legend. (I m...
A Great Half Guard Resource!
If you haven’t seen this video yet then you’re in for a treat!
Here Indrek Reiland and Jorgen Matsi take you through ...