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The Ranges of Butterfly Guard

Today I want to talk about the importance of range in guard, and then the range micro-battles that occur within a spe...

3 Ways to Get a Great Control Grip from the Open Guard

One of the most dangerous times in jiu-jitsu is when you’re in the guard with opponent standing above you and no way ...

Winning the Grip Battle At The Beginning Of A Match

In a match there’s a HUGE advantage for the person who gets their preferred grips first. If you have grips but your o...

Oleg Taktarov Interview: Sambo in MMA and the UFC

I was absolutely thrilled to welcome Oleg Taktarov to my podcast.  Oleg used his Sambo skills to win UFC 6, beat Dol...

A Closed Guard Passing Strategy

In a world full of butterfly guards, lapel guards, and upside-down-reverse-de-la-Riva guards it’s sometimes easy to f...

A Three Step Open Guard Strategy

Are you flailing around in your guard, trying to react to your opponent, without a clear plan of what to do?  If so t...

Arm Drag from Reverse de la Riva Guard (Simple and Effective)

The Reverse de la Riva Guard is a variation of the regular de la Riva Guard, but with your inside leg entangling your...

Dealing with the Gi in Grappling

Are you coming from a background in submission grappling or training mostly without the gi and trying to get into BJJ...

The ‘Soft One, Hard Two’ BJJ Gripfighting Strategy

Have you ever heard the story about the old bull and the young bull, standing at the top of a hill, watching some cow...

The Butterfly Sweep from Half Guard

The half butterfly guard is a variation of half guard where you entangle one of your opponent’s legs with your inside...

Setting Up and Finishing the Single Leg Takedown in BJJ with the Gi

The single leg takedown is one of the main moves in freestyle wrestling, but it becomes considerably harder to pull o...

Getting the Underhook in BJJ

Getting the underhook in the guard, especially in positions like the Butterfly guard and the Half guard, is incredibl...
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