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When to Keep Pushing the Pace in Jiu-Jitsu
Imagine that you’re in a match, and you’ve just swept the other guy onto his ass. That’s a great feeling, but should...
A Quickstart Guide to the Omoplata in Jiu-Jitsu
This step-by-step guide is designed for you to quickly incorporate the omoplata into your game and build a solid foun...
A Safe and Effective Open Guard Pull
If you do it wrong then pulling guard can be dangerous for both competitors; I’ve seen people pulling guard knock the...
Hip Bump Sweep from Closed Guard
In this video excerpted from The Closed Guard System renowned BJJ black belt Jon Thomas covers the advanced details o...
The 5 Main Omoplata Entries from Guard
I just put a video onto Youtube breaking down the 5 main ways to get into an omoplata attack to either sweep or submi...
The 20 Year History of the Omoplata 2.0 Instructional
I was first exposed to something resembling the omoplata when learning a martial art known as Indonesian Silat from D...
Sweeping an Opponent Who Has One Knee Up In Your Guard
Having problems attacking an opponent who’s basing with one knee up in your guard?
Even if he’s adopted this defensiv...
The First Sweep You Should Learn from Spider Guard
Modern BJJ is unimaginable without the Spider Guard.
In this form of Open Guard you grip your opponent’s wrists or sl...
The 16 Most Important Techniques for the BJJ Beginner
What’s the most common problem (aside from getting caught under side control) facing the BJJ beginner? It’s probably ...
How to Set Up the Triangle Choke from Guard
Today we’ll cover the real ‘secret’ to using the triangle choke against higher belts from your guard – it’s all about...
How to Connect Your Sweeps and Guard Passes in Order to Dominate More Opponents on the Mat
The concept of connecting your guard sweeps to your guard passes is incredibly useful. Anytime you can use one techn...
Butterfly Guard to X Guard Standup Sweep
There’s one particular guard sweep that I’ve hit more times than than any other in the last 10 years.
When I start se...